# 2012–13 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Delaware State Hornets men's basketball team represented Delaware State University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hornets, led by 13th-year head coach Greg Jackson, played their home games at the Memorial Hall and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 15–18, 8–8 in MEAC play, to finish in a tie for sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the MEAC tournament where they lost to North Carolina A&T.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Kendall Gray | Center | 6–10 | 240 | Sophomore | Dover, Delaware |
| 2 | Jabari Joyner | Guard | 5–7 | 160 | Senior | Neptune City, New Jersey |
| 3 | Tyshawn Bell | Forward | 6–7 | 215 | Sophomore | Dover, Delaware |
| 4 | Cahli Thomas | Guard | 6–1 | 180 | Freshman | Washington, D.C. |
| 5 | Bryan Scott | Forward/Center | 6–10 | 215 | Sophomore | Washington, D.C. |
| 10 | Miles Bowman Jr. | Guard | 6–5 | 190 | Freshman | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 11 | Tahj Tate | Guard | 6–4 | 190 | Sophomore | Easley, South Carolina |
| 13 | Albert Thomas | Guard | 5–10 | 160 | Junior | Fort Washington, Maryland |
| 20 | Brandon Oliver | Guard | 6–2 | 185 | Senior | Durham, North Carolina |
| 21 | Scott Sill | Forward | 6–9 | 215 | Freshman | Windsor, Connecticut |
| 22 | Casey Walker | Guard | 6–5 | 175 | Junior | Brodnax, Virginia |
| 23 | Lewis Lott | Guard | 6–0 | 165 | Junior | Woodbridge, Virginia |
| 30 | Jordan Lawson | Guard | 6–5 | 210 | Junior | Durham, North Carolina |
| 32 | Marques Oliver | Forward | 6–7 | 220 | Senior | Durham, North Carolina |
| 34 | Chris Lewis | Guard | 5–11 | 165 | Freshman | Willingboro Township, New Jersey |
| 35 | Nick Doyle | Guard/Forward | 6–4 | 195 | Freshman | Franklin, Virginia |
| 44 | Amere May | Guard | 6–1 | 175 | Sophomore | Covert, Michigan |
| 45 | Ashwell Boyd | Guard | 6–4 | 180 | Freshman | Arlington, Texas |
| 55 | Michael Coger | Center | 6–9 | 235 | Senior | Greensboro, North Carolina |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| November 10, 2012* 7:00 pm | Gwynedd–Mercy | W 74–56 | 1–0 | Memorial Hall (1,249) Dover, Delaware |
| November 12, 2012* 7:00 pm | Cairn | W 95–46 | 2–0 | Memorial Hall Dover, Delaware |
| November 14, 2012* 7:00 pm | Wagner | W 73–69 $^{OT}$ | 3–0 | Memorial Hall (1,178) Dover, Delaware |
| November 18, 2012* 3:00 pm | at Illinois State South Padre Island Invitational | L 48–87 | 3–1 | Redbird Arena (5,660) Normal, Illinois |
| November 20, 2012* 8:00 pm | at Northwestern South Padre Island Invitational | L 50–69 | 3–2 | Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,012) Evanston, Illinois |
| November 23, 2012* 1:00 pm | vs. Fairleigh Dickinson South Padre Island Invitational | L 62–63 | 3–3 | South Padre Island Convention Centre (N/A) South Padre Island, Texas |
| November 24, 2012* 11:45 am | vs. Navy South Padre Island Invitational | L 53–63 | 3–4 | South Padre Island Convention Centre (N/A) South Padre Island, Texas |
| November 28, 2012* 7:00 pm | at Eastern Kentucky | L 51–84 | 3–5 | Alumni Coliseum (1,175) Richmond, Kentucky |
