Game 10
Morgan State (7-2) at Texas State (5-2)
Date: Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022
Site: San Marcos, Texas (Strahan Arena at the University Events Center)
Tip-off: 4 p.m. EST
Series Record: Morgan State leads, 1-0
Audio: N/A
Live Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: Here
Websites: MorganStateBears.com | txst.com
 
BALTIMORE, Md. (Dec. 10, 2022)--The Morgan State women's basketball team returns to action on Sunday, Dec. 11, when it visits Texas State in a non-conference contest at Strahan Arena in San Marcos, Texas. It will be the second meeting between the two programs. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET.
 
Sunday's game will be the Lady Bears' first game since Nov. 30 at Towson. Morgan State's last two scheduled contests at Texas A&M (12/4) and at Marquette (12/7) were canceled due to Covid health and safety protocols within the Morgan State program.
 
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.

BEAR CLAWS: Morgan State (7-2) put an end to a two-game losing skid with a 76-48 thumping at rival Towson (11/30). The 28-point victory was Morgan State's most lopsided win against a Division I opponent since defeating South Carolina State last season in Baltimore by an identical 76-48 score on Feb. 14, 2022. Ja'Niah Henson scored a game-high 28 points on 10-of-17 shooting to lead four Lady Bear starters in double figures scoring. Charlene Shepherd recorded a double-double with 13 points and a game-high 12 rebounds, while dishing out a game-high six assists. Taylor Addison scored 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and Vanessa Aduah added 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting.
  
A LOOK AT THE BOBCATS: Texas State (5-2) is riding a two-game winning streak, following a 74-62 victory at home against Loyola Marymount (12/3). Da'Nasia Hood led the Bobcats with a double-double of 26 points and 10 rebounds, both game highs. Kennedy Taylor added 15 points on 6-for-6 shooting, including 3-for-3 from three-point range, while dishing out a game-high seven assists. Lauryn Thompson tallied 12 points, six rebounds and three steals. The Bobcats went 19-of-20 (95 percent) at the charity line. Hood connected on all 11 of her attempts.
 
MSU VS. TEXAS STATE SERIES NOTES: Morgan State leads the series, 1-0. The two programs first met on Dec. 18, 2019 in Baltimore with the Lady Bears earning a 72-62 victory.
 
NEXT UP: Morgan State will travel to Charlottesville, Va. (12/18) to face undefeated Virginia (11-0) at 2 p.m. inside John Paul Jones Arena.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COACH: Even though last Sunday's game at Texas A&M was canceled, Morgan State head coach Ed Davis celebrated a birthday. It was to be the third time since Davis took over the helm at Morgan State during the 2016-17 season that he would have coached on his birthday. Davis, who is 1-1 when coaching on his birthday, defeated Florida International at home, 62-51 on Dec. 4, 2017 and lost at Hofstra 51-39 on Dec. 4, 2019.
 
MORGAN IN THE PUERTO RICO CLASICO: Over the Thanksgiving holiday break, the Lady Bears made their fifth appearance in the Puerto Rico Clasico event and the fourth trip to Puerto Rico. Morgan State would drop both of its contests against Stephen F. Austin (60-36) and Boston College (75-34). The Lady Bears, who fell to 0-9 all-time in the tournament, first competed in the event during the 2016-17 season and attended four straight years from 2016-20. The 2017 tournament was moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. due to the damage of Hurricane Maria.
 
LADY BEARS SET RECORD WITH 6-0 START: Morgan State's 6-0 mark to start the season set the program record for best season start. It surpassed the school's previous mark set by the 1983-84 team, which began the season 4-0.
 
FOURTH QUARTER LOCKDOWN: Morgan State has held six of its first nine opponents to under 10 points in the fourth quarter, including an opponent low three points by Washington Adventist (11/16). In the recent win over rival Towson, Morgan State held the Tigers to 2-of-15 shooting in the fourth quarter to outscore them 18-4 in the fourth quarter. The Lady Bears have outscored its opponents, 164-74 in the fourth quarter, thus far. Only Notre Dame of Maryland (16 points), Stephen F. Austin (13 points) and Boston College (14 points) have scored in double figures against Morgan in the fourth quarter.
 
