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Game 18
Opponent: Delaware State Hornets (5-13, 0-3 MEAC)
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026
Site: Memorial Hall, Dover, Del.
Game Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
Series Record: MSU leads the series 67-47
Live Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: www.dsuhornets.com
Coaches: MSU -Kevin Broadus (86-107, 7th yr) • DSU – Stan Waterman (43-97, 5th yr)
Websites: www.morganstatebears.com | www.dsuhornets.com

SETTING THE STAGE
•The Morgan State men's basketball team will look to return to the win column on Saturday, Jan. 17, when the Bears travel to Memorial Hall to take on the Delaware State Hornets. Tip-off is set for 4:30 p.m. Morgan State enters the matchup coming off an 89–78 home loss to North Carolina Central on Monday, while Delaware State looks to bounce back after an 84–58 setback on Jan. 12.

• 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 Saturday's matchup leading the Bears by averaging 15.8 points on 40 percent shooting from the field and 35 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 13.2 points on 38 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 13.1 points, 5.3 assists, and 2.8 rebounds and is shooting 48 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 7.3 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 DELAWARE STATE
• Stan Waterman enters his fifth season as the head men's basketball coach at Delaware State University.  Waterman, a legendary First State high school coach and administrator, USA Basketball Coach, and former collegiate player, was announced as DSU's men's basketball head coach on June 4, 2021. In his 29 seasons at the Sanford School (Hockessin, DE), Waterman led the program to 571 wins, 10 state championship game appearances, and won eight state titles, including his last two seasons in 2019 and 2021. His 2020 team reached the state semifinals before the tournament was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Waterman also served as the Dean of Students and Assistant Director of Athletics at the school.

• Delaware State was picked to finish fifth in the league, tied with N.C. Central, and senior guard Ponce James was named the MEAC Preseason First Team, while graduate student guards Zion Bethea and Camian Shell were selected to the Second Team. Waterman and the Hornets are coming off a 16–14 overall record (8–6 MEAC), and lost to North Carolina Central, 79-77, in the MEAC Tournament quarterfinals game.

• DSU guard Ponce James leads the team offensively, averaging a team-high 14.4 points per game to go along with 2.9 rebounds while shooting 33 percent from the field and an efficient 39 percent from three-point range. In the frontcourt, senior 6-foot-8 forward Miles Webb contributes 10.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game, providing a versatile presence on both ends of the floor. Rounding out the trio, 5-foot-10 guard Camian Shell is adding 9.3 points per contest.

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE HORNETS
• Jan. 12, 2026 --  Ose Okokie and Travelle Bryson scored 16 points apiece to help Howard defeat Delaware State 84-58 on Monday night at Burr Gymnasium.

• Miles Webb led the Hornets with 19 points and Ponce James collected 17 points on 7 of 7 free throw shooting. 

DSU BY THE NUMBERS
• 70.7: DSU ranks No. 2 in the MEAC in defense.
• 60.5: DSU is currently ranked last in scoring.
• 14.2: Ponce James ranks No. 7 in scoring.
• 6.6: Miles Webb ranks No. 3 in rebounding.
• 3.6: Ponce James ranks No. 5 in assists.
• 34.2: Ponce James ranks No. 3 in minutes.

THE SERIES
• MSU leads the series 67-47. 

• DSU's last win against Morgan was on February 3, 2025 -- Delaware State withstood Morgan State in the final moments on Monday night, edging Morgan State 84-82 at Memorial Hall.  Kaseem Watson poured in a game-high 30 points to lead the Hornets to their fourth straight win. Watson shot 12-for-19 from the field, including 2-for-2 from 3-point territory, with seven rebounds in 35 minutes. 

• Morgan's last win against DSU was on March 3, 2025 -- Morgan State secured a hard-fought 87-81 victory over the Delaware State Hornets on Monday night, fueled by Kameron Hobbs' team-high 20 points as the Bears held off a late Hornets' rally on 'Senior Night' at Hill Field House. 

WORRELL HEATS UP WITH 90-POINT STRETCH
• Senior guard Alfred Worrell Jr. has been on a scoring tear over the last four games, erupting for 90 points (22.5 per game) while shooting an efficient 28-of-54 (.519) from the field and 18-of-37 (.486) from beyond the arc. The hot stretch has helped Worrell climb to No. 4 in the MEAC in scoring, averaging 15.6 points per game.

UP NEXT
Morgan State will step out of conference action on Tuesday, Jan. 20, when the Bears host the Virginia University-Lynchburg Dragons.

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.