Maryland-Eastern Shore faces North Carolina Central in conference sho… — and more

North Carolina Central Eagles (11-16, 7-5 MEAC) at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (9-20, 5-7 MEAC)

Princess Anne, Maryland; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: MEAC foes Maryland-Eastern Shore and North Carolina Central will play on Monday.

The Hawks are 6-2 on their home court. Maryland-Eastern Shore has a 2-3 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Eagles are 7-5 in conference play. North Carolina Central has a 2-2 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

Maryland-Eastern Shore's average of 5.4 made 3-pointers per game is 3.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.5 per game North Carolina Central gives up. North Carolina Central averages 72.3 points per game, 1.7 more than the 70.6 Maryland-Eastern Shore allows.

The teams meet for the second time in conference play this season. North Carolina Central won 65-63 in the last matchup on Feb. 2. Jae Slack led North Carolina Central with 19 points, and Zion Obanla led Maryland-Eastern Shore with 19 points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Obanla is averaging 10.5 points and 5.6 rebounds for the Hawks. Dorion Staples is averaging 11.1 points over the last 10 games.

Gage Lattimore is shooting 38.8% from beyond the arc with 2.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging 17.1 points. Kelechi Okworogwo is averaging 12 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 3-7, averaging 64.2 points, 27.1 rebounds, 12.0 assists, 5.6 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 44.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.6 points per game.

Eagles: 5-5, averaging 71.2 points, 26.9 rebounds, 13.1 assists, 7.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 47.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.1 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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