Norfolk State split the regular season MEAC title with South Carolina State (20-13, 11-3 MEAC), which was looking to win the conference tournament for the first time since 2003. U

Norfolk State makes HBCU history by winning their third straight MEAC championship and a 30 win season. Back to the Dance.

Exciting HBCU basketball as Norfolk State secures the MEAC Championship in a nail-biting 66-65 victory against South Carolina State.

Kierra Wheeler poured in 19 points as the No. 1-seeded Spartans outlasted a pesky second-seeded Howard team 68-56 Saturday afternoon at Norfolk Scope to clinch their third consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament title and an automatic bid to the big dance. Wheeler was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

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Norfolk State fans had a lot to cheer about Saturday at Scope and that excitement will continue into next week's NCAA Tournament on both the men's and women's sides.

Kierra Wheeler scored 19 points, Diamond Johnson had seven points in the decisive third quarter and top-seeded Norfolk State beat No. 2-seed Howard 68-56 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship title game to clinch its third straight trip

Norfolk State will be making its third NCAA tournament appearance since 2021, and its fourth overall, after Christian Ings hit the go-ahead free throw with eight seconds left in a win over South Carolina State Saturday in the MEAC Tournament title game.

The Spartans stormed back to win and claim their first NCAA bid since 2022 and fourth in the school’s Division I era.

"I'm just happy to be playing on Saturday," exclaimed Norfolk State Head Coach Robert Jones as the Spartans look to claim their third MEAC tournament Championship in five years. N