GREENSBORO, N.C. – Kyle O'Quinn notched his 19th double-double of the season with 14 points and 13 rebounds as Norfolk State capped the regular season with its fourth straight win, a 72-65 victory over North Carolina A&T on Thursday night at Corbett Sports Center.

The Spartans (22-9, 13-3 MEAC) will be the No. 2 seed in next week's MEAC Tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C. on the heels of their best-ever MEAC regular-season finish. The 13 MEAC wins are the most NSU has ever posted, and the No. 2 seed is also its highest ever. NSU will receive one of three first-round byes and will open play in the tournament at approximately 8 p.m. Wednesday against the winner of Tuesday afternoon's No. 7 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 10 Howard game.

Savannah State (21-10, 14-2), which lost to NSU earlier in the season, won the MEAC regular-season title with a 73-54 win at Maryland Eastern Shore on Thursday night.

NSU turned the tables on the perimeter-oriented Aggies, burying seven 3-pointers en route to a 36-29 halftime lead. The seven made treys are the most by the Spartans in any half this season, and they came from six different players. Chris McEachin, who scored eight of his 10 points in the first half, was the only Spartan to hit a pair of triples in the half. The NSU defense, meanwhile, held A&T to just 2-of-8 shooting from long range in the period.

O'Quinn then went to work inside in the second half, scoring 10 of his 14 points after the intermission. But he also got plenty of help, as three other Spartans scored in double figures on the evening and all five starters scored at least nine points. Marcos Tamares hit back-to-back jumpers to start the second half, and Rodney McCauley hit his second 3-pointer of the night as NSU doubled its halftime lead in the first two minutes of the half, taking a 43-29 lead.

NSU was able to keep the Aggies (12-19, 7-9) at bay most of the half by shooting 58 percent from the floor in the final 20 minutes. But the Aggies had one last run in them. Trailing 66-55 after two Jamel Fuentes free throws with 2:52 left, A&T went on a 10-2 spurt, capped by 3-pointers by Jared Williams and Adrian Powell, to cut its deficit to 68-65 with 53 seconds left.

McEachin then missed two free throws – two in a stretch of four straight foul shots that NSU missed – and A&T had a chance to draw within one or tie. But Marc Hill's layup was altered by O'Quinn, and Tamares hit a free throw at the other end to make it 69-65. Powell then missed a 3-pointer, and McCauley hit 1-of-2 from the line to stretch NSU's advantage to five with 19 seconds remaining, all but sealing the deal.

Tamares finished with 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting and also grabbed five rebounds for NSU, which shot 51 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Aggies 42-33. McEachin and Pendarvis Williams added 10 points apiece and McCauley had nine, giving NSU's starting five a total of 55 points. Rob Johnson tallied seven points and five rebounds off the bench, and Fuentes notched a game-high six assists.

Powell and Austin Witter scored 11 points apiece for the A&T, which shot just 36 percent for the game.

NSU, which finished the regular season 7-1 in MEAC road games, enters next week's tournament on a four-game winning streak, its second-longest of the season. The Spartans also notched their 22nd win of the season on Thursday night, adding to the squad's Division I era single-season record and the most since the 1995-96 team had 23.