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Game 15
Opponent: Delaware State Hornets (1-11, 0-6)
Date: February 6, 2021
Site: Hill Field House, Baltimore, Md.
Game Times: 2 p.m. EST
Live Stats: here | Live Stream: here
MSU Coaches: MSU - Kevin Broadus (25-20, 2nd yr) • DSU - Eric Skeeters (13-62, 3rd yr)
Websites: www.MorganStateBears.com | www.dsuhornets.com

SETTING THE STAGE
• The Morgan State Bears play Saturday afternoon versus Delaware State as they continue the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) slate of games. Tip-off at Hill Field House is scheduled for 2 p.m. and no fans will be allowed in the arena.
• The Bears currently sit atop the MEAC Northern Division with a 5-2 record and a 10-4 overall mark.
• Kevin Broadus enters his second year at the helm of the Morgan State Bears. The Bears won 15 games in his debut season, their most since 2013-14, finished sixth in the MEAC.
• Senior forward Troy Baxter earned MEAC Player of the Week honors after scoring a season-high 28 points with seven rebounds in an 79-76 win at Coppin State (Jan. 30) ... he is currently averaging 16.9 ppg (No. 2 in MEAC), 4.9 rpg (No. 14) and is shooting 47 percent (86-183; No. 10) from the field.
• Junior sharpshooter Lagio Grantsaan has connected on 18 of 45 3-pointers and is currently shooting 40 percent from beyond the arc (T-No. 7) and is averaging 9.9 ppg with 4.4 rpg.
•  Last season, Troy Baxter had 58 blocked shots (ranked No. 2 in MEAC) in 31 games and averaged 5.1 rebounds per game as a junior ... He currently leads the team with 22 blocks (No. 2 in MEAC) ... He has accumulated 80 career blocks in 44 games at MSU.
• Malik Miller  is a jack-of-all-trades for the Bears and is  averaging 13.5 ppg (No. 9), 8.3 rpg (No. 2), 2.1 spg (No. 4) and ranks No. 3 in the league shooting 54.6 percent from the field ... He was named MEAC Player of the Week on Jan. 19 and was selected MEAC Defensive Player of the Week on Dec. 22.
• Trevor Moore poured in a career-high 27 points and connected on 7-of-12 3-pointers vs. Coppin State (Jan. 17) ... He also had five boards, three assists, three steals and a blocked shot. 
• A couple of transfers could make an impact. Cincinnati transfer Trevor Moore figures to have an immediate impact as well as Sharone Wright Jr. (Wake Forest) and De'Torrion Ware (Jacksonville State).
• This year, the MEAC will split into Northern and Southern Divisions for basketball, and teams will play conference games exclusively within their division.

THE SERIES
• Saturday's contest will mark the 103rd matchup between the schools ... The Bears lead the series 60-42.
• unior guard De'Torrion Ware scored a career-high 36 points off the bench to help the Bears beat Delaware State 99-83 on Jan.24 at Hill Field House. Ware, who recorded a 30-point outing at Norfolk State (Jan. 10), made 11 of his 20 shots, including 6 of 11 from 3-point range. He also grabbed four rebounds, two steals and had a blocked shot. Senior forwards Troy Baxter and Lagio Grantsaan finished with 17 points apiece for Morgan State.
• Delaware State's last win against the Bears was on March 1, 2018. Simon Okolue scored 24 points on 11-of-14 shooting, Artem Tavakalyan hit five 3-pointers and scored 22 points with four steals, and Delaware State held off the Bears in the regular-season finale for both teams. Martez Cameron and Tiwian Kendley scored 16 points apiece.

SCOUTING THE HORNETS (0-11, 0-6)
• Head coach Eric Skeeters enters his third season leading the Delaware State men's basketball program in 2019-20.
• Myles Carter, a 6-1 transfer from Philadelphia, is the league's leading scorer averaging 12.5 points per game, 4.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists  ... The Palumbo HS is also shooting 43.8 percent from the field, 34 percent from 3-point territory and 89.7 percent from the stripe.
• Zach Kent, a 6-8 forward from Richmond, Va., is the team's third leading scorer averaging 9.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and is shooting 42.9 percent from the field.
• Junior floor general Johquin "Pinky" Wiley leads the Hornets by dishing 3.6 assists (No. 7 in MEAC) and is chipping in 12.5 points (No. 11) and 4.0 rebounds.
• DSU is in the top half of the MEAC in seven categories, which include ranking No. 3 in blocked shots (3.3), No. 4 in free throw percentage (.707), No. 5 in rebounding offense (33.9), and No. 5 in 3-point field goal percentage (.332). 
• DSU's Kevin McClain and Keith Goodie were both members of Todd Bozeman's staff (2006-15) at Morgan State during the school's back-to-back MEAC championship run in 2009 and '10.

