Callahan and North