7973
79
Winner N.C. A&T NCA&T 3-1,0-0 CAA
73
Morgan St. Morgan 1-4,0-0 MEAC
Winner
N.C. A&T NCA&T
3-1,0-0 CAA
79
Final
73
Morgan St. Morgan
1-4,0-0 MEAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
N.C. A&T NCA&T 45 34 79
Morgan St. Morgan 38 35 73

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | MSU Athletics Communications

Bears Battle, But Aggies Close Strong for 79–73 Win

BALTIMORE, Md. (Nov. 18, 2025) – Lewis Walker poured in a game-high 24 points to power North Carolina A&T past Morgan State, 79–73, on Tuesday night at Hill Field House. With the setback, the Bears fall to 1–4, while the Aggies move to 3–1 on the year.
 
OPENING TIP

• Walker led four Aggies in double-figures. The redshirt freshman forward had 24 points on 7-for-13 shooting and had nine rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Will Felton had 15 points (7-8 FG) and eight boards., Trent Middleton, Jr. finished with 13 points and Brooklyn Vick added 11 points (6-6 FT), five rebounds, and five assists..
• Elijah Davis led the Bears with a season-high 21 points (8-13 FG), seven assists, four rebounds, and three steals in 37 minutes. out of the game with 8 points in 18 minutes.
• Alfred Worrell Jr. added 13 points, but struggled tonight from beyond the arc, where he went 2-for-12.
• Rob Lawson came off the bench and had an efficient night from the field, going 5-for-8 from the floor for 12 points and had five assists.
• Eugene Alvin provided a major spark off the bench, finishing with 6 points, 3 rebounds, and a steal in 13 high-energy minutes. He closed the night as the Bears' leader in plus-minus.
• Christian Oliver led the Bears on the glass with a team-high 7 rebounds and added 7 points, knocking down 3 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish at 75% for the night.


THE DIFFERENCE

• N.C. A&T shot 52 percent (26-of-57) from the field and went 6-of-19 from three-point range. Morgan State shot 45 percent overall (28-of-62) and shot just 5-of-21 from deep.
• The Aggies closed Tuesday's contest with a significant edge at the free-throw line, attempting 10 more foul shots than Morgan. A&T converted 21 of 27 (77%), while the Bears finished 12 of 17 (70%).
• A&T controlled the glass, holding a 40–24 rebounding advantage, though Morgan State held a 38–30 edge in points in the paint.
• The Aggies built their largest lead of the night (11 points) when Lewis Walker knocked down a jumper and two free throws to make it 49–38 with 19:34 remaining.
• N.C. A&T held a 45-38 halftime lead.
• The Bears got back-to-back baskets by Eugene Alvin and took a 73-72 lead with 2:06 to play. However, A&T scored the final seven points of the contest to win, 79-73.


NOTE THE QUOTE | COACH KEVIN BROADUS

"Our guys fought hard. We're just in a spot right now where we're battling to break through. We had some heart-to-heart conversations with the team, and as long as we've got ten toes in, we're going to be fine. It's still early. I know we want to win these games, but there's a reason we built a schedule like this. Facing a CAA team — a team that used to be in the MEAC and now has CAA-level talent — there are no excuses. We believed we had ways to offset things and find a way to win, but it didn't happen tonight. We fought and fought, but we came up short."

"What encourages me is what I heard from our guys in the locker room. There's no quit. Losses like this can be demoralizing. You can be on a ship, but if you don't have ten toes in, you can drown — and we're not going to drown. We're going to figure this out. We've got a tough stretch ahead with Old Dominion coming up, then Drexel, another CAA opponent… and that's by design, instead of playing teams you know you can beat. We're preparing for something bigger than just right now. I just hope we can get this figured out soon."

When asked what he has learned about his team after back-to-back close home losses, Coach Broadus said:

"Today I learned that we've got to pay attention to detail. Things happen, but we can't get out of character, and we have to trust each other more instead of forcing shots and trying to do too much. And, as I told the team — not one play was lost in that game, let me make that clear. Everybody was yelling and screaming at Gene (Eugene Alvin) at the of end, but that didn't lose the game. Let me tell you what lost the game… 40–24 on the glass."



NEXT UP
The Morgan State Bears will be back in action on Friday, Nov. 21, when they travel to take on the Old Dominion Monarchs (2–3) on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. (EST) inside Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.


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