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Game 22: Coppin State

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Game 22
Opponent: Coppin State Eagles (3-19, 1-4 MEAC)
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Site: PEC Arena, Baltimore, Md.
Game Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
Series Record: Coppin State leads the series 64-42
TV: ESPN+
Live Stats: www.nsuspartans.com
Coaches: MSU -Kevin Broadus (90-107, 7th yr) • CSU – Larry Stewart (11-70, 3rd yr)
Websites: www.morganstatebears.com | www.coppinstatesports.com

• Morgan State men's basketball makes the short trip across town on Saturday night for a key rivalry matchup against Coppin State. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at PEC Arena. Fans who can't make it in person can stream all the action live on ESPN+. The Bears head into the contest riding momentum after a thrilling 79–78 MEAC road victory over Norfolk State on Monday night. Coppin State, meanwhile, will look to halt a four-game skid after falling 103–76 at Norfolk State last Saturday (Jan. 24).• Senior guard Alfred Worrell Jr. appeared in 32 games as a junior at Southern Mississippi last season, averaging 6.5 points and 1.6 rebounds. Now a key piece for the Bears, he enters Saturday's matchup as the team's leading scorer at 16.9 points per game, shooting 40 percent from the field and 38 percent from beyond the arc. Worrell heads into the contest fresh off a career-high 33-point performance at Norfolk State.
• 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 averaging 13.7 points per game while shooting 39 percent 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, 5.5 assists, and 2.9 rebounds and is shooting 47 percent from the floor.
• Graduate guard Walter Peggs Jr. was a BOXTOROW DII HBCU All-America First Team selection 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 7.8 points and 1.8 rebounds.
• Graduate center Dallas James spent four seasons at South Carolina State before joining the Indiana Hoosiers in 2024-25.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
• Larry Stewart was named the Coppin State head men's basketball coach on May 2, 2023. Stewart returned to his alma mater after spending 14 years as an assistant coach at three of the other Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Maryland. Stewart served as an assistant at Bowie State for six seasons (2009-15), with the last three as associate head coach at Morgan State (2015-19, 2022-23) and Maryland Eastern Shore (2019-21), and one season as associate head coach.
• Coppin State was picked to finish last in the league. CSU finished the conference last season with a 6-24 record and went 4-10 in conference play. Khalil Horton was named to the Preseason All-MEAC First Team, while Camian Shell and Taj Thweatt were selected to the Second Team.
• Senior 6-7 forward DeMariontay Hall (Atlanta, Ga.), junior 6-8 forward Khalil Horton (Erie, Pa.), and 6-7 senior guard Hassan Perkins (Wilmington, Del.) currently lead the Eagles in scoring. Hall, a transfer from Franklin Pierce, is averaging 9.4 points and 5.5 rebounds, and is shooting 48 percent from the field. Horton is averaging 8.2 points, 1.9 rebounds, and is shooting 42% from the three. Perkins, a transfer from Maryland Eastern Shore, is averaging 7.1 points, 1.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and is shooting 41 percent from the field.
• January 24, 2026 - Despite 16 points apiece from Hussain Williams and DeMariontay Hall, the Coppin State men's basketball team fell at Norfolk State, 103-76, on Saturday afternoon at PEC Arena. The Eagles fell to 3-19 overall and 1-4 in the MEAC.

CSU by the Numbers
• 65.5: CSU currently ranks No. 6 in the MEAC in scoring.
• 2.0: Hassan Perkins leads CSU in assists/turnover ratio (ranks No. 3 in the MEAC).
• 85.1: On average CSU is giving up just under 90 points per contest to opponents (ranks last in MEAC).
• .316: The Eagles rank No. 5 in the MEAC in 3-point field goal percentage.
• .402: CSU ranks No. 7 in the MEAC in field goal percentage.
• .695: CSU ranks No. 5 in the MEAC in free throw shooting.
• 6.7: CSU ranks No. 5 in the MEAC in steals.

THE SERIES VS. THE EAGLES
• Coppin State leads the series 64-42.
• Morgan State's last win against Morgan was on January 25, 2025 --  Will Thomas scored a game-high 21 points to lead Morgan State to an 80-64 win against crosstown rival Coppin State on Saturday afternoon before a packed crowd at Hill Field House. Thomas shot 8-for-15 from the field, including 4-for-4 from the charity stripe, and had five rebounds in 32 minutes. Kameron Hobbs scored 20 points (7-17 FG) with three boards and three assists in 33 minutes. Amahrie Simpkins added 15 points in the first half, while Daniel Akitoby notched 10 rebounds with six points and two blocked shots.
• Coppin State's last win against Morgan was on March 6, 2025 -- Khalil Horton scored a career-high 28 points to lead the Coppin State men's basketball team to an 82-75 overtime victory over Morgan State at PEC Arena. Horton hit 7-of-12 from the floor with a career-high six threes and also made a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line, also setting a career-high. Kameron Hobbs scored 23 points (9-17 FG) with five boards in 42 minutes for the Bears.

UP NEXT
Morgan State returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 7, as the Bears host the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks at Hill Field House. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m.

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.

WORRELL HEATING UP
• Senior guard Alfred Worrell Jr. has been on a scoring tear over the last five games, erupting for 114 points (22.8 per game) while shooting an efficient 32-of-68 (.471) from the field and 22-of-46 (.478) from beyond the arc.
• The hot stretch has helped Worrell climb to T-No. 3 in the MEAC in scoring, averaging 16.9 points per game.
• Worrell, a Washington, D.C., product, has reached the 20-point mark eight times this season, highlighted by a season-high 33-point explosion at Norfolk State on Jan. 26, 2026.

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Players Mentioned

#12 Daniel Akitoby: F; 6' 9"; Senior

#0 Kameron Hobbs: G; 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior

#11 Amahrie Simpkins: G; 6' 4"; Senior

#1 Wynston Tabbs: G; 6' 3"; Graduate Student

#10 Will Thomas: F; 6' 6"; Redshirt Senior

#13 Trent Edwards: F; 6' 8"; Junior

#3 Rob Lawson: G; 5' 11"; Senior

#21 Christian Oliver: F/C; 6' 10"; Senior

#32 Jayden Socka: F; 6' 9"; Redshirt Senior

#0 Christian Meeks: F; 6' 6"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#12 Daniel Akitoby
: 6' 9"; Senior
: F

#0 Kameron Hobbs
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Senior
: G

#11 Amahrie Simpkins
: 6' 4"; Senior
: G

#1 Wynston Tabbs
: 6' 3"; Graduate Student
: G

#10 Will Thomas
: 6' 6"; Redshirt Senior
: F

#13 Trent Edwards
: 6' 8"; Junior
: F

#3 Rob Lawson
: 5' 11"; Senior
: G

#21 Christian Oliver
: 6' 10"; Senior
: F/C

#32 Jayden Socka
: 6' 9"; Redshirt Senior
: F

#0 Christian Meeks
: 6' 6"; Junior
: F