RETURNING PRODUCTION NUMBERS 
Morgan State returns 65.7 percent of its scoring, 59.6 percent of its rebounding and 68.5 percent of its minutes played totals from last year's team. The team leaders in field goal percentage (Jamar Brown - .448), three-point percentage (Isaiah Burke, .390), free throw percentage (Lagio Grantsaan, .815), rebounding (Malik Miller - 5.4 rpg), assists (Sherwyn Devonish, 2.2), steals (Malik Miller, 1.0),  blocked shots (Troy Baxter, 1.9). and minutes played (Sherwyn Devonish, 31.7).  Six (5) players who started in at least five (5) games a year ago also return - Devonish (31), Baxter (26), Burke (23 ), Brown (17), Miller (11) and Okafor (8).

OFFENSIVE OUTPUT
• Morgan State is currently leading the MEAC in scoring by averaging 82.7 points (ranked T-No. 21 in nation) thru its first 14 games of the 2020-21 season.
• The Bears have scored 372 points (93 ppg) over the course of their current 4-game winning streak.
• They scored a season-high 102 in a home win vs. Lincoln-Pa. (Dec. 1, 2020).
• Thru 31 games of the 2019-20 season, the Bears averaged 70.4 ppg (ranked No. 6 in MEAC) and shot 42.4 percent from the field (ranks No. 5) and 28.1 percent from beyond the arc (No. 10).
• They scored a season-high 112 in a triple overtime thriller vs. Evansville (Nov. 24, 2019).

LET IT FLY
• The Bears are shooting 35.6 percent from beyond the arc and rank No. 3 in the MEAC.
• De'Torrion Ware leads Morgan State with 2.4 3-point field goals per game and is shooting at a 39.5 percent clip (No. 9). Troy Baxter  is averaging 2.0 3-pointers per game, followed by Trevor Moore's 1.9.
• Lagio Grantsaan is chipping in 1.5 three-point field goals per game, and is shooting a 40.0 percent (T-No. 7).
• The Bears connected on a season-high 14 3-pointers vs. Lincoln-Pa. (Dec. 1).
• Morgan State shot a league-best 57.9 percent (11-19) in a road win at Iona (Dec. 8).

GETTING OFF TO A GOOD START 
• The Bears are 6-0 this season when leading at halftime.
• On the flip side, MSU has compiled a 2-3 record in games it is trailing at halftime.
• The Bears' only wins when trailing at halftime came at James Madison (Jan. 3) and at Coppin State (Jan. 30).
• MSU is 2-1 in games when tied at halftime.

THREE PLAYERS AVERAGING DOUBLE-FIGURES 
The Bears will enter Saturday's contest with three players averaging double-digits.
• Senior forward Troy Baxter holds the lead for the team high in points, averaging 16.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 22 blocked shots.
• Junior De'Torrion Ware is averaging 15.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and is shooting 39.5 percent from beyond the arc ... he recorded a 36-point outing vs. Delaware State (Jan. 24).
• Junior Malik Miller, who exploded for 30 points versus Coppin State (Jan. 17), is the team's third leading scorer averaging 13.5 points, 8.3 rebounds and is shooting 54.6 percent from the field.

HOW TO WATCH GAMES: All men's and women's basketball home games will be video streamed for free through the MorganStateBears.com website. The latest broadcast and video stream information will always be listed on men's and women's basketball schedule pages at MorganStateBears.com.
 
MEN'S & WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RADIO: All home games and select away games for MSU men's and women's basketball will once again be available through Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN.com). Lamont Germany will handle play-by-play responsibilities and will also host pre-game and post-game shows. Including exclusive interviews with members of the teams and women's coach Ed Davis and men's coach Kevin Broadus. Fans can download the HSRN app for free and listen to the MSU broadcasts from anywhere. Simply search for HSRN when using the iHeartRadio app.