The MEAC at a glance

Bethune-Cookman

• Location: Daytona Beach, Fla.

• Mascot: Tigers

• Coaches: Clifford Reed Jr. (men, 8th season); Vanessa Inge (women, 2nd season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 16-15 (7-9, No. 7); Women 15-14 (9-7, No. 6)

• Top men's players: C.J. Reed (6-3 G, 15.7 ppg, 4.0 apg); Alexander Starling (6-6 F, 9.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg)

• Top women's players: Demetria Frank (5-9 G, 14.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg); Sarah Bolden (6-1, F, 9.6 ppg, 7.6 rpg)

• Tournament titles: men 0; women 1 (1984)

• Notes: C.J. Reed has shown a flair for the dramatic, hitting winning shots in the final seconds for men's victories against Texas-Pan American (67-64 on Nov. 28) and N.C. A&T (66-65 on Jan. 11)…. The women's team had its first winning regular season since 2001-02.

Coppin State

• Location: Baltimore

• Mascot: Eagles

• Coaches: Ron "Fang" Mitchell (men, 24th season); Derek Brown (women, 11th season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 8-21 (3-13, No. 11); Women 10-18 (5-11, No. 9)

• Top men's players: Michael Harper (6-4 G, 10.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg); Vince Goldsberry (6-0 G, 8.7 ppg, 3.3 apg)

• Top women's players: Jeanine Manley (6-3 C, 12.1 ppg, 7.2 rpg); Sesalie Johnson (5-6 G, 5.8 ppg, 4.6 apg)

• Tournament titles: men 4 (1990, 1993, 1997, 2008); women 4 (1991, 2005-06, 2008)

• Notes: The men's team ranks last in the conference in average rebounding margin (minus 5.1)…. Manley had a career-high 28 points for the women last week a 73-50 win over Norfolk State.

Delaware State

• Location: Dover, Del.

• Mascot: Hornets

• Coaches: Greg Jackson (men, 10th season); Ed Davis (women, 10th season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 16-11 (11-5, No. 2); Women 6-23 (4-12, No. 10)

• Top men's players: Marcus Neal (6-5 G, 13.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg); Frisco Sandidge (6-6 F, 12.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg)

• Top women's players: Brittany Washington (6/1 F/C, 7 ppg, 7.8 rpg); Selena Galloway (5-8 G, 9.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg)

• Tournament titles: men 1 (2005); women 1 (2007)

• Notes: The men made a big turnaround after going 8-23 and finishing 10th in the conference last season…. Shooting woes have plagued the women all season; the Hornets are last in the conference in field-goal percentage at 31.4 (483 of 1,539).

Florida A&M

• Location: Tallahassee, Fla.

• Mascot: Rattlers

• Coaches: Eugene Harris (men, 3rd season); LaDawn Gibson (women, 2nd season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 9-21 (5-11, No. 10); Women 18-10 (9-7, No. 5)

• Top men's players: Larry Jackson (6-6 F, 9 ppg, 6 rpg); Brandon Bryant (6-1 G, 8.9 ppg, 1.4 rpg)

• Top women's players: Tameka McKelton (5-8 G, 14.8 ppg, 4.1 rpg); Antonia Bennett (6-1 G/F, 11.9 ppg, 7.3 rpg)

• Tournament titles: men 4 (1991, 1999, 2004, 2007); women 2 (1995, 1999)

• Notes: The men lost their first 10 games this season…. The women average 5.6 made 3-pointers a game to lead the conference.

Hampton

• Location: Hampton, Va.

• Mascot: Pirates

• Coaches: Edward Joyner Jr. (men, 1st season); David Six (women, 1st season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 13-17 (8-8, No. 5); Women 17-11 (12-4, No. 2)

• Top men's players: Vincent Simpson (G, 6-1, 14 ppg, 2.1 rpg); Michael Freeman (F, 6-8, 11.6 ppg, 7.7 rpg)

• Top women's players: Quanneisha Perry (5-10 F, 12.5 ppg, 8-9 rpg); Bernadette Fortune (5-4 G, 9.5 ppg, 3.6 apg)

• Tournament titles: men 3 (2001-02, 2006); women 3 (2000, 2003-04)

• Notes: Joyner is a Winston-Salem native; his father, Edward Sr., is the men's head coach at Saint Paul's…. Perry was named the MEAC women's defensive player of the year.

