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NORFOLK, Va. - The Norfolk State women's basketball team (13-15) will be looking for its first MEAC Tournament semifinals appearance since 2005 when the fourth-seeded Spartans face No. 12 seed Howard (4-26) at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon in the MEAC Tournament quarterfinal round at the Scope Arena. The winner advances to a noon semifinal on Friday against No. 8 Maryland Eastern Shore, which knocked off top-seeded and five-time defending tournament champion Hampton on Wednesday.

Media Coverage
The game will be broadcast live on WNSB Hot 91.1 FM and streamed live on ESPN3. See the links at the top of the page.
  
Spartans in the MEAC Tourney
NSU is 15-15 all-time in the MEAC Tournament, with one championship (2002). NSU has reached the MEAC finals on three occasions, losing in 2000 and 2005 and winning the title in 2002. The Spartans are 0-3 in the MEAC Tournament against Monday's opponent, Delaware State. For more on NSU's MEAC Tournament history, see page five. 

Last Time Out
Rae Corbo led four Norfolk State players in double figures with 14 points, and the fourth-seeded Spartans cruised to a 70-45 win over No. 13 seed Delaware State in the first round of the 2015 MEAC Tournament on Monday at the Norfolk Scope Arena. Kayla Roberts added 13 points and 10 rebounds, Aivah Parham scored 12 points off the bench, and Koryn Lawrence chipped in with 10 points for NSU, which won a MEAC first-round game for the third time in the last four years.

The Spartans held DSU to just 25 percent and forced 11 Lady Hornet turnovers in the first half. NSU then started the second half on a 9-0 run to blow the game open. NSU led by as many as 37 points in the second half. 

Scouting Howard
Howard snapped an eight-game losing streak and upset No. 5 seed South Carolina State, 70-57, in a first-round game of the MEAC Tournament on Monday. Jasmine Hill scored 20 points, Sydni Johnson and Imani Bailey added 14 apiece and Allese Morrison 10 for the Bison, who shot 54 percent from the floor and held SCSU to 33 percent. Howard was 7-of-10 from 3-point range.
 
All-Time Series vs. Howard
NSU is just 12-30 all-time against Howard, but the Spartans have won three straight over the Lady Bison, including a regular-season sweep  this year. The Spartans won 90-71 in Norfolk on Feb. 7, then won 63-60 in Washington, D.C. on March 2. NSU is 0-2 against Howard all-time in MEAC Tournament play.

DSU, Briefly Speaking
Here are some more notes from NSU's first-round win over Del. State:
• The 25-point margin of victory was NSU's second-largest ever in a MEAC tourney game, trailing only the 26-point win over UMES (68-42) in 2001.
• All 13 players in uniform played, and 10 scored.
• Rae Corbo became NSU's all-time Division I-era leading scorer (1,591 career points), passing Suawana Taylor (1,584). Corbo also moved into sixth place on the Spartans' all-time scoring list in the victory.
• Kayla Roberts tallied her eighth double-double of the season.
• Aivah Parham matched her season high with 12 points.
• DSU's 45 points are the second-fewest by an NSU opponent this year, trailing only Bethune-Cookman's 40 on Jan. 12.