hu1
78
Winner Morgan St. Morgan 7-13,3-2 MEAC
77
Howard HOW 12-9,2-3 MEAC
Winner
Morgan St. Morgan
7-13,3-2 MEAC
78
Final
77
Howard HOW
12-9,2-3 MEAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Morgan St. Morgan 36 42 78
Howard HOW 42 35 77

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

Morgan State Men’s Basketball Rally for Gritty Road Victory Over Howard

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 24, 2026) – Senior guard Rob Lawson scored a career-high 24 points, and junior forward Eugene Alvin delivered the decisive layup in the closing seconds as Morgan State rallied for a dramatic 78–77 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference win over Howard on Saturday night at Burr Gymnasium.

The victory snapped Howard's three-game winning streak and lifted the Bears to 7-13 overall and 3-2 in MEAC play. The Bison fell to 12-9 overall and 2-3 in the conference.

OPENING TIP
• Rob Lawson led the way with a career-high 24 points, shooting 8-of-16 from the field and 3-of-5 from beyond the arc while logging 38 minutes.
• Alfred Worrell Jr. added 23 points and went a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line, marking his seventh 20-point game of the season. Elijah Davis contributed 16 points and dished out a game-high 7 assists, along with 2 steals.
• For Howard, Cedric Taylor III paced the Bison with a game-high 29 points on 8-of-20 shooting, along with six rebounds and two blocks. Bryce Harris recorded a double-double with 23 points,11 rebounds. Calvin Robins Jr. chipped in 14 points and six rebounds off the bench.

THE DIFFERENCE
• Morgan State shot 634 percent (24-of-70) from the field and went 7-of-21 from three-point range. HU shot 31 percent overall and shot 3-of-19 from deep.
• The Bears converted 79 percent (23-of-29) from the free-throw line, while the Bison shot just 80 percent (32-of-40).
• HU pulled in 25 offensive rebounds and out-rebounded the Bears by a commanding 52-40 margin.
• The Bison outscored Morgan State 28-22 inside the paint.
• The game was a back-and-forth battle throughout, featuring nine lead changes and eight ties.
 

• Alfred Worrell Jr. knocked down a pair of early 3-pointers, and Rob Lawson added another from deep to give the Bears a 13–8 advantage. Howard responded with an 8–0 run to take a 16–13 lead, but Eugene Alvin answered with a 3-pointer, tying the game at 16 with 12 minutes remaining in the half.
• The game was tied at 23 before Bryce Harris threw down a dunk to spark an 8–0 Howard run, capped by a jumper from Cedric Taylor III that gave the Bison a 31–23 lead with just under six minutes remaining in the half. Morgan State trimmed the deficit late but trailed 42–36 at the break.
• Howard opened the second half on an 8–0 run, and a jumper by Cedric Taylor III pushed the Bison ahead 47–38. Morgan State later trailed 52–44 before Marland Harris scored in the paint, sparking a 10–3 Bears run. Rob Lawson was fouled on a layup and completed the three-point play, trimming the deficit to 55–54 with 10:29 remaining.
• The Bison answered behind Taylor, who scored 10 points during a 12–3 Howard surge over four minutes, extending the lead to 67–57, their largest of the game.
• Morgan State refused to go away, using a 17–5 run to claw back. Lawson buried a 3-pointer and added a jumper in the lane to tie the game at 72–72 with under two minutes left, igniting the crowd.
• Harris split a pair of free throws to give Howard a 75–74 edge with 50 seconds remaining. The Bears reclaimed the lead on a putback by David Bumpass, making it 76–75 with 30 seconds to go. On the ensuing possession, Lawson was called for a foul on Cam Gillus, who knocked down both free throws to put Howard back in front, 77–76, with 15 seconds left.
• Morgan State had the final answer with 8.3 seconds left. Off an inbounds play in front of the Bears' bench, senior guard Rob Lawson found a wide-open Eugene Alvin under the basket for the game-winning layup, lifting Morgan State to a 78–77 victory.



NOTABLE
• Series History – MSU leads the series 68-54
• Howard had won the last four regular-season meetings against Morgan State.
• Morgan State's previous victory against Howard came on March 13, 2025, when the Bears earned a 91–90 win over fourth-seeded Howard in the MEAC quarterfinals at the Norfolk Scope Arena.
• Morgan State's 78–77 win at Howard was its first victory in Washington, D.C., against the Bison since Jan. 15, 2019, when the Bears posted an 89–86 win at Burr Gymnasium. That victory came in overtime with a go-ahead free throw by Stanley Davis, sealing the game for the Bears.
• The Bears are 3-3 so far this season in games decided by 5 points or less.
• The Bears improved to 2-13 when trailing at halftime.
•  Due to inclement weather impacting the DMV and much of the United States, Saturday's game was moved from 6 p.m. to 2 p.m. and aired live on ESPN+, with a re-air on ESPNU.


NOTE THE QUOTE | COACH KEVIN BROADUS

On the team's effort and resilience today:
"Like I told them, to win on the road, you've got to give of yourself. When we got down, I told them to just keep grinding — one possession at a time. There's no such thing as a 10- or 20-point play. They bought in, and this is what happens."

On dealing with injuries:
"Christian Oliver, Matar Wade, Trent Edwards — we've got guys banged up. But nobody feels sorry for you. It's next man up. Marlon [Harris] played a heck of a game, along with [Christian] Meeks. Even when those guys fouled out, it was still next man up. Our guys just grinded from start to finish. It wasn't easy, but to win on the road is special."

On Rob Lawson's performance:
"Big time. He's grown from a boy into a man. I don't even know if he came off the floor. His composure was huge — he played about 40 minutes and stepped up big. He and Elijah [Davis] — our guards were big today."


UP NEXT
Morgan State returns to action on Monday, Jan. 26, as the Bears travel to the Tidewater area for a conference showdown against the Norfolk State Spartans at Joseph Echols Hall in Norfolk, Virginia.



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