PROTECTING THE 'HOUSE': With its win over Saint Francis-Pa. (11/22), Morgan State improved to 6-0 on the season, extended its home winning streak to 12 straight and has now won 32 of its last 35 home games dating back to the 2018-19 campaign. The Lady Bears went 9-1 at Hill Field House during the 2021-22 season. During an abbreviated 2020-21 season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, MSU went 6-1 at Hill Field House. The season before that the Lady Bears concluded the 2019-20 campaign with a 10-1 home record, which was the program's best home court mark since the 2017-18 team finished 10-3.

IT TAKES A THIEF: Through nine games, Morgan State has forced 210 opponent turnovers, while recording 118 steals. The Lady Bears forced a season-high 29 turnovers twice against Washington Adventist (11/16) and Saint Peter's (11/18), while recording a season-high 19 steals against Washington Adventist. Ja'Niah Henson leads the Lady Bears with 26 steals, while Charlene Shepherd has 22. Emily Jones has 15 steals and Taylor Addison has 13 steals.

HENSON NAMED MEAC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Senior guard Ja'Niah Henson was named MEAC Co-Player of the Week (11/15) along with Norfolk State's Kierra Wheeler. Henson averaged 16 points per game to help Morgan to a 3-0 start. The Baltimore, Md. native, shot a combined 18-of-36 (.500) from the floor and was 9-for-18 (.500) from three-point range. Henson opened the season with 16 points, while knocking down 3-for-4 three-pointers, four steals and two assists against Shepherd, then scored a game-high 22 points with four made three-pointers, four assists, four rebounds and three steals in a comeback win against Loyola Maryland. The 5-foot-3 guard ended the week with 10 points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal against local foe Notre Dame (Md.).
 
BUTLER HAS BIG DAY: Freshman center Jael Butler had a career day in just the third game of her career as a Lady Bear. The 6-foot-2 native of Gilroy, Calif., scored a season-best 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting and added five rebounds, a steal and an assist in the win over Notre Dame of Maryland (11/14). 
 
BUMBRAY FROM THREE: Senior guard Maiya Bumbray came off the bench in the win over Notre Dame of Maryland and scored a career-high 12 points on a career-high four three-pointers made in 13 minutes of action against the Gators. 
 
THAT'S A FIRST: Last season the Lady Bears captured their first-ever MEAC regular season crown in program history, as they finished in a three-way tie with Howard and Norfolk State for a share of the MEAC crown. All three teams split the season series against one another going 1-1 and finished with identical 11-3 MEAC records. The team was honored during this Saturday's season finale football contest against Howard (11/19) and will be recognized again on Monday, Jan. 23 when both the women's and men's teams face Norfolk State.
 
MORGAN IN SEASON OPENERS: The Lady Bears improved to 13-33 all-time in season openers dating back to 1977, following their 78-39 victory over Shepherd in the season opener on Monday, Nov. 7. Morgan State at one point had lost 23 straight season openers prior to winning three straight from 2006-08.
  
MORGAN-LOYOLA MARYLAND RENEW SERIES: The Morgan State and Loyola women's basketball programs renewed their series last year on Dec. 8, 2021 after a 35-year hiatus. The Lady Bears would win on the road, 64-55. It was the first meeting between the two schools separated by 2.7 miles, since the 1985-86 season. The Lady Bears also claimed this season's contest, defeating the Greyhounds at home, 59-50 (11/10). Morgan State now leads the all-time series, 14-2.
 
2022-23 CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED: Morgan State graduate player Taylor Addison (Columbia, Md.) and senior Ja'Niah Henson (Baltimore, Md.) have been named this year's team captains for the 2022-23 campaign.
 
WELCOME HOME: A familiar face joined the Morgan State sideline this season with the addition of Tykyrah Williams as an assistant coach. Williams, who is no stranger to Morgan State, was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter for the Lady Bears from 2014-18. Williams finished her career scoring 1,068 points and pulled down 589 rebounds to become the seventh player at Morgan State to record more than 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. She ranks 13^th all-time in scoring, 10^th in rebounding and 12^th in steals on the Morgan State career charts.
   
MORGAN PICKED TO FINISH FOURTH IN MEAC: Morgan State was picked to finish fourth in the 2022-23 MEAC Preseason Poll. Last season the Lady Bears were picked to finish second for the second consecutive year and ended up finishing tied for first for the MEAC regular season crown with Howard and Norfolk State. It marked the program's first-ever MEAC regular season title.
 
2023 MEAC TOURNAMENT: The 2023 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men's and women's basketball tournament is scheduled for March 8-11, 2023 at the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va. 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.


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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.