Norfolk State makes HBCU history by winning their third straight MEAC championship and a 30 win season. Back to the Dance.

Norfolk State split the regular season MEAC title with South Carolina State (20-13, 11-3 MEAC), which was looking to win the conference tournament for the first time since 2003. U

Exciting HBCU basketball as Norfolk State secures the MEAC Championship in a nail-biting 66-65 victory against South Carolina State.

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Kierra Wheeler scored 7-of-19 points in the fourth quarter to lead Norfolk State (29-4, 15-0) over Howard (21-10, 12-3), 68-56, to claim the 2025 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament Championship. Wheeler should be named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player after averaging 20 points per game.

The Spartans stormed back to win and claim their first NCAA bid since 2022 and fourth in the school’s Division I era.

BOTTOM LINE: Norfolk State plays South Carolina State in the MEAC Championship. The Spartans have gone 13-3 against MEAC opponents, with a 9-7 record in non-conference play. Norfolk State scores 78.2 points and has outscored opponents by 8.7 points per game.

Kierra Wheeler poured in 19 points as the No. 1-seeded Spartans outlasted a pesky second-seeded Howard team 68-56 Saturday afternoon at Norfolk Scope to clinch their third consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament title and an automatic bid to the big dance. Wheeler was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.

Norfolk State fans had a lot to cheer about Saturday at Scope and that excitement will continue into next week's NCAA Tournament on both the men's and women's sides.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Howard Bison vs. Norfolk State Spartans NCAAW game to be played on March 15, 2025 on ESPN.