Howard women win MEAC
Fred Jeter | 3/17/2022, 6 p.m.
The Howard University women’s basketball team hold their tickets to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Norfolk State University 61-44 last Saturday to clinch the MEAC crown. As winners of the tournament, they receive an automatic bid to the NCAA, where they will play University of the Incarnate Word of Texas in the first round in Columbia, S.C., at Free Press press time on Wednesday night. Howard’s Destiny Howell, a 6-foot sophomore, was named MVP of the MEAC Tournament, while Coach Ty Grace was named Outstanding Coach.
