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Game 1
Opponent: Georgetown Hoyas (0-0)
Date: Monday,  3, 2025
Site: Capitol One Arena, Washington, D.C.
Game Time: 6:30 p.m. EST
Stream: ESPN+ | Live Stats: here 
MSU Coaches: MSU - Kevin Broadus (82-93, 7th yr) • GU  - Ed Cooley (27-39, 3rd yr)
Websites: www.MorganStateBears.com | www.GUHoyas.com

SETTING THE STAGE
• Morgan State (0-0) opens the 2025-26 season on Monday, Nov. 3, with a matchup against the Georgetown Hoyas (0-0) at 6:30 p.m. (EST) inside Capital One Arena. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
• Morgan State head coach Kevin Broadus' enters his seventh season at the helm of the program.
•  GU won the last meeting between the teams by a score of 91-65 on Dec. 10, 2001, at Capitol One Arena. Mike Sweetney set a new career high on the way to his tenth double-double as he led all scorers with 30 points and all rebounders with 13 boards. Mike also had 4 blocks for the game. Wesley Wilson added 18 points, and Kevin Braswell chipped in 13. The score at intermission was 39-30. 
• Senior guard Alfred Worrell Jr. played in 32 games and averaged 6.5 points and 1.6 rebounds as a junior at Southern Mississippi last season. He shot 38 percent from the floor, 33 percent from distance, and 87 percent from the free throw line. 
• Graduate guard Walter Peggs Jr. was a BOXTOROW DII HBCU All-America First Team selection as a standout at Spring Hill College. He became the program's leading scorer in the Division-II era, with 1,137 career points. He also broke the team's two-year career points per game record, averaging 21.3 points per game over two seasons. 
• Graduate center Dallas James spent four seasons at South Carolina State before joining the Indiana Hoosiers in 2024-25. 
• Graduate guard Elijah Davis transferred from Bowie State, where he started in every game (30) and averaged 10 points, 3.3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.9 steals, and 31.8 minutes. He also played for Mississippi Valley State (2021-22), Walter State C.C. (2022-23), and Incarnate Word (2023-24).

NEXT UP
The Bears will face Central Pennsylvania College on Thursday, November 6, inside Hill Field House. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. EST.

SCOUTING GEORGETOWN
• Head coach Ed Cooley, a 1994 graduate of Stonehill College, returns for his third season as the Hoyas' head coach. Cooley arrived on the Hilltop ahead of the 2023-24 season after spending the previous 12 seasons at Providence College. At PC, Cooley posted a 242-153 record, which included seven trips to the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2022, a BIG EAST regular season title (2022), and a BIG EAST Tournament title (2014). In 2022, Cooley was the recipient of the Naismith Coach of the Year Award, named the Sporting News Coach of the Year, the BIG EAST Coach of the Year, the NABC District 5 Coach of the Year, and the USBWA District 1 Coach of the Year.
• KJ Lewis was named to the Preseason All-BIG East Second Team. He is coming off a sophomore season at Arizona, where he appeared in all 37 games, making six starts. The El Paso, Texas native averaged 10.8 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game in his second season with the Wildcats.
• Malik Mack was named to the Preseason All-BIG East Third Team and is coming off a sophomore season where he played in and started 32 games. The Oxon Hill, Maryland native averaged 34.8 minutes, 12.9 points, 4.3 assists, and 3.6 rebounds per game while shooting 35.5% from behind the arc. Mack tallied double digits 21 times in 32 games, scoring a career-best 37 against Washington State in the first round of the College Basketball Crown.
• Georgetown was selected sixth in the preseason coaches' poll.
• With a 16-person roster, the Hoyas welcome six newcomers to the Hilltop to go along with returners Jayden Fort, Malik Mack, Caleb Williams, Julius Halaifonua, Austin Montgomery, Seal Diouf, Hashem Asadallah, Mason Moses, Michael Van Raaphorst, and Kayvaun Mulready.

THE SERIES
• Georgetown leads the series 15-0, with the first game played in 1981.
• GU won the last meeting between the teams by a score of 91-65 on Dec. 10, 2001, at the Capitol One Arena. Mike Sweetney set a new career high on the way to his tenth double-double as he led all scorers with 30 points and all rebounders with 13 boards. Mike also had 4 blocks for the game. Wesley Wilson added 18 points, and Kevin Braswell chipped in 13. The score at intermission was 39-30. Georgetown shot 47.9% from the field while holding Morgan State to 36.2%. The Hoyas forced 19 turnovers while giving up a dozen and won the battle of the boards 51-39.

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE HOYAS
• Malik Mack lifted the Hoyas by scoring 22 (9-16 FG) with five rebounds and three assists in a 84-70 win against No. 9 Kentucky on Thursday night in an exhibition game at Rupp Arena The win snapped Kentucky's 34-game winning streak in exhibition play. 
• Georgtown shot 55 percent from the field and 31 percent from three. Kentucky shot 33 from the field and 23 percent (7-30) from the three.
• Kentucky trailed the Hoyas, 46-39, at the intermission.
• KJ Lewis had 19 points (8-13 FG) and Vincent Iwuchukwu added 14 (8-9 FT) with five rebounds. 
• The Wildcats did not make a single 3-pointer in the second half (0-12 3FG). Kentucky had three starters who did not play.

