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Game 13
Opponent: Loyola Marymount (8-4)
Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Site: Gersten Pavilion, Los Angeles, Calif.
Game Time: 6 p.m. ET
Series Record: Series tied 3-3
Live Stream: ESPN+ | Live Stats: www.lmulions.com
Coaches: MSU -Kevin Broadus (84-104, 7th yr) • LMU – Stan Johnson (80-77, 6th yr)
Websites: www.morganstatebears.com | www.lmulions.com
SETTING THE STAGE
• The Morgan State Bears (2–10) return to action on Tuesday, Dec. 23, when they face the Loyola Marymount Lions (8–4) in a non-conference matchup at Gersten Pavilion. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. (ET). Morgan State enters the contest coming off a 94–64 loss against the University of San Francisco on Sunday night. LMU most recently snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating North Alabama, 91–57, on Friday, Dec. 19, at Gersten Pavilion.
• Morgan State and LMU last met on Nov. 23, 2022, with the Lions escaping with an 81–80 overtime victory at War Memorial at Gersten Pavilion.
• 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 enters Tuesday's matchup leading the Bears by averaging 14.3 points on 37 percent shooting from the field.
• Rob Lawson has emerged as a major spark off the bench to open the 2025–26 season. The senior guard led the Bears with a game-high 20 points, adding five rebounds and four assists in 29 minutes at Georgetown on Nov. 11. He followed that effort with another 20-point outing against Central Penn at Hill Field House. He's currently averaging 13.3 points on 37 percent shooting from the field and 27 percent from beyond the arc.
• 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). He's averaging 13.3 points, 4.7 assists, and 3.1 rebounds and is shooting 46 percent from the floor.
• 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.
SCOUTING LOYOLA MARYMOUNT
• Loyola Marymount University named Stan Johnson as its new men's basketball head coach on March 20, 2020. Under Coach Johnson, LMU's win percentage is the highest the program has seen in over 30 seasons. Johnson coached five seasons at Marquette University and was promoted to associate head coach in June of 2017 after helping guide the Golden Eagles to an NCAA tournament trip in 2016-17. Marquette also made a run to the NIT quarterfinals in 2017-18 and returned to the NCAAs in 2018-19. Johnson arrived in Milwaukee after working the previous two seasons at Arizona State. Johnson also spent two seasons (2011-13) at Drake University after a three-year stint at the University of Utah, which advanced to the NCAA tournament in 2009.
• The 2025-26 West Coast Conference game schedule will begin as early as Sunday, Dec. 28. Following the 10-week schedule, the Conference will host the Credit Union 1 West Coast Conference Basketball Championship March 5-10, 2026, at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
• With Seattle joining the West Coast Conference in 2025-26, and Oregon State and Washington State returning as affiliates this season, the league increased the number of teams from 11 to 12 in the process.
• Four players are averaging double-digits for the Lions: Myron Amey, Jr., Rodney Brown Jr., Jan Vide, and Jalen Shelley.
• Tuesday night is the fifth game of a seven-game homestand, the longest of the season. The first five games will close out the non-conference portion of the schedule before LMU begins West Coast Conference play on Dec. 28 against Saint Mary's.
• The LMU roster has five incoming transfer players and three true freshmen to go along with eight returners.
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE LIONS
• Dec. 19, 2025 -- LMU men's basketball led from the jump and snapped their losing streak with a 91-57 win over North Alabama. The 34-point margin of victory matches the largest for the Lions over a Division I team in the Stan Johnson era.
• Senior Myron "MJ" Amey Jr. scored 28 points and hit over half of LMU's 16 made threes in the contest. LMU's first five made field goals came from long range as LMU built up the lead quickly to double-digits. The Lions shot a season-best 50 percent from three (16-for-32).
THE SERIES
• The series is tied 3-3.
• LMU won the last matchup on Nov. 23, 2022 - LMU men's basketball found a way to climb all the way back once again to defeat Morgan State, 81-80 in overtime. Morgan State built up a double-digit lead in the first half, largely behind the 18 points scored by Isaiah Burke before intermission. Keli Leaupepe scored a career-high 29 points to lead the Lions, while Cam Shelton added 26 points. Burke finished with a game-high 30 points (12-17 FG) in 45 minutes.
• Morgan State's last win was Dec. 28, 2019 - Troy Baxter scored a game-high 27 points with five rebounds and two blocks, and Morgan State stunned Loyola Marymount 74-71 on Saturday night at Gersten Pavilion. Baxter was 8 of 15 from the field for the Bears, including 5 of 9 from beyond the arc. Stanley Davis added 12 points and six boards, Malik Miller had nine points and Lagio Grantsaan chipped in eight.
GOLDEN STATE HOMECOMING
Morgan State has several players on its roster who will be returning to their home state of California. Graduate center Dallas James is a native of Artesia and attended Inglewood High School. Senior forward Marland Harris is from Inglewood and attended Westchester Enriched Sciences & Magnets. Junior forward Christian Oliver hails from Pasadena and attended Maranatha High School.
UP NEXT
The Bears return to Baltimore for their final non-conference matchup of the season, hosting Penn State Brandywine on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
AT THE HELM
• Kevin Broadus enters his seventh season at the helm of the program, having been 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 (90 pts) in third place. 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.
