Game 28 (MEAC Contest)
Opponent: at Delaware State (5-19, 3-10 MEAC)
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2019
Site: Dover, Del. | Memorial Hall
Tip-Off: 2 p.m.
Series Record: Delaware State leads the series, 42-35
TV: None
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Radio: HSRN.com
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DOVER, Del. (March 2, 2019)-The Morgan State women's basketball team will look to get back on track and close out the road portion of its regular season on a high note, when it visits Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) foe Delaware State on Saturday, March 2 at 2 p.m. at Memorial Hall in Dover, Del. The Lady Bears will then travel to Princess Anne, Md. to face Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday, March 4 at 5:30 p.m. at the William P. Hytche Center.
 
BEAR CLAWS: Morgan State (8-19, 6-7 MEAC) suffered its third straight loss, falling to rival Howard, 74-62 on Monday, Feb. 25 in Baltimore. Adre'onia Coleman scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down a game-high eight rebounds in the loss. Jihayah Chavis scored 17 points and recorded a game-high five steals, while Ashia McCalla came off the bench to add 11 points. Coleman, who is in her second and final season with the Lady Bears, has led the team in both scoring (16.7) and rebounding (8.1). McCalla is averaging 9.4 points and Chavis is scoring 9.3 points. Chavis leads the Lady Bears in assists (64) and steals (60).
 
HORNET STINGERS: Delaware State (5-19, 3-10 MEAC) was dealt a rather disappointing 85-59 loss at Coppin State on Monday, Feb. 25, in a game that statistically, was supposed to be evenly matched. Lanayjha Ashe led Delaware State with 20 points, six assists and added seven rebounds, while NaJai Pollard grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds. Yazmin Batch added 11 points and Shonny Regalado came off the bench to score 10. Ashe, who entered the contest averaging just under 13 points a game, caught fire in the second half scoring 13 of her 20 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor, while dishing out three assists. Pollard, the school's all-time scoring leader, is averaging 22.6 points to go with her 10.6 rebounds per game. Lanayjha is scoring 12.9 points per game.
 
MSU VS. DSU SERIES NOTES: Delaware State has won two straight and leads the all-time series over Morgan State, 42-35. The Hornets swept the Lady Bears last season, winning the first meeting, 62-54 in Baltimore (1/22), before completing the season sweep with a 60-56 victory in the season finale (3/1).
 
NEXT UP: Morgan State will close out the 2018-19 regular season at home when they welcome crosstown rival Coppin State to Hill Field House for both the regular season finale and 'Senior Night' on Thursday, March 7. Tip-off is at 5:30 p.m. 
 
SAYING GOODBYE: Morgan State will say goodbye to three seniors at the conclusion of the season. Two-year members Naomi Bolasingh, Adre'onia Coleman and Kayla Horn, who all came to Morgan State as juniors, will be honored on 'Senior Night' when they play their final home game at Hill Field House on March 7, 2019 against crosstown rival Coppin State at 5:30 p.m.
 
CHAVIS MOVING UP: Junior Jihayah Chavis moved into 10th-place in steals at Morgan State, following her five steals against Howard (2/25). Chavis is now two steals away from passing former Lady Bear Karla Warfield (150 steals from 1993-96, 97) for ninth.
 
DAVIS RETURNS TO THE HORNETS NEST: Morgan State head coach Ed Davis will be making his third trip back to Memorial Hall as an opposing head coach. Davis, who once patrolled the sideline for 12 seasons as the head coach of Delaware State, last season suffered his first loss in five trips to Memorial Hall since joining Morgan State as an assistant during the 2012-13 season. The Lady Bears have a 7-3 all-time record against Delaware State since Davis joined Morgan State's staff.
 
FEELING COMFORTABLE ON THE ROAD: After beginning the season dropping its first eight true road games and going a combined 0-11 away from Hill Field House, Morgan State put together a three-game road winning streak, following its 63-61 victory at South Carolina State (2/9). That winning streak would come to an end with a 53-35 loss at Savannah State (2/11).
 
2019 MEAC TOURNAMENT: The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men's and women's basketball tournament is scheduled for March 11-16 at the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va. Ticket books can be purchased at all 12 MEAC university ticket offices, the Norfolk Scope Arena, Ticketmaster outlets, the MEAC Administrative Office and online at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available by calling the MEAC at 757-951-2055 or Ticketmaster at (800)-745-3000. The annual MEAC Basketball Tournament moved to Norfolk in 2013 after spending the previous four years in Winston-Salem, N.C. from 2009 through 2012.