Cleveland’s 30 points lifts NCCU over SAU, Moton captures All-Time Wins record

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DURHAM – In a historic night for head coach LeVelle Moton, he led the North Carolina Central University men’s basketball team to a 102-50 victory over St. Andrews University on Friday for his 252nd win, passing Floyd Brown as the all-time winningest men’s basketball coach at NCCU. Brown coached NC Central from 1952-1970, finishing his career with a record of 251-194. Senior Fred Cleveland Jr. led all scorers for a career-high of 30 points against the Knights. Cleveland assisted on four field goals and had four steals as well. Junior Timmy Adedire dominated the glass, snatching a career and game high 14 rebounds to go along with seven points. The Eagles had five scorers in double-figures.  St. Andrews fought hard in the first half and kept pace with the Eagles. After trading buckets, NCCU was up 16-14 by the second media timeout. Cleveland got hot from beyond the arc, nailing 5-of-8 threes in the first 20 minutes of play, leading all scorers with 25 points.  Redshirt senior Ja’Darius Harris scored five of his eight points in the first half from the free throw line. The lead grew as large as 16 points for NCCU before a fastbreak layup from SAU’s...

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