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Coppin
State finishes with a win at Dell™ BCA Classic
Eagles
earn first non-confernce victory since 2001-02 season
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CINCINNATI -
Reserve Chad Yates scored 18 points to lead Coppin State to a 76-62
win over San Diego on Monday in the Dell™ Black Coaches Association
Classic.
Substitute Darryl
Jones added 14 points and Jimmy Boykin had 11 for the Eagles (1-2),
who earned their first win outside the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
since they beat Loyola-Maryland during the 2001-02 season. They
lost all 10 non-league games last season and their first two this
season.
San Diego's
Brice Vounang scored 20 points. The Toreros, the defending West
Coast Conference tournament champions, fell to 0-3 for the first
time since moving to Division I in the 1979-80 season.
Yates, who had
a total of 10 points in Coppin State's first two games, scored 14
on 6-of-8 shooting from the field in the first half. He had eight
during an 18-7 run that left the Eagles ahead 33-20 with 3:20 left
in the half. The Eagles twice led by 22 points in the second half.
The eight-team
tournament is being played on Xavier's home court. The Musketeers
are the top team in the three-day event.
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