WASHINGTON (January 20, 2019) – Howard University men's basketball team closes out its nonconference slate when they welcome Ivy League Preseason favorite Harvard on Martin Luther King (MLK) Day. Monday's showdown starts 1 p.m. inside Burr Gymnasium.
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LAST TIMEOUT
Saturday (Jan. 19), sophomore
RJ Cole (Union, N.J.) and redshirt junior
Chad Lott (Shreveport, La.) combined for 45 points and lifted the Bison past South Carolina State in overtime, 71-67, inside the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center.
Cole led the way with a game-high 26 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including 4-of-7 from long range. Lott added 19 points and six boards in the win.
MATCHUP PREVIEW
HOWARD
Howard (8-11) enters MLK Day with the conference's top scoring attack (80.2 ppg), led by the trio of Cole, Lott and junior
Charles Williams (Richmond, Va.).
Cole, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Preseason Player of the Year, leads the league in scoring (20.9 ppg) while ranking among the nation's leaders in total free throws made (115; 8
th nationally).
Williams, 2017-18 All-MEAC First Team honoree, sits second in the conference behind Cole with 18.3 points per game. Lott chips in 14.8 ppg while shooting a respectable 47-percent (91-of-193) from the floor.
"Harvard is another good team," said Howard Men's Basketball head coach
Kevin Nickelberry. "It gives us a chance to end our home slide against a really good team."
Howard has won its last five nonconference home games, dating back to December 2017. This season, HU is 4-3 inside The Burr.
HARVARD
Harvard (6-7) comes in seeking to bounce back from its conference opening loss at Dartmouth, 81-63. Tommy Amaker enters his 12
th season at the helm for the Crimson. The program's all-time winningest coach has the squad posed to make another title run.
"They're very talented," Nickelberry added. "We're must play our best basketball Monday in front of a nice home crowd."
Harvard will be looking for back-to-back titles since winning at least a share of five straight from 2011-2015. The Crimson is led by an extremely talented junior class that includes the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Seth Towns, first-team All-Ivy selection Chris Lewis and dynamic point guard Bryce Aiken, who was tabbed the 2016 Rookie of the Year and missed most of last season due to injury.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday (Jan. 26), Howard continues its home stand when Delaware State comes to The District. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. inside The Burr.
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