Game 5 (Non-Conference – 410 Invitational)
Morgan State (1-3) at UMBC (3-0)
Date: Friday, Nov. 13, 2026
Site: Baltimore, Md. (Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena)
Tip-off: 6:30 pm
Series Record: UMBC leads, 17-14
TV: ESPN+
Audio: HSRN.com
Live Stats: Here
Websites: MorganStateBears.com | umbcretrievers.com
 
BALTIMORE, Md. (Nov. 12, 2026)--The Morgan State women's basketball team will play its first game in the inaugural Under Armour 410 Invitational on Friday, Nov. 13, when it visits crosstown foe, the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) at 6:30 p.m. at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena. The game will air live on ESPN+ and on the Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN).
 
Morgan State (1-3), enters the contest on a three-game losing streak, coming off a challenging road trip against Power 4 opponents, falling to Colorado (83-38), No. 22/19 Oklahoma State (92-38) and No. 21 Oklahoma (95-38). The Lady Bears won their season opener, 103-47 against Washington Adventist.
 
UMBC is off to its first 3-0 start since the 2018-19 campaign when it had a 6-0 start. The Retrievers began this season defeating Stevenson (92-29) in the opener, before claiming two games in the America East-Metro Challenge with wins over Mount St. Mary's (79-53) and at Quinnipiac (91-67).
 
410 INVITATIONAL: New to Morgan State's schedule this season will be the inaugural 410 Invitational, powered by Under Armour. The tournament will feature the men's and women's teams of all four Division I Baltimore area Under Armour apparel schools (Morgan State, Loyola University Maryland, Towson University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County). With the addition of Loyola Maryland, the 410 Invitational will replace the Charm City Hoops Classic, which featured only Morgan State, Towson and UMBC and began at the start of the 2023-24 campaign and ran through the 2025-26 season. In 2023, the three local foes agreed to play each other every year in both men's and women's basketball in what is being billed as the Charm City Hoops Classic. Prior to the Charm City Hoops Classic, the three schools previously participated in the Battle of Baltimore series for six seasons from the 1997-98 season through the 2002-03 campaign.
 
MSU VS. UMBC SERIES NOTES: UMBC leads the all-time series, 17-14. The Retrievers have won two straight and four of the past six meetings, with each team winning two in a row. Last season UMBC defeated host Morgan State, 66-48 as part of the Charm City Hoops Classic (12/6/25). The year before UMBC ended a two-game losing skid to Morgan State with an 81-72 victory at home (11/17/24). The Lady Bears last win was a 65-42 victory at Hill Field House (12/9/23). Morgan also won 67-58 at home (11/25/20) during the Covid-19 season with no fans in attendance. The last time Morgan State won on UMBC's home floor was a 69-61 victory at RAC Arena (12/7/16).  
 
NEXT UP: The Lady Bears will face either Loyola Maryland or Towson on Sunday, Nov. 15 in either the consolation game at 1 p.m. or the title game at 3:30 p.m. Both games will take place at SECU Arena on the campus of Towson University and will air on Flo College and the Monumental Sports Network.   
 
MSU VS. LOYOLA MARYLAND: Morgan State leads the all-time series, 14-3, following a 65-58 loss the Greyhounds last season at Reitz Arena (12/21). The two schools renewed their series rivalry during the 2021-22 campaign after a 35-year hiatus. The Lady Bears would win that contest, 64-55 also at Reitz Arena (12/8/21).
 
MSU VS. TOWSON: Towson leads the all-time series, 17-12. Last season the Tigers defeated Morgan State in a thriller, 63-61 at SECU Arena (12/30) in what would be the final meeting between the two teams in the Charm City Hoops Classic.
 
LAST TIMEOUT: Morgan State concluded its first road trip of the season with a 95-38 loss at No. 21 Oklahoma. It was the first meeting between the two programs. Simran Williams led the Lady Bears with nine points, while Chardae Rumph and Alexiz Graise each added five. Mercy Lasu finished with two steals and recorded three of Morgan's five assists. Morgan State pulled within a point at 12-11 when Williams hit a jumper with 4:53 left in the first period. The Sooners responded with a 16-0 run to close out the first quarter with a 28-11 advantage. Oklahoma scored the first five points to start the second quarter to extend its run to 21-0, which began late in the first quarter. Ja'Naya Meyers knocked down two free throws to end the Sooners' run and cut the deficit to 20 points at 33-13 with 7:43 left in the quarter. Morgan State would trail 42-21 at the intermission. The second half was all Oklahoma, as the Sooners would outscore the Lady Bears in the third and fourth periods by a combined 53-17.
 
