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Game 30
Opponent: #7 Delaware State (7-22, 2-12 MEAC)
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Site: Norfolk Scope Arena, Norfolk, Va.
Game Time: 6 p.m. ET
Series Record: MSU leads the series 69-47
Live Stats: www.meachoops.com
Coaches: MSU -Kevin Broadus (96-109, 7th yr) • DSU – Stan Waterman (46-112, 5th yr)
Websites: www.morganstatebears.com | www.dsuhornets.com
 

SETTING THE STAGE
• The Morgan State Bears are set to clash with the Delaware State Hornets in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament quarterfinal matchup on Thursday night. As the No. 2 seed, the Bears face the No. 7-seeded Hornets after sweeping the regular season series and will look to make it three straight wins over Delaware State. The stakes are clear: a victory would propel Morgan State into Friday's semifinals and bring the Bears one step closer to their first MEAC Tournament championship since 2010. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. at Norfolk Scope Arena, and fans unable to attend can catch all the action live on ESPN+.

• 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. He enters the Tournament matchup as the team's leading scorer at 17.4 points per game, shooting 39 percent from the field and 36 percent from beyond the arc. Worrell heads into the contest coming off a 20-point performance against Coppin State (March 5).

• 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 and leads the MEAC, averaging  6.0 assists per contest. He was named MEAC Co-Player of the Week on Feb. 23.

• 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's currently averaging 12.7 points per game while shooting 36 percent from the field. He scored 20 points with six boards against Norfolk State (March 2).

• 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 9.0 points and 2.0 rebounds, and is shooting 39 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 13.6 points per game to go along with 3.0 rebounds while shooting 38 percent from the field and an efficient 34 percent from three-point range. In the frontcourt, senior 6-foot-8 forward Miles Webb contributes 9.6 points and 5.5 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 2.0 rebounds.

LAST TIME OUT FOR THE HORNETS
• March 5, 2026 - Miles Webb, Rahmir Moore, and Ponce James combined to score 44 of Delaware State's 57 total points as the Hornets took down the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks 57-56 on the road Thursday.

• Webb led the Hornets (7-22, 2-12) with 21 points and six rebounds. Moore added 12 points, and James helped out with 11 points, six rebounds, five assists, and three steals.

• Delaware State had a stellar day defensively, holding Maryland-Eastern Shore to 15 percent from three-point land on 13 attempts.

DSU BY THE NUMBERS
• 70.9: DSU ranks No. 3 in the MEAC in defense.
• 61.0: DSU is currently ranked last in scoring.
• 13.6: Ponce James ranks No. 8 in scoring.
• 5.7: Miles Webb ranks No. 5 in rebounding.
• 3.4: Ponce James ranks No. 6 in assists.
• 33.2: Ponce James ranks No. 4 in minutes.

THE SERIES
• MSU leads the series 69-47. 

• 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 DSU was on February 21, 2026 --  Senior guard Alfred Worrell Jr. poured in a game-high 25 points to power Morgan State to an 82–68 victory over Delaware State at Hill Field House. Elijah Davis finished with 15 points, a game-high 15 assists (tied the school record), and seven rebounds in 39 minutes. Eugene Alvin added 19 points (8-10 FG) and seven rebounds off the bench.

UP NEXT
Morgan State returns to action in next week's MEAC Tournament (www.MEAChoops.com).

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.

WELCOME TO WALLY WORLD
Graduate guard Walter Peggs Jr. (Jackson, Tenn.) has embraced his role as Morgan State's ultimate spark plug, delivering instant offense off the bench for head coach Kevin Broadus. The 6-foot-4 sharpshooter has a knack for heating up in a hurry, highlighted by a season-high 29 points in an 80–79 win at Delaware State on Jan. 17 — including 23 in the first half — to ignite a six-game winning streak. He followed that with 18 points (16 in the first half) in an 89–80 win over Coppin State and poured in 20 points, including six first-half threes, in a 90–84 victory over Norfolk State at Hill Field House on March 2.

MSU SENIORS LOOK TO MAKE A RUN AS THEY CLOSE OUT COLLEGIATE CAREERS
Eight (8) Morgan State men's basketball seniors are preparing for one final postseason push as they look to close out their collegiate careers with the Bears. Elijah Davis, Marland Harris, Dallas James, Rob Lawson, Walter Peggs Jr., Alfred Worrell Jr., Christian Oliver, and Jayden Socka will all suit up for their final postseason action, bringing leadership, experience, and determination as Morgan State aims to make a deep run.

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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.