Game 2 (Non-Conference)
Morgan State (1-0, 0-0 MEAC) at Colorado (0-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026
Site: Boulder, Colo. (CU Events Center)
Tip-off: 8 pm EST
Series Record: First Meeting
TV: ESPN+
Audio: Here
Live Stats: Here
Websites: MorganStateBears.com | CUBuffs.com
 
BALTIMORE, Md. (Nov. 4, 2026)--The Morgan State women's basketball team will take to the road for the first time this season, when it visits Colorado later this evening in Boulder, Colo. It will be the first meeting between the two programs. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. ET from the CU Events Center and will air live on ESPN+.
 
Morgan State (1-0), under the leadership of second-year head coach Nadine Domond, enters the contest coming off a 103-47 season opening win over Washington Adventist on Monday at home.
 
Dru Carlton led the Lady Bears with 14 points, while adding three rebounds and a game-high four steals. Jahzara Leamon totaled 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Shani Clark came off the bench to add 11 points, while Merit Innocent and Alexiz Graise each finished with 10 points.
 
Colorado (0-0), which will begin their 2026-27 season on Wednesday, is led by 11^th-year head coach JR Payne. The Buffalos finished the 2025-26 season with their fifth-straight 20-plus wins (22-12, 11-7 Big 12) and finished sixth in the conference standings. CU's season ended with a NCAA Tournament first-round loss to Illinois in Nashville, Tenn.
 
This year's Buffs team was selected to finish eighth in the Big 12 Preseason poll. Senior guard Zyanna Walker was named to the 2026 All-Big 12 Preseason Team. Walker was also selected as one of 50 players named to the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watch List.  
 
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.
 
MSU VS. CU SERIES NOTES: This will be the first meeting.
 
NEXT UP: The Lady Bears will continue their challenging three-game road trip against nationally recognized programs that all reached the NCAA Tournament a year ago. Next up will be a visit to No. 22/19 Oklahoma State on Friday, Nov. 6, before closing out against #21 Oklahoma on Sunday, Nov. 8.   
 
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. Last season the Bears defeated the Shock, 88-49.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.