2020 WOMEN'S MEAC BRACKET

NORFOLK, Va.,—No. 10 South Carolina State will face No. 7 Howard in the opening round of the 2020 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Basketball Tournament, Tuesday (March 10^th) at 2 p.m. at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va.
 
The two teams met earlier this season with Howard (15-14 overall, 7-9 MEAC) defeating South Carolina State (3-26 overall, 2-14 MEAC) 47-78 in Washington, DC. Sophomore guard Zeleria Simpson finished with a team-high 13 points in the loss.
 
The winner of this contest will face No. 2 seed Norfolk State in the quarterfinal on Wednesday (March. 11^th) at 2 p.m.
 
No.1 Bethune-Cookman the top seed won the regular season with a 15-1 mark in MEAC play, while No. 2 Norfolk State went 12-4 in conference play this season and will be the No. 2 seed after winning a tiebreaker over Morgan State (the two teams split the regular-season head-to-head, but the Spartans went 1-1 against league-leading B-CU to Morgan State's 0-1 mark).
 
Both the Wildcats and the Spartans have earned first-round byes and will not play until the quarterfinal round on Wednesday. In all, the top six teams in the regular-season standings earned first-round byes.
 
Morgan State earned the No. 3 seed, and the Lady Bears will play the 2 p.m. quarterfinal on Thursday against No. 6 seed Delaware State. North Carolina A&T State, as the No. 4 seed, also claimed a first-round bye; the Aggies' Thursday quarterfinal will be against No. 5 seed North Carolina Central at 12 p.m.
 
The 2019-20 regular-season champions, first team honorees and award winners including Player, Rookie, Defensive Player and Coach of the Year, will be recognized in pre-game presentations prior to the honorees' first games in tournament play.
 
The 2020 MEAC Basketball Tournament tips off Tuesday, March 10, and will conclude on Saturday, March 14 with the men's and women's championship games. The women's game will begin one hour after the end of the men's game and will be rebroadcast on ESPNU. It will air the following day, Sunday, March 15, at 10 a.m.
 
The men's finale will begin at 1 p.m. and will broadcast live on ESPN2.
 
This year, the preliminary games will be streamed live on FloHoops. Live statistics of all games will be available on the conference's official website and the tournament's official website, www.MEAChoops.com.
 
For tournament information, log on to www.MEAChoops.com. For the latest on MEAC sports, visit www.MEACsports.com.