Carter and Maryland-Eastern Shore host North Carolina Central

North Carolina Central Eagles (8-17, 4-7 MEAC) at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (15-13, 8-3 MEAC)

Princess Anne, Maryland; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland-Eastern Shore hosts North Carolina Central after Dayshawna Carter scored 22 points in Maryland-Eastern Shore's 66-64 win over the Coppin State Eagles.

The Hawks have gone 7-3 in home games. Maryland-Eastern Shore has a 6-9 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Eagles are 4-7 in MEAC play. North Carolina Central is 5-9 against opponents with a winning record.

Maryland-Eastern Shore is shooting 38.1% from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points lower than the 39.4% North Carolina Central allows to opponents. North Carolina Central's 36.4% shooting percentage from the field this season is 3.1 percentage points lower than Maryland-Eastern Shore has given up to its opponents (39.5%).

The teams square off for the second time in conference play this season. North Carolina Central won the last matchup 69-62 on Feb. 2. Aniya Finger scored 30 points to help lead the Eagles to the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ashanti Lynch is averaging 12.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals for the Hawks. Carter is averaging 9.6 points over the past 10 games.

Aysia Hinton averages 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, scoring 7.0 points while shooting 32.9% from beyond the arc. Finger is averaging 13.3 points, seven rebounds and 1.6 steals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 7-3, averaging 61.4 points, 33.2 rebounds, 9.6 assists, 10.9 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 36.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 58.6 points per game.

Eagles: 5-5, averaging 66.6 points, 36.2 rebounds, 12.8 assists, 10.9 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 38.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.0 points.

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