Howard

• Location: Washington

• Mascot: Bison

• Coaches: Gil Jackson (men, 5th season); Niki Reid Geckeler (women, 2nd season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 7-24 (6-10, No. 8); Women 15-13 (10-6, No. 4)

• Top men's players: Calvin Thomspon (6-3 G, 12.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg); Dadrian Collins (6-6 F, 8.5 ppg, 57 of 148 on 3-pointers)

• Top women's players: Zykia Brown (5-8 G, 18.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg); Saadia Doyle (5-11 F, 16.9 ppg, 10.9 rpg)

• Tournament titles: men 3 (1980-81, 1992); women 10 (1982, 1985, 1987-90, 1996-98, 2001)

• Notes: The men's team has lost nine of its past 10 games…. Doyle was named the MEAC women's freshman of the year.

Maryland-Eastern Shore

• Location: Princess Anne, Md.

• Mascot: Hawks

• Coaches: Frankie Allen (men, 2nd season); Fred Batchelor (women, 6th season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 10-20 (8-8, No. 6); Women 11-15 (8-8, No. 7)

• Top men's players: Hillary Haley (6-6 G, 12 ppg, 3.3 rpg); Kevin White (6-0 G, 9.0 ppg, 5.5 apg)

• Top women's players: April McBride (6-0 F, 17.9 ppg, 8.5 rpg); Casey Morton (5-9 G, 9.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg)

• Tournament titles: men 1 (1974); women 0

• Notes: White set the men's single-season assists record this season (166)…. McBride is the second-leading women's scorer in UMES history (1,679 points).

Morgan State

• Location: Baltimore, Md.

• Mascot: Bears

• Coaches: Todd Bozeman (men, 4th season); Donald Beasley (women, 5th season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 24-9 (15-1, No. 9); Women 17-12 (12-4, No. 3)

• Top men's players: Reggie Holmes (6-4 G, 22.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg); Kevin Thompson (6-9 F, 12.6 ppg, 12 rpg)

• Top women's players: Corin Adams (5-9 G, 19.1 ppg, 4.1 rpg); Theresa Davis (6-1 F, 8-7 ppg, 5.4 rpg)

• Tournament titles: men 2 (1974, 2009); women 0

• Notes: Holmes, a senior, broke Marvin Webster's career men's scoring record with a 36-point performance Thursday in a 74-54 win over Coppin State…. Adams set the school's single-season women's scoring record with 555 points, breaking the mark she set last season.

Norfolk State

• Location: Norfolk, Va.

• Mascot: Spartans

• Coaches: Anthony Evans (men, 3rd season); Debra Clark (women, 1st season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 11-18 (9-7, No. 4); Women 4-22 (0-16, No. 11)

• Top men's players: Michael Deloach (6-0 G, 21.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg); Kyle O'Quinn (6-10 F, 11.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg)

• Top women's players: Whitney Long (5-4 G, 10.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg); Recca Trice (5-6 G, 4.9 ppg, 4.8 apg)

• Tournament titles: men 0; women 1 (2002)

• Notes: The men's team has won six of its past seven, with the only loss in double overtime to top-seeded Morgan State…. Clark, named the interim women's coach before the season, was the coach at Winston-Salem State from 1994 to 2001.

N.C. A&T

• Location: Greensboro

• Mascot: Aggies

• Coaches: Jerry Eaves (men, 7th season); Patricia Cage-Bibbs (women, 5th season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 10-21 (6-10, No. 9); Women 21.9 (14-2, No. 1)

• Top men's players: Tavarus Alston (6-0 G, 15.0 ppg, 4.1 apg); Dwane Joshua (6-2 G, 13.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg)

• Top women's players: Ta'Wuana Cook (5-8 G, 16.8 ppg, 74 of 176 3-pointers); Jaleesa Sams (5-11 G/F, 11.1 ppg, 6.1 rpg)

• Tournament titles: men 15 (1972-73, 1975-76, 1978-79, 1982-88, 1994-95); women 2 (1994, 2009)

• Notes: The men's team enters the tournament on a four-game losing streak…. Lamona Smalley, a senior forward, leads all MEAC women's players in field-goal percentage at 58.6 (119 of 203).

S.C. State

• Location: Orangeburg, S.C.

• Mascot: Bulldogs

• Coaches: Tim Carter (men, 3rd season); Doug Robertson (women, 2nd season)

• Records, tournament seeds: Men 16-13 (10-6, No. 3); Women 11-18 (5-11, No. 8)

• Top men's players: Jason Flagler (6-4 G, 14.3 ppg, 5.2 rpg); Darnell Porter (6-4 G, 13.3 ppg, 4.6 rpg)

• Top women's players: Whitney Riley (5-10 G, 14.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg); Sophilia Hipps (5-5 G, 14.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg)

• Tournament titles: men 5 (1989, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003); women 6 (1978-79, 1983, 1986, 1992-93)

• Notes: The men's team led the conference in assists (13.5 apg)…. Hipps leads all MEAC players, men or women, in free-throw percentage at 85.8 percent (109 of 127).