North Carolina Central meets Maryland-Eastern Shore in MEAC Tournament

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (9-22, 5-9 MEAC) vs. North Carolina Central Eagles (12-17, 8-6 MEAC)

Norfolk, Virginia; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina Central faces Maryland-Eastern Shore in the MEAC Tournament.

The Eagles' record in MEAC games is 8-6, and their record is 4-11 against non-conference opponents. North Carolina Central is 2-2 in one-possession games.

The Hawks are 5-9 in MEAC play. Maryland-Eastern Shore is 2-4 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

North Carolina Central is shooting 43.9% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points higher than the 43.5% Maryland-Eastern Shore allows to opponents. Maryland-Eastern Shore averages 5.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.5 per game North Carolina Central gives up.

The teams meet for the third time this season. The Eagles won 77-73 in the last matchup on March 3. Gage Lattimore led the Eagles with 23 points, and Zion Obanla led the Hawks with 18 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lattimore is shooting 39.0% from beyond the arc with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging 17.2 points. Kelechi Okworogwo is averaging 11.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 1.8 blocks over the past 10 games.

Obanla is scoring 10.4 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Hawks. Dorion Staples is averaging 10.6 points and 2.5 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 5-5, averaging 69.5 points, 26.6 rebounds, 11.0 assists, 8.7 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 44.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.3 points per game.

Hawks: 1-9, averaging 62.7 points, 29.7 rebounds, 12.6 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 44.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.3 points.

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