Corbett, sweet Corbett

Well folks, the Aggie men and women basketball teams will both come home this weekend.

The men have found out that the road can be tough. They are 1-11 away from Greensboro and their last game was against Bethune-Cookman University. BCU had to shut the doors 15 minutes before the men’s tip-off due to the contest being a sell out. Everyone has it in for the Aggies these days. There will not be any easy nights from here on out, considering that each league team will bring its best effort against A&T and since our ‘top heavy’ three point shooting offense has us struggling at .316%.

But to be fair, our scoring offense (71.1 ppg) is second only to Morgan State’s (77.2 ppg. And those numbers didn’t just come against cup-cakes. We scored 78 at Tennessee and 82 at Ohio University (not Ohio State).

The one road win this season was at Norfolk State with a 93-84 overtime victory. It was a conference game on top of that. The men, however, are 4-0 at home. They beat a decent Middle Tennessee State team, 65-56, in the Corbett Sports Center in November. Overall, the Aggie men are 5-11 overall and 1-2 in the conference.

The Lady Aggies are doing better but they would like a little home cooking as well. The women are 8-7 overall) and 3-0 in the conference.

They have played only one game in Corbett this season and it was against Auburn! They lost 63-76. It really ended up being a moral victory, showing the Aggie fans how close we were to the ‘next level’. The Lady Aggies would bounce back with two wins against Norfolk St. 81-51, and Louisiana Lafayette 95-78, on the road. Things were looking good and everyone was riding high … until LSU hit them with a 75-33 punch in the gut. But it seems as though that was the ‘low water level’ for the season. They started to refill the reservoir with a close loss against Iowa St., 62-66, and a victory in Durham against NCCU, 78-74, and a close loss against Liberty, 51-57. They were playing better. The bench was playing better along with the newcomers. The showdown against FAMU was close, but the little things like free throws helped to put it away. The Aggies found a way to win. The road was tough. The average attendances from the last 10 games were 2,395. The Aggies had 1,527 at its lone home game.

Well, the Aggies are home now. Corbett will be kind. The weather will be warmer.

Here is what’s on the table:

Howard

Howard comes in on Saturday, and Hampton on Monday. The Howard men are 2-1 in the conference with wins over Hampton (56-54) and Coppin State (59-53). They lost to Morgan 90-58. Howard is in third place. The Howard women did the same thing. They beat Hampton (48-47), Coppin (59-45), and lost to Morgan (57-48). The Lady Bison are tied for third place along with Morgan and FAMU.

Hampton

The Hampton men are tied with A&T, FAMU and Norfolk for 5th place at 1-2 in the conference. They will tangle with a tough Norfolk on Saturday before the trip down I-85 to Greensboro. The Hampton women are tied for fifth with BCU and Coppin State at 1-2 in the MEAC. They beat Morgan (74-37), lost to Coppin (58-52) and Howard (48-47). They are an up and coming team. They lost to Georgia Tech (63-54) and beat William & Mary (71-66) earlier.

The Dawg Pound, Aggie Maniacs and the Live Wires will be in demand this weekend. The energy should help the tired legs. The family is back together.

It’s funny how good it is sometimes to get away from home, and it’s just as good to come back home!