Game 5 (Non-Conference)
Charm City Hoops Classic
Morgan State (2-2) vs. Towson (0-2)
Date: Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
Site: Baltimore, Md. (Hill Field House)
Tip-off: 5:30 p.m.
Series Record: Towson leads, 16-11
T/V: N/A
Audio: Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN.com)
Live Stats: Here
Websites: MorganStateBears.com | TowsonTigers.com
 
BALTIMORE, Md. (Nov. 13, 2024)-The Morgan State Lady Bears will return home after a two-game road swing to host local foe Towson on Thursday, Nov. 14 in a non-conference game at 5:30 p.m. at Hill Field House. It will be the first game for both teams in the 2024 Charm City Hoops Classic, which was created last year and features Morgan State, Towson and UMBC. Morgan State will face UMBC on the road on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m.
  
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 (2-2) is coming off a 60-48 road loss at Old Dominion on Monday, Nov. 11. Laila Fair pulled down a career-high 20 rebounds and added 16 points to record a double-double and had a game-high three blocked shots, all game-highs. Fair fell one point shy of matching her career-high 17 points a season ago. Ja'la Bannerman added 11 points and totaled three steals, while Michaela Bogans finished with a game-high four steals to go with six points.
 
A LOOK AT TOWSON: Like Morgan State, the Tigers (0-2) enter the contest also on a two-game losing streak, following a 76-55 loss at George Mason on Saturday, Nov. 9 in Fairfax, Va. Khady Leye shot 8-of-11 to score a game-high 18 points and hauled in a team-high seven rebounds before fouling out. India Johnston finished with 13 points. Towson was picked to finish third in the 2024-25 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Preseason Poll with one first-place vote.
 
MSU VS. TOWSON SERIES NOTES: Towson leads the all-time series, 16-11. Towson won last season's meeting, 80-69 in Towson (11/29/23).
 
CHARM CITY HOOPS CLASSIC: In 2024 local foes Morgan State, Towson and UMBC have agreed to play each other every year in both men's and women's basketball in what is being billed as the Charm City Hoops Classic. Last season the Lady Bears split their contests, falling on the road to Towson (80-69), before defeating UMBC (65-42) at home. The three schools previously participated in the Battle of Baltimore series for six seasons from the 1997-98 season through the 2002-03 campaign.

NEXT UP: Morgan State will welcome local foe, Johns Hopkins on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at Hill Field House. This will be the first meeting between the Lady Bears and the Division III Blue Jays.
 
FAIR PULLS DOWN CAEER-HIGH 20 REBOUNDS: Senior forward Laila Fair grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds in the loss at Old Dominion (11/11). Fair, who also added 16 points to record a double-double, tallied 15 of her 20 rebounds on the defensive end. Her 20 boards shattered her previous career high of 14 rebounds she recorded twice last season in back-to-back games at Maryland Eastern Shore and Delaware State.
 
MORGAN PICKED FIFTH IN MEAC: The Morgan State Lady Bears were picked to finish fifth in the 2024-25 MEAC Preseason poll. The Lady Bears, who finished seventh a season ago, received 63 points. Defending MEAC regular season and tournament champion Norfolk State and Howard were picked as co-preseason favorites with 117 points each. The Spartans earned 11 of 16 first-place votes, while Howard received the remaining five first-place votes.
 
FAIR NAMED TO MEAC PRESEASON 3RD TEAM: Senior forward Laila Fair was named to the Preseason All-MEAC Third Team. Despite playing in just 15 games and making 12 starts, Fair would lead the Lady Bears in rebounding with 7.1 boards per contest and was second on the team in scoring with 8.5 points in 25.6 minutes per game. A native of Middlesex, N.J., Fair also led Morgan State with 22 blocked shots, while totaling 18 steals and 10 assists.
 
MORGAN IN SEASON OPENERS: The Lady Bears improved to 15-33 all-time in season openers dating back to 1977, following their 70-60 victory over Shepherd (11/4/24). Morgan State at one point had lost 23 straight season openers prior to winning three straight from 2006-08.
 
EDUCATION DAY: Morgan State will hold its second annual Education Day on Wednesday, Nov. 20 when the Lady Bears play host to Washington Adventist at 11 a.m. at Hill Field House.
 
MORGAN IN THE PUERTO RICO CLASICO: Prior to the Christmas holiday break the Lady Bears will make their seventh appearance in the Puerto Rico Clasico event and sixth trip to Puerto Rico. Morgan State will face Presbyterian on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at 10:30 a.m. and will face Cleveland State on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. The Lady Bears, who are 1-10 all-time in the tournament, picked up their first win with a 53-51 victory over UNC Asheville to close out last year's tournament. Morgan 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. Morgan State did not attend during the 2020-21 campaign due to an abbreviated schedule because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
WELCOME TO THE CAVE: Morgan State welcomes the addition of nine newcomers to the 2024-25 program this season. Four junior transfers in Ja'la Bannerman, Kimora Daly, Zaiha Minnis and Success Prysock; two sophomore transfers, Naya Ojukwu and Maya Woodson and three freshmen, Michaela Bogans, Nia Green and Kimora Lopez.
 
SAYING GOODBYE: The Lady Bears will say goodbye to three players at the conclusion of the home schedule, four-year member Emily Jones along with two-year members Laila Fair and Nakilah Johnson. Morgan State will honor its seniors on 'Senior Night' when the Lady Bears host Delaware State on Monday, March 3 in the home finale at Hill Field House.
   
2025 MEAC TOURNAMENT: The 2025 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men's and women's basketball tournament is scheduled for March 12-15, 2025 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.