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Last Saturday's 28-14 loss to Howard may have crippled Morgan State's hopes of remaining in contention in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Playing with the quarterback duo of Robert Council and Moses Skillon, the offense produced just one touchdown and committed four turnovers as the visiting Bears fell, 28-14, to Howard before an announced 7,053 at William H. Greene Stadium here.

After an 0-5 start that included a loss to Norfolk State in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener, Morgan State has won two straight and put itself back into the conversation in the league race.

Morgan State quarterback Seth Higgins' availability for road game against Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference rival Howard Saturday is unclear

Morgan State snapped an 11-game losing skid and earned the program its first victory at home since Sept. 1, 2012, by defeating Florida A&M, 34-21, on Oct. 5

North Carolina Central, Morgan State's opponent Saturday, ranks near the bottom of many offensive and defensive categories in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. But one area the Eagles thrive in is special teams.

Morgan State football feeling refreshed after bye week

Junior linebacker Cody Acker sealed the win by returning an interception 19 yards for a touchdown, allowing Morgan State to snap an 11-game losing streak with a 34-21 victory over Florida A&M before an announced 1,259 in its Homecoming game. Afterward, Bears players and coaches converged in the middle of a raucous locker room to sing the school's fight song.

Morgan State is in the midst of the program's worst start since 2000, but the team is just one game behind North Carolina Central, South Carolina State, Delaware State and Norfolk State in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standings.

The Morgan State football team found its rhythm on offense in the first and fourth quarters of its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener against Norfolk State. It was the middle stretch that proved to be the Bears' undoing Saturday.

Morgan State's 0-4 start is the program's first since 2001 – the year prior to coach Donald Hill-Eley's arrival – but all four losses occurred on the road.

Morgan State¿s starting quarterback still yet to be named

Donald Hill-Eley has closed chapter on Morgan State's 0-4 start

Under coach Donald Hill-Eley, Morgan State is 14-20 against nonconference opponents, but 6-6 in season openers. But the Bears finished last season on a dubious six-game losing streak during which they were outscored, 154-93.

Despite a 6-foot-2, 220-pound frame, Morgan State outside linebacker Christopher Robinson was a novice in the weight room during his first year at the university, and that inexperience showed during a session with Josh Bush, the strength and conditioning coach.

One of the first trips Mark Turgeon made after succeeding Gary Williams at Maryland was to Baltimore. A little more than two years later, Baltimore remains a priority for Turgeon in terms of his program's fans and future players.

The wave Morgan State had ridden since the first week of February crashed Saturday in the finals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament. The Bears wiped out one game short of their goal.

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Bears battle back from nine-point deficit to pull away from Eagles

Troy Snyder hit a 19-foot jumper with 2.7 seconds remaining in double overtime, lifting host UMES to a 64-62 victory over Coppin State on Monday.

Junior Ian Chiles scored 16 points and hit a pair of clutch free throws to help Morgan State hold off host Howard, 53-51, on Monday night.

Junior guard-forward establishes career high as Bears outplay host Eagles

Junior forward Jerrelle Benimon scored a game-high 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for his NCAA-leading 16th doubledouble of the season as Towson evened its overall record at 12-12 with an 81-68 Colonial Athletic Association victory over UNC Wilmington (8-13, 3-6) at the Towson Center on Monday night.

Senior guard Ray Willis scored 19 points to help North Carolina Central remain unbeaten in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball Monday with a 69-61 victory over Morgan State at McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium in Durham, N.C.

Dylon Cormier and Erik Etherly scored their 1,000th career points within eight minutes of each other as visiting Loyola won for the fifth time in six games, beating Fairfield, 65-60, on Monday in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball game in Bridgeport, Conn.

Senior guard Preston Blackman scored a career-high 41 points, leading Savannah State to a 78-70 double-overtime victory over host Morgan State in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference men's basketball game Monday.

Three players scored in double figures Sunday to help the eighth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team hold off No. 19 Florida State, 71-64, at Comcast Center in College Park.

Leola Spotwood scored 10 points, but the host Virginia women's basketball team closed the game with a 12-2 run to defeat Coppin State, 54-44, on Tuesday.

Sydney Henderson and Selina Mann went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in the final 1:46 to help Mount St. Mary's clinch a 74-64 nonconference victory against host Seton Hall in women's basketball Sunday. The win was the Mount's first victory against a Bowl Championship Subdivision school in the school's Division I history.

Elon used a late run to pull away from Morgan State, 74-54, Thursday night in Elon's final home game of the 2012 portion of the women's basketball season.

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