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Game 17
Opponent: North Carolina Central (6-11, 2-0 MEAC)
Date: Monday, January 12, 2026
Site: Hill Field House, Baltimore, Md.
Game Time: 6 p.m. ET
Series Record: NCCU leads the series 56-45
Live Stream: N/A Live Stats: www.morganstatebears.com
Coaches: MSU -Kevin Broadus (86-106, 7th yr) • NCCU – LeVelle Moton (283-227, 17th yr)
Websites: www.morganstatebears.com | www.nccueaglepride.com

SETTING THE STAGE
• The Morgan State men's basketball team will look to keep its momentum rolling on Monday, Jan. 12, as the Bears host the North Carolina Central Eagles inside Hill Field House. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. as Morgan continues Baltimore Week, a stretch of home conference games played in front of the Morgan faithful. The Bears enter the matchup following a hard-fought 72–67 victory over South Carolina State on Saturday, while NCCU comes in after an 88–77 road win at Coppin State on Jan. 10. Fans are encouraged to pack Hill Field House, with $5 tickets available at the door.

• 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 Monday's matchup leading the Bears by averaging 15 points on 38 percent shooting from the field and 34 percent shooting from 3-point territory.

• 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 13.4 points on 39 percent shooting from the field.

• 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, 4.9 assists, and 2.8 rebounds and is shooting 49 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. Peggs is currently averaging 7.6 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.1 assists.

• Graduate center Dallas James spent four seasons at South Carolina State before joining the Indiana Hoosiers in 2024-25.

SCOUTING N.C. CENTRAL EAGLES
• On March 25, 2009, Levelle Moton, arguably one of the greatest players in school history, was elevated from Assistant Coach to the position of Head Coach, becoming the 17th to be named in that spot in the program's history. During the 2023-24 season, Moton became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCCU men's basketball. He earned his 252nd victory on December 15, 2023, at home against St. Andrews University, passing Floyd Brown. 

•  NCCU was picked to finish fifth in the league, tied with Delaware State, and senior guard Dionte Johnson was named the MEAC Preseason Second Team. The Eagles finished last season with a 14-19 record, went 6-8 in conference play, and lost to South Carolina State, 88-67, in the MEAC Tournament Semifinals game.

• NCCU sophomore guard Gage Lattimore is averaging a team-high 18.9 points per game, 3.7 rebounds, and is shooting 38 percent from the field and 38 percent from 3-point territory. Senior 6-9 forward Khouri Carvey is averaging 14.8 points and 7.2 rebounds, and redshirt senior guard Jae Slack is adding 6.9 points.

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE EAGLES
• Jan. 10, 2026 -- Jae Slack sparked five players in double figures with 18 points, and North Carolina Central dominated the second half to overcome a 14-point halftime deficit in an 88-77 come-from-behind victory over Coppin State in MEAC men's basketball action on Saturday.

• Gage Lattimore added 16 points and Tekao Carpenter collected 14 points on 4 of 5 three-point shooting for the Eagles, who outscored Coppin State 57-32 in the second half. Kyric Davis tallied 13 points, and Kelechi Okworogwo had 10 points.  

NCCU BY THE NUMBERS
• 73.0: NCCU ranks No. 2 in the MEAC in scoring.
• 73.3: NCCU is currently ranked No. 1 in FT%.
• 18.7: Gage Lattimore leads the MEAC in scoring.
• 7.0: Khouri Carvey leads the MEAC in rebounding.
• 5.5: Dionte Johnson leads the MEAC in assists.
• 33.4: The Eagles rank No. 4 in combined rebounds.

THE SERIES
• NCCU leads the series 56-45. 

• NCCU's last win against Morgan was on February 11, 2023 -- Justin Wright had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and NCCU scored 40 points in the paint in an 83-63 win over Morgan at McDougald-McLendon Arena. NCCU graduate student Brendan Medley-Bacon, a 7-foot Baltimore product, dropped 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting, including eight boards and a game-high six blocked shots. 

• Morgan's last win against NCCU was on February 17, 2025 -- Morgan State rallied against North Carolina Central, overcoming a 13-point deficit to secure a dominant 92-78 victory. The Bears' offensive firepower was on full display, spearheaded by the dynamic duo of Kameron Hobbs and Will Thomas, who combined for an impressive 47 points to take down the Eagles inside McDougald-McLendon Arena. The only other Bear to score double figures. Hobbs led the Bears with a game-high 24 points, while Thomas added 23 points in 23 minutes.

UP NEXT
Morgan State continues MEAC action on Saturday, Jan. 17, as the Bears travel to Dover to take on the Delaware State Hornets in a key conference matchup.

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 conference record. 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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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.