VCU plays Morgan State this Saturday
Fred Jeter | 11/10/2022, 6 p.m.
Among all the majority-white colleges playing basketball, VCU has perhaps the longest association with HBCUs.
Morgan State will be the Rams’ next foe Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Siegel Center. Tipoff is 7 p.m.
The visiting Bears from Baltimore have a player familiar to VCU. Lewis Djonkam, a 6-foot-9 graduate student, played for VCU in 2017-18 before transferring to Radford and playing three seasons.
In turn, VCU features Adrian “Ace” Baldwin out of Baltimore’s St. Frances Academy. Now a third-year starting point guard, the 6-foot Baldwin holds the keys to the Rams’ engine.
As a junior he averaged 12 points, four rebounds and six assists, and is a preseason All Atlantic-10 pick.
When old-timers think of Morgan State, the name of Marvin Webster invariably pops up. The 7-footer, known as “The Human Eraser,” led the Bears to the NCAA Division II title in 1974 before embarking on to a brilliant NBA career.
VCU’s first HBCU opponent was Maryland State, Dec. 21, 1968.
The lengthy list of HBCUs to face VCU includes Virginia Union, Virginia State, Norfolk State, Hampton, North Carolina A&T, Bethune-Cookman, Prairie View, among others.
The Howard Bison, who played at VCU in 2016, will return to the Siegel Center on Dec. 11, a Sunday, to face the Rams.