MEN'S & WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RADIO: All home games and select away games for MSU men's and women's basketball will once again be available through Heritage Sports Radio Network (HSRN.com). Lamont Germany will handle play-by-play responsibilities and will also host pre-game and post-game shows. Including exclusive interviews with members of the teams and women's coach Nadine Domond and men's coach Kevin Broadus. Fans can download the HSRN app for free and listen to MSU broadcasts from anywhere. Simply search for HSRN when using the iHeartRadio app.
 
DOMOND ENTERS 2^ND SEASON AT MORGAN STATE: Morgan State University announced the hiring of Nadine Domond on April 9, 2025, as the ninth head coach in the women's basketball program's history. An accomplished collegiate player and coach, Domond won a Big Ten championship at Iowa, was a member of USA Basketball's silver medal team that won the 1997 Jones Cup and a former WNBA player, who was drafted 19^th overall by the New York Liberty. Domond came to Baltimore from Virginia State University, where she led the Lady Trojans to back-to-back 20-win seasons and historic success, including their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament. Domond also previously coached for two seasons at Grambling State.
Coaching Breakdown
School            Record            Seasons
Morgan State  6-29 (.171)      2
Virginia State  58-28 (.674)    3
Grambling       27-34 (.443)    2
Total               91-91 (.500)    7
 
WELCOME BACK: Morgan State guard Kenya Ramsey spent her first two seasons at UMBC. A native of Virginia Beach, Va., Ramsey would miss her 2025-26 sophomore season due to an injury. As a freshman with the Retrievers, she played in 14 games, averaging 2.1 points and 1.6 rebounds. Ramsey would score a season-best 20 points on 9-of-12 shooting and pulled down six rebounds, while adding season highs in steals (2) and assists (2) against Bryn Athyn (12/29).
 
EDUCATION DAY: Morgan State held its fourth annual Education Day on Monday, Nov. 2 when the Lady Bears played host to Washington Adventist at 11 a.m. at Hill Field House in the season opener. It was the third straight meeting between the two teams on Education Day. The Lady Bears would defeat the Shock, 103-47.
 
MORGAN IN SEASON OPENERS: The Lady Bears improved to 16-34 all-time in season openers dating back to 1977, following their 103-47 victory over Washington Adventist on Monday. Morgan State at one point had lost 23 straight season openers prior to winning three straight from 2006-08.
 
MORGAN PICKED FIFTH IN MEAC: The Morgan State Lady Bears were picked to finish fifth in the 2025-26 MEAC Preseason poll. The Lady Bears, who finished sixth a season ago, received 40 points. Defending MEAC regular season and tournament champion Howard was picked to claim the title with 10 first-place votes and 86 points. Norfolk State was picked to finish second with 76 points and Maryland Eastern Shore was third with one first-place vote and 56 points. Coppin State (47) was fourth, followed by Morgan State (40). North Carolina Central was picked sixth with 36 points, Delaware State (34) was selected seventh and South Carolina State (17) was eighth.
 
WELCOME TO THE CAVE: Morgan State welcomes the addition of 12 newcomers to the 2026-27 program this season, 10 of which are transfers. Two senior transfers in Mercy Lasu and Merit Innocent; three junior transfers in Kazahria Johnson, Yonta Vaughn and Simran Williams; five sophomore transfers in Alexiz Graise, Chardae Rumph, Janaya Meyers, Kenya Ramsey and Shani Clark and two freshmen in Dru Carlton and Jahzara Leamon.
 
THE RIVALRY CONTINUES: This season crosstown rivals Morgan State and Coppin State will meet for the 97^th and 98^th times in the annual 'East vs. West' season series. Round 1 will take place on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2027 at Hill Field House and Round 2 will take place on Thursday, March 4, 2027 in the regular season finale at PEC Arena. The Lady Bears enter the 2026-27 campaign holding a 49-47 all-time series and have won 15 of the last 19 regular season contests over the Eagles. Also known as the 'Battle of Baltimore' or simply 'Coppin-Morgan', this will mark the sixth consecutive season that Morgan State and Coppin State will close out the regular season playing against each other in the season finale.
 
SAYING GOODBYE: Morgan State will say goodbye to four players: graduate player Mihjae Hayes and seniors Dakota Alston, Mercy Lasu, and Merit Innocent, who will play in their final collegiate home game at Hill Field House on Saturday, Feb. 13. Morgan will honor its seniors on 'Senior Night' prior to the Lady Bears' home finale against South Carolina State at 2 p.m.
 
2026 MEAC TOURNAMENT: The 2027 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) men's and women's basketball tournament is scheduled for March 10-13, 2027 at the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va. The annual MEAC Basketball Tournament moved to Norfolk in 2013 after spending the previous four years in Winston-Salem, N.C. from 2009 through 2012.
 
 
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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 150 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.