Maryland-Eastern Shore visits Worrell and Morgan State

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (8-16, 4-3 MEAC) at Morgan State Bears (9-13, 5-2 MEAC)

Baltimore; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Morgan State plays Maryland-Eastern Shore after Alfred Worrell Jr. scored 24 points in Morgan State's 89-80 victory over the Coppin State Eagles.

The Bears are 5-5 on their home court. Morgan State allows 78.9 points and has been outscored by 4.3 points per game.

The Hawks have gone 4-3 against MEAC opponents. Maryland-Eastern Shore has a 2-3 record in one-possession games.

Morgan State's average of 6.6 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.6 fewer made shots on average than the 7.2 per game Maryland-Eastern Shore gives up. Maryland-Eastern Shore's 44.7% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.7 percentage points lower than Morgan State has given up to its opponents (47.4%).

The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Worrell is scoring 17.2 points per game with 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 assist for the Bears. Rob Lawson is averaging 13.8 points and 3.4 rebounds while shooting 41.4% over the past 10 games.

Joseph Locandro is averaging 10.3 points for the Hawks. Zion Obanla is averaging 13.2 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bears: 7-3, averaging 80.1 points, 32.3 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 5.5 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.7 points per game.

Hawks: 4-6, averaging 64.1 points, 28.6 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 5.9 steals and 1.6 blocks per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.0 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.