AT THE HELM
• Kevin Broadus is entering his seventh season at the helm of the program after being named the men's head basketball coach in 2019.
• The Broadus-led Bears team has compiled several significant victories over non-conference competition, elevating the caliber of wins for a program that aims to compete at a championship level within the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Broadus demonstrated exemplary leadership while successfully overcoming numerous challenges at the onset of his tenure at Morgan, including navigating the rebuilding of a program under the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• During the 2024–25 season, the Bears finished with an overall record of 14–18, highlighted by a balanced 7–7 mark in MEAC play. The performance mirrored that of the previous season, when Morgan State went 11–20 overall, while also posting a .500 record in conference competition. In 2022–23, the Bears finished 15–15 overall and 7–7 in the MEAC, following a 13–15 campaign in 2021–22 that saw them place fourth in the league standings and reach the MEAC Tournament semifinals. The year prior, in 2021, Morgan advanced all the way to the MEAC Tournament championship game.
• Before Morgan, Broadus worked at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was one of the nation's best recruiters as the top assistant on Mark Turgeon's coaching staff. Broadus was influential in the successful NCAA tournament run for the Terps.
• Consistently ranked in the top 20 nationally for recruiting, Broadus was instrumental in signing several local Baltimore talents such as DeJuan Summers, Brandon Herbert, LaFonta Johnson, and Henry Sims.

WHO'S OUT
Kameron Hobbs (Stockbridge, Ga./Dutchtown HS), Wynston Tabbs (Suitland, Md./St. Mary's Ryken School HS), Amahrie Simpkins (Brooklyn, N.Y.), and Will Thomas (Baltimore, Md./Mervo HS) wrapped up their collegiate careers and graduated last spring. 
• Hobbs, a BOXTOROW HBCU First Team All-American, passed Jimmy Fields (139) to become No. 6 on Morgan State's all-time 3-point field goals leaderboard. He completed his career with 150 3-pointers.

WHO'S BACK
The Bears return three starters from last year's team, bringing back guard Rob Lawson and forward Trent Edwards. MSU also returns Christian Oliver, who was on the squad during the 2023-24 season.

WHO'S IN 
The Bears have added several newcomers to the 2025-26 roster: G Elijah Davis (Bowie State), G Alfred Worrell Jr. (Southern Mississippi), and G Christian Meeks (Waubonsee C.C.). Newcomers also include F  Eugene Alvin (Florida Southwestern) and F Manok Lual (Frostburg State), along with C Dallas James, a transfer from Indiana.

RETURNING PRODUCTION NUMBERS 
Morgan State returns 16.6 percent of its scoring, 18.7 percent of its rebounding, and 23.8 percent of its minutes played totals from last year's team. The team leaders in field goal percentage (Rob Lawson - .350), three-point percentage (Rob Lawson, .379), free throw percentage (Rob Lawson., .747), rebounding (Rob Lawson - 2.6 rpg), assists (Rob Lawson, 2.4), steals (Rob Lawson, 0.9), blocked shots (Trent Edwards, 1.0), and minutes played (Rob Lawson, 26.7).  Rob Lawson (23) is the only returner who has started in at least five (5) games a year ago.

HOME GROWN
Morgan State has five (5) players from the DMV (D.C., Maryland & Metropolitan-D.C.) area. Senior guard Rob Lawson is from Capitol Heights and played at National Christian Academy. Veteran guard Elijah Davis hails from Severn, Md., and played at Incarnate Word. Redshirt senior forward Jayden Socka is from Silver Spring, Md., and attended Springbrook HS. Graduate student guard Alfred Worrell Jr. and freshman David Bumpass are from Washington, D.C. Worrell went to Montgomery Blair HS, and Bumpass attended Friendship Tech Prep Academy.

ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTION
Graduate student Walter Peggs Jr., a transfer from Spring Hill College, was named to the preseason All-MEAC Third Team.
• Peggs was a BOXTOROW Division II HBCU All-America First Team selection and became the first player in program history to earn two BOXTOROW HBCU All-America honors. He was also a SIAC First Team All-Conference pick and was named to the NABC Honors Court.
• At Spring Hill, Peggs became the program's Division II era career scoring leader with 1,137 points and set the two-year career scoring average record at 21.3 points per game. He started all 26 games last season, averaging a career-best 26.0 points and 35.6 minutes per game. Peggs totaled 676 points to set the program's Division II single-season scoring record, while adding 92 rebounds. He also set Division II era records with 99 made three-pointers and 151 made free throws. Peggs shot career highs of 48.2% (213-442) from the field, 42.1% (99-235) from three-point range, and 87.8% (151-172) from the free-throw line.

TABBED TO FINISH FOURTH
The Morgan State men's basketball team has been picked to finish fourth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's preseason poll, announced by the conference today.
• The 2025-26 Bears earned 73 total points in the voting. Norfolk State claimed 12 first-place votes and 118 points total as the defending MEAC champions. Howard (97 pts) was selected second, followed by South Carolina State in third place (90 pts). Delaware State (70 pts), North Carolina Central (70 pts), Maryland Eastern Shore (31 pts), and Coppin State (27 pts) rounded out the league's predicted order of finish.

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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.