MEAC Men's 1996-97 All-Conference Basketball
The 1996-1997 All-MEAC Men's
Team is headed up by conference
Player of the Year. Roderick "Moo
Moo" Blakney from South Carolina
State. Blakney. a 5-10 junior guard
from Hartsville. S.C. led The Bulldogs
to a third place finish the league and
an 11-6 record. His 23.1 points per
contest were tops in the MEAC, and
ranks him ninth among all NCAA
Division I players.
Blakney is joined on this year's
All-Conference team by superb tan
dem from Coppin State. Junior guard.
Antione Brockington, and Senior
Forward/Center, the only repeat All
Conference selection, Terquin Mott,
led Coppin to an impressive 13-3 mark
in league play and the conference reg
ular season title.
The All-MEAC Women's team is
a showcase for Howard University's
"Big 3". Amanda Hayes, Alisha Hill,
and Denique Graves led the Lady
Bisons through the regular season
without a loss, becoming only the sec
ond team in league history to complete
that feat. Hayes garnered Player of the
Year honors, being among league lead
ers in 6 statical categories including:
assists (1st), scoring (6th), rebounding
(8th), steals (10th), free throw shoot
ing (11th), and 3 point shooting (13th).
Joining the Howard trio is the
leagues scoring leader, NC A&T's
Latania Mclntyre Her 19.3 points per
game were 3.1 points higher than her
nearest competitor.
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Terquin Molt (Photo by Wade Nash
Coach Roy Thomas of North Carolina
A&T (photo by Wade Nash)
1996-97 All- MEAC Women's First Team
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Name School Pos. Ht. Class Hometown
' Amanda Hayes Howard G 5-7 Sr. Columbus, Ohio
Latania Mclntyre NC A&T G 5-6 So. Hyannis, Ma.
" Denique Graves Howard C 6-5 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa.
* AlishaHill Howard F 6-0 Jr. Huntington, W.Va.
Aquenda Clark Florida A&M F 5-10 Jr. Tallahassee, Fla.
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1996-97 All- MEAC Women's First Team 1
Name School Pos. Ht. Class Hometown
Lisa Briggs Coppin F 5-10 Sr.
Dawn Brown UMES F 6-0 Sr. Honolulu, Hawaii.
Karen Johnson Del State C 6-2 Jr. W. Babylon, N.Y.
Kaira Warfield Morgan G 5-6 Sr. Stockton, Ca.
Danielle Dawson Hampton G 5-9 Fr. Newport, News, Va.
Women's AH-MEAC Honorable Mention (received votes) List: . ?.
Frontcourt: Nikisha Moffett (B-Cookman), Halima Cotwright (NC A&T), Vanessa Valez (MD Eastern
Shore), Meliesha Johnson (B-Cookman), Nitrease Hamilton (Morgan), Monique Liddeil (Morgan).
Backcourt: Twana Wright (SC State), Nisha Watson (NC A&T), Aileene Frazer (MD Eastern Shore),
Delisha Walker (Florida A&M), Carmen Sanders (B-Cookman), Karmen Gadsen (Florida A&M)
Karia Warfield (Morgan), Dana Roane (Delaware State), Kimberly Ford (Howard).
1996-97 MEAC All-Conference Second Team
Name School Pos. Hi Wt. Class Home
Reggie Welch Coppin F 6-6 220 Sr. Camden, NJ.
Xavier Singletary Howard F 65 200 Fr. Washington, DC
Chris Watson Morgan F 6-5 230 Sr. Buffalo, N.Y.
Johnathon Richmond NCA4T G 5-11 160 So. Lexington, Ky.
Cryhten Langhome UMES G 64 180 Jr. WiUingboro, NJ.
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1996-97 MEAC All-Conference First Team
Name School Pos. HI Wt. Class Home j
Roderick Blakney SC State G 5-10 190 Jr. HartsvHIe, S.C. ?
Antoine Brockington Coppin G 6-2 170 Jr. Philadelphia, Pa.
Jerome James FAMU C 7-1 285 Jr. Tampa, Fla.
Terquin Mott Coppin F/C M 240 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. |
Kimani Stewart NCA&T F 6-5 205 Sr. New Orleans, la. ,
Men's All-MEAC Honorable Mention (received votes) list:
Frontcourt: Reggie Bellamy (B-Cookman), Chris Nurse (Delaware-State), Sean Black (Florida
A&M), Derick Powell (NC A&T), Cliff Green (SC State), Raheem Waller (SC State), Brian Parker
(Delaware State), Alistair Henry (B-Cookman), Ron Christian (MD Eastern Shore), Richard Leonard
(B-Cookman), Doug Belton (Hampton).
Backcourt: Melvin Watson (Howard), Darryl La Bame (Florida A&M), Tremaine Byrd (Morgan), Al
Bell (Hampton), Rasheed Sparks (Morgan), Mario Miller (B-Cookman), Marcus Cheek (Hampton),
Marcus Williams (NC A&T), Freddie Cole (B-Cookman). *