Ed Miller

1 month ago | kentsportsnews.com | Ed Miller

They had to pop his shoulder back in before Alex Lankshear popped up to guide home the only goal of this game and return a winning feeling to the Kuflink Stadium – but it made the victory even sweeter as the Fleet plunged their visitors back into the relegation mix.

1 month ago | pilotonline.com | Ed Miller

NORFOLK — Norfolk State is headed back to the NCAA Tournament. Down nine to South Carolina State at halftime of the MEAC Tournament championship Saturday, the Spartans stormed back to win 66-65 and claim their first NCAA bid since 2022 and fourth in the school’s Division I era. NSU (24-10) needed every second. Up 10 with 2:09 remaining, they let the lead melt away and couldn’t exhale until a short jump shot by the Bulldogs’ Jayden Johnson missed as time expired.

1 month ago | pilotonline.com | Ed Miller

NORFOLK — The MEAC road ended in the conference semifinals for Norfolk State last season. On top of the normal disappointment that comes with being the No. 1 seed and failing to get to the final, NSU coach Robert Jones faced another vexing problem. “I didn’t know what to do on a Saturday,” he said. Jones won’t have that problem this season, after No. 1 seed NSU outlasted No. 5 Morgan State 58-55 at Scope Friday night.

1 month ago | pilotonline.com | Ed Miller

NORFOLK — Call it a case of the first-round blahs. Lack of sharpness is a malady known to sometimes afflict No. 1 seeds in the opening rounds of conference tournaments. Norfolk State suffered from it Wednesday in the MEAC quarterfinals in a 77-70 win over No. 8 seed Maryland-Eastern Shore at Scope. “Survive and advance,” forward Chris Fields Jr. said as he sat down for the post-game press conference. Coach Robert Jones co-signed that sentiment.

1 month ago | pilotonline.com | Ed Miller

What for many players would have been the dunk of the year — if not of their entire career — was for Norfolk State’s Christian Ings a couple weeks ago not even the dunk of the night. When the 6-foot-2 Ings drove right, soared and flushed the ball over Morgan State’s 6-9, 230-pound Daniel Akitoby with about 90 seconds left in the Spartans’ win over the Bears Feb. 24, he was just setting the stage for what was coming next.