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Game 25
Opponent: Delaware State Hornets (6-19, 1-9 MEAC)
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2026
Site: Hill Field House, Baltimore, Md.
Game Time: 4:00 p.m.
Series Record: MSU leads the series 68-47
TV: ESPN+ | Phil Schoener (Play-by-Play), Kurt Smallwood (Analyst)
Live Stats: www.morganstatebears.com
Coaches: MSU -Kevin Broadus (92-108, 7th yr) • DSU – Stan Waterman (44-103, 5th yr)
Websites: www.morganstatebears.com | ww.dsuhornets.com

SETTING THE STAGE
•  Morgan State Bears men's basketball returns to action Saturday for a key MEAC matchup against Delaware State, with tip-off set for 4 p.m. The Bears had their six-game winning streak snapped following an 80–76 road loss to North Carolina Central on Monday night. The Hornets will look to bounce back after a 75–58 road setback at Norfolk State Spartans men's basketball on Saturday.

• 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 41 percent from the field and 38 percent from beyond the arc. Worrell heads into the contest coming off a 13-point performance against North Carolina Central.

• 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 13.0 points per game while shooting 37 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 13.7 points, 5.6 assists, and 3.3 rebounds and is shooting 47 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 8.5 points and 1.9 rebounds, and is shooting 35 percent from three.

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 13.8 points per game to go along with 2.7 rebounds while shooting 38 percent from the field and an efficient 35 percent from three-point range. In the frontcourt, senior 6-foot-8 forward Miles Webb contributes 9.8 points and 5.8 rebounds, 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 and 5.8 rebounds.

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE HORNETS
• February 17, 2026 - The Delaware State men's basketball team got a 42-point showing from the bench, but fell 91-59 to the Howard Bison at home Monday.

• The Hornets (6-19, 1-9) had two players score in double figures, led by Dean Shepherd, who had 10 points and three steals. Miles Webb tacked on 10 points, and Jalen StClair added nine points and two steals.

• Delaware State forced 14 Howard turnovers. The Hornets turned those takeaways into seven points on the other end of the floor. Shepherd's three steals led the way for Delaware State.

DSU BY THE NUMBERS
• 71.3: DSU ranks No. 3 in the MEAC in defense.
• 61.0: DSU is currently ranked last in scoring.
• 13.8: Ponce James ranks No. 6 in scoring.
• 6.0: Miles Webb ranks No. 3 in rebounding.
• 3.3: Ponce James ranks No. 6 in assists.
• 32.6: Ponce James ranks No. 4 in minutes.

THE SERIES
• MSU leads the series 68-47. 

• 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. 

• Morgan's last win against NCCU was on January 17, 2026 -- Morgan State senior guard Walter Peggs Jr. poured in a game-high 29 points as the Bears held off a late rally from Delaware State to secure an 80–79 victory.

UP NEXT
Morgan State returns to action on Wednesday, February 25, as the Bears travel to face South Carolina State at Smith-Hamilton-Middleton Memorial Center in Orangeburg, S.C. Tip-off is set for 6 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. 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 today by the conference.
• 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 JR. CLOSING IN ON 1,000-POINT MILESTONE
Alfred Worrell Jr. is on the verge of joining the 1,000-point club. After scoring 13 points against North Carolina Central (Feb. 16), the senior increased his career total to 949 points.
• With just 51 points needed to reach the 1,000-point milestone and five regular-season games remaining, Worrell is within striking distance of becoming the next member of the exclusive scoring club.
 

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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.