The Register, 2002-02-18

              when i missed the first time i was down on myself but i felt kke i'd get another chance because we stik would have needed a three even if toussaint had made both free throws added beckwith i kept telkng myself that if i got another chance i'd make up for that miss i knew my shot was going in as soon as it left my hand after struggling for most of the game the resurgent aggies fought through fatigue and pulled out a nail-biter in the final • seconds edging bethune cookman college at corbett sports center by a score of 62-60 aggie guard landon beckwith who ended with 13 points hit the game win ning three-pointer with 3.4 seconds remaining kfting the aggies to the dra matic victory if judging by a shooting performance of 28.1 percent on feb 11 you'd think that this team would have lost right however the aggies of late are a differ ent team and it shows landon beckwith stood tall against bethune-cookman as his late-game heroics sent the aggies to a thrilling win 13-0,19-5 10-3,13-9 8-5 13-10 3 howard 4 norfolk state 8-5 9-14 5 s.c state 8-6 11-14 6 n.c a&t 8-6 9-14 7 florida a&m 6-7 6-16 8 bethune-cookman 5-8 8-13 9 md eastern shore 5-9 9-15 10 morgan state 2-12 2-20 11 coppin state 1-13 3-22 c conference 0 overall 1 hampton 2 delaware state the win places the aggies 9-14 over all 8-6 meac in fourth place in the it was ugly out there no questions about it said aggie head coach curtis hunter but those are the types of games championship teams win what really matters is that we played through adversity and still won while wildcat guard richard toussaint hit one of two free throws a&t's marque carrington drove up the floor and found a wide-open beckwith in the corner who drained the game winning three-pointer sending the crowd in a frenzy after a timeout wildcat guard maurice riddick hit a three-pointer giv ing b-cc a 59-58 lead with 25 seconds remaining the aggies beckwith missed the ensuing three-pointer with 12 seconds remaining setting up the dramatic ending seconds remaining with b-cc leading 56-52 and 2:55 remaining the aggies went on a 6-0 spurt to lead 58-56 capped by marque carrington's running layup with 55.7 sion a&t's sluggish play would get even worse early in the second half as they went without a field goal for the first five and a half minutes and the wildcats went ahead 50-45 with just over eight minutes remaining the lady aggies stun the rattlers earning their first win of the season baseball the aggie baseball team improved to 3-9 on the season winning 9-8 on feb 13 against delaware state carlos geathers got the game-winning hit in the 10th inning scoring jason battle by chris wallace register sports editor tennis the tennis team started off a new season in the new on-campus tennis complex this week men's basketball the men's basketball team pulled out a thriller on feb 11 rallying to beat bethune cookman college by a score of 62-60 landon beckwith's three-pointer with 3.4 seconds remaining proved to be the difference ladies basketball the ladies basketball team earned their first win of the season beating florida a&m by a score of 54-53 camille akins scored 19 points while davenna brown chipped in with 15 points the lady aggies only scored 17 points in the first half trailing 18-17 but turned it around by scoring 37 second-half points the lady aggies shot only 31.3 percent from the field for the game and were outrebounded 48-38 but they found aggies on feb 9 at the corbett sports center the lady aggies stunned the ratders of florida a&m beadng them 54-53 for their first win of the season camille akins who scored 19 points and grabbed three rebounds led the way for the lady it may have taken 20 games and the fir ing of the head coach but the lady aggies have finally cracked the win col umn other sports and sporting events featured in the next edition of the aggie sports notes by chris wallace register sports editor file photo aggies hold off rattlers 81-73 camille akins and the lady aggies finally cracked the win-column as they beat florida a&m 54-53 on feb.9 in the corbett sports center the aggies at game's end the lethargic crowd who viewed the lady aggie basketbau game burst into joy as the buzzer sounded and the scoreboard showed a 54-53 win for the defense came up big as they forced the ratders into 26 turnovers and 39.6 percent shooting from the field and caused havoc throughout the game a way to win kim watson led the ratders with 17 points and nine rebounds while akins and davenna brown combined for 34 points for the aggies the win gave a&t a record of 1-19 overak and 1-12 in the meac whke the ratders fell to 8-13 overak and 4-8 in the meac the rattlers fell behind 44-28 at the half but rallied to make a game of it in the second half however the aggies hit 32 of 45 free throws including 13 of 16 by carrington to ice the game also a&t dished out 17 assists as a team while florida a&m had only one bruce jenkins paced the aggies as he scored 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while marque carrington added 15 points six assists and three steals sports center the n.c a&t aggies continued their torrid late-season run on feb 9 as they held on to defeat the ratders of florida a&m by a score of 81-73 at the corbett beckwith's heroics lead a&t to victory / is iust around e |* t c the meac basketball to 10 19 the corner be rne innina on march 4 february 18 2002 by chris wallace register sports editor conference while bethune-cookman college falls to 8-13 overall and 5-8 in the conference ing a 15-4 advantage led by bruce jenkins who scored 28 points and grabbed 15 rebounds however the wildcats remained content outscoring the aggies 24-15 over the rest of the half and trailed only 30-28 at intermis leading scorers ncat bruce jenkins 28 points landon beckwith 13 points meac standings c o b-cc richard troussaint 21 points maurice riddick 11 points otli ies in the s bruce jenkins 4th in meac in scoring 18.8 ppg 1st in meac in rebounding 12.1 rpg 12th in meac in blocked shots per game marque carrington 2nd in meac in assists per game 4.0 apg 4th in meac in free throw percentage 77.8 5th in the meac in steals per game 1.76 spg landon beckwith 7th in meac in three-pointers made 44 charles watkins/a&t ggie sports notes a&t opened the game on fire bukd it's good to be in tight games and win so you'll know how to handle those sit uations said beckwith it wasn't a real good game for us team-wise but we kept pressing on and finaky we execut ed when we reaky needed to the opportunity for beckwith and the aggies to win the game almost fell through as beckwith missed his first chance at the three-pointer with 12 sec onds remaining but beckwith took full advantage of his second chance