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Game 13
Morgan State (5-7, 1-0 MEAC) vs. Howard (2-11, 0-1 MEAC)
Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 – 4 p.m.
Hill Field House  – Baltimore, Md.
Radio – Sirius-153 / XM-91 / WEAA-88.9 FM [Lamont Germany, Austin Ward & Mike Walker]
Websites: www.MorganStateBears.com; www.Howard-Bison.com

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The Opening Tip
Morgan State, the 2010 MEAC champions, will host Howard on Saturday, Jan. 8 at
4 p.m. at Hill Field House in Baltimore, Md. MSU 5-7 will attempt to rebound from a 89-72 non-conference loss at No. 23 Baylor on Jan. 4 in Waco, Texas. Howard fell to Virginia 84-63 Tuesday night Charloettesville at John Paul Jones Arena. The loss dropped the Bison to 2-11 overall.

The Last Time Out
WACO, Texas -- LaceDarius Dunn set career highs with 43 points and 10 3-pointers as Baylor broke out of a shooting slump in the second half and raced past Morgan State 89-72 on Tuesday night.

Dunn hit three 3-pointers within 58 seconds during a 19-4 run midway through the second half as the Bears (10-3) broke open a tight game. McDonald's All-American Perry Jones III, who was held scoreless Monday in a win over Texas Southern, bounced back with 17 points, and Quincy Acy added 11 points and eight rebounds.

Howard's Last Game
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. --The University of Virginia used a blistering three-point shooting barrage, that included a blistering 64 percent from beyond the arc to shoot down Howard, 84-63 in a non-conference men's game at John Paul Jones Arena. The Bison (2-11) had their best shooting performance of the season, connecting on 53 percent from the field overall, and a better than respectable 47 percent from the beyond the arc.

 

♦ Saturday night's game will be the 98th meeting between Morgan State and Howard in men's basketball.

♦ The Bears hold a 57-40 advantage in the series since 1950. MSU has won seven straight against the Bison since 2006, including 9 of the last 10 meetings.
♦ The last time Howard defeated Morgan State was during the 2005-06 season when the Bison pulled out a 72-59 win the year before Todd Bozeman became the Bears head coach. Bozeman has never lost to the Bison (7-0).

Thompson's Hospitality
♦ MSU junior Kevin Thompson is set to lead the Bears this season...the 6-foot-9 forward was the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and was the league's most dominant post player during the 2009-10 season ... As a sophomore, Thompson averaged 12.7 points per game, 11.9 rebounds (4th best in the nation) and completed the season with 22 double-doubles (pts & rebs). He has started the 2010-11 season by notching six double-double performances in 11 games, including a 25 points and 10 rebounds outing against LaSalle (Nov. 20).

Numbers Game
♦ Thru 12 games this season, DeWayne Jackson leads the Bears in scoring (17.3 ppg) followed by Kevin Thompson (12.3 ppg).
♦ Morgan State completed the 2009-10 season as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champs, it marked the Bears second consecutive MEAC Title and they also captured their third consecutive regular season title.
♦ DeWayne Jackson, the 2010 MEAC Rookie of the Year, has posted 76 points in the Bears' last three games (25.3 ppg), including his second-best scoring performance of the season when he led the Bears with 29 points at Baylor on Tuesday night.
♦ Morgan State was picked to finish as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champs again this year … the Bears received 20 first place votes and totaled 476 points to garner the league's top position for the second year in a row. 
♦ Morgan State has posted a 1-5 record when two Bears score in double-figures in a game ... The only time the Bears posted a win with two player scoring in double-digits was against Robert Morris (Dec. 30).
♦ The Bears had five players score in double-figures during their win against UMBC on Dec. 18 ... DeWayne Jackson (15), Kevin Thompson (14), Aric Brooks (14), Justin Black (10), and Tola Lawal (10).
♦ The Bears ranked 2nd in the MEAC for 3-point field goal percentage defense before facing a Louisville team that shot the lights out from long range ... The Cardinals (Dec. 27) ended up hitting 17-for-23 from 3-point territory ... And LaceDarius Dunn shot 10-for-18 for the Baylor Bears (Jan. 4) all by himself.
♦ Morgan State's junior captain Ameer Ali replaced Kevin Thompson in the starting lineup when the Bears defeated Robert Morris at Hill Field House on December 30, 2010 ... it marked Ali's first start of the 2010-11 season.
♦ Following their matchup with Howard, the Bears will have two days to prepare to host the MEAC-leading Pirates of Hampton on Monday, January 10 at Hill Field House ... No. 5 seeded Hampton was defeated 74-67 in last year's MEAC Semi-Finals matchup in Winston-Salem, N.C. (March 12, 2010) ... Ameer Ali scored 12 of his team-high 14 points in the second half to help lift the Bears over Hampton at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.