| December 1, 2012 3:00 pm | Maryland–Eastern Shore | W 76–66 | 4–5 (1–0) | Memorial Hall (1,528) Dover, Delaware |
| December 8, 2012* 2:00 pm | at Delaware | W 73–67 | 5–5 | Bob Carpenter Center (2,454) Newark, Delaware |
| December 15, 2012* 2:00 pm | at Penn State | L 76–80 $^{OT}$ | 5–6 | Bryce Jordan Center (5,751) University Park, Pennsylvania |
| December 19, 2012* 7:00 pm, Pitt Panthers TV | at Pittsburgh | L 43–71 | 5–7 | Petersen Events Center (9,522) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| December 29, 2012* 12:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Maryland | L 50–79 | 5–8 | Comcast Center (12,389) College Park, Maryland |
| January 2, 2013* 7:00 pm | at Marshall | W 53–51 | 6–8 | Cam Henderson Center (5,039) Huntington, West Virginia |
| January 5, 2013* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Arkansas | L 51–86 | 6–9 | Bud Walton Arena (12,644) Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| January 19, 2013 4:25 pm | at Maryland–Eastern Shore | L 53–58 | 6–10 (1–1) | Hytche Athletic Center (2,018) Princess Anne, Maryland |
| January 23, 2013 7:30 pm | Howard | W 63–46 | 7–10 (2–1) | Memorial Hall (1,487) Dover, Delaware |
| January 26, 2013 4:00 pm | at Bethune-Cookman | W 68–52 | 8–10 (3–1) | Moore Gymnasium (1,001) Daytona Beach, Florida |
| January 28, 2013 7:30 pm | at Florida A&M | W 57–48 | 9–10 (4–1) | Teaching Gym (706) Tallahassee, Florida |
| February 2, 2013 4:00 pm | North Carolina Central | L 43–54 | 9–11 (4–2) | Memorial Hall (1,471) Dover, Delaware |
| February 4, 2013 7:30 pm | North Carolina A&T | W 53–44 | 10–11 (5–2) | Memorial Hall (1,356) Dover, Delaware |
| February 9, 2013 6:00 pm | at Norfolk State | L 56–74 | 10–12 (5–3) | Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall (3,847) Norfolk, Virginia |
| February 11, 2013 8:00 pm | at Hampton | L 84–85 $^{2OT}$ | 10–13 (5–4) | Hampton Convocation Center (3,965) Hampton, Virginia |
| February 16, 2013 4:30 pm | Coppin State | W 57–43 | 11–13 (6–4) | Memorial Hall (1,348) Dover, Delaware |
| February 18, 2013 8:00 pm | Morgan State | W 52–50 | 12–13 (7–4) | Memorial Hall (1,202) Dover, Delaware |
| February 23, 2013 4:00 pm | Norfolk State | L 56–60 | 12–14 (7–5) | Memorial Hall (1,843) Dover, Delaware |
| February 25, 2013 7:40 pm | Hampton | L 50–57 | 12–15 (7–6) | Memorial Hall (1,368) Dover, Delaware |
| March 2, 2013 6:00 pm | at Howard | W 56–53 | 13–15 (8–6) | Burr Gymnasium (N/A) Washington, D.C. |
| March 4, 2013 7:45 pm | at Morgan State | L 47–66 | 13–16 (8–7) | Talmadge L. Hill Field House (1,008) Baltimore, Maryland |
| March 7, 2013 7:30 pm | at South Carolina State | L 60–62 | 13–17 (8–8) | SHM Memorial Center (1,328) Orangeburg, South Carolina |
| 2013 MEAC men's basketball tournament |||||
| March 12, 2013 9:00 pm | vs. Howard First Round | W 73–61 | 14–17 | Norfolk Scope (2,591) Norfolk, Virginia |
| March 14, 2013 6:00 pm | vs. Hampton Quarterfinals | W 63–60 | 15–17 | Norfolk Scope (N/A) Norfolk, Virginia |
| March 15, 2013 8:30 pm | vs. North Carolina A&T Semifinals | L 78–84 | 15–18 | Norfolk Scope (N/A) Norfolk, Virginia |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||