Delaware State

Towson (3-4, 1-2 CAA) @New Hampshire (5-1, 2-1) Time: Noon Site: Cowell Stadium, Durham, N.H. TV/Radio: Comcast SportsNet/1570 AM Outlook: The Tigers had an extra week to prepare for the Northern Division-leading Wildcats, who came from behind to defeat Northeastern last week. Towson has won two of its past three, the lone loss coming against Northeastern. New Hampshire is averaging 37 points and 432 yards behind QB R.J. Toman (15 TD passes) and All-America TE Scott Sicko (five TDs)

The Ravens are the third NFL team Arundel alumnus Darnerien McCants has played for. An artist, singer and entrepreneur, McCants will always have a soft spot for his alma mater, Delaware State. Q: Why did you start a $10,000 scholarship fund last month for students wishing to attend Delaware State? A: "Right now, the young men are losing. ... You've got more young men ending up in jail and on the streets. My deal is to at least try to give them an opportunity, to let them know that there is money out there.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- For the Coppin State women's team, the one constant is always defense. For Danielle Anders, it always has been her weakest link. That may be changing - for Anders, but not Coppin. The Eagles got a big defensive contribution from their junior forward and enough offense from seniors Shalamar Oakley and Rashida Suber to take down Delaware State, 63-56, yesterday at the RBC Center and advance to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference women's championship game. Second-seeded Coppin (21-11)

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Boubacar Coly, Morgan State's 6-foot-9 enforcer who almost never uses his feet to get to the basket, roared down the lane last night for a thunderous dunk that restored order in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament and much-needed energy to the struggling Bears. Coly's unlikely improvisation gave No. 1-seeded Morgan its first lead of the night with 11 minutes left in the second half of a semifinal matchup with Delaware State. More important, it ignited a furious stretch run that carried the Bears to a 61-55 victory and into their first MEAC championship game in 30 years.

DOVER, Del. -- While Morgan State has played well at Hill Field House this season, take away the creature comforts and any team can lose its winning mojo. What has really separated the Bears from the pack in this second season under coach Todd Bozeman is getting victories on the road. So perhaps it's fitting that an unfamiliar landscape surrounded Morgan State in reaching one of the biggest wins in team history yesterday. Playing before an increasingly boisterous crowd at Memorial Hall, the Bears ground out a slow, 39-36 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference victory over Delaware State.

The last time Morgan State saw Roy Bright, he personally escorted the Bears out of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament semifinals. Bright's 30-point performance last March snuffed out the Bears' late-season run to respectability. Last night, the Bears settled that score against Delaware State, even if they didn't exactly stop Bright. Morgan's 64-59 victory over the Hornets at Hill Field House started as a blowout and finished as a white-knuckle thriller. Bright scored 20 of his game-high 23 points in the second half, when Delaware State came back from a 14-point deficit to force two ties in the final five minutes.

Rangers score 30 Perhaps the Orioles should not have gotten out of bed Aug. 22. The day bloomed promisingly enough with the announcement of Dave Trembley's permanent hiring as manager and the struggling Texas Rangers in town for a doubleheader. The Orioles even jumped to a 3-0 lead in Game 1. But a nine-run Rangers sixth wiped the good will away and replaced it with mocking applause from fans who were just happy the inning finally ended. Little did these bedraggled rooters know that the worst - 16 Rangers runs over the final two innings - was yet to come.

DOVER, Del. -- A 100-yard fumble return by Delaware State cornerback Akeem Green and four field goals by Peter Gaertner enabled the Hornets to come away yesterday with a 25-17 win over Morgan State in front of 5,446 at Alumni Stadium. The one play that will be replayed over and over in the head of Morgan State coach Donald Hill-Eley is running back Courtney Anderson's fumble in the end zone with 9:11 left in the game, when it looked as if he was about to increase the Bears' lead. Morgan State, leading 17-16, had a first-and-goal at the Delaware State 2-yard line when Anderson fumbled.

DOVER, Del. -- The word first spread room to room in the dormitories, with resident advisers knocking on doors just after 1 a.m. to announce that two students had just been shot. About an hour later, officials were posting notices on the walls and on the Delaware State University Web site. By 5 a.m., classes for the day had been canceled. Last spring's shootings at Virginia Tech reverberated hundreds of miles away yesterday in this campus of about 3,700, as school officials cited lessons learned and moved rapidly to try to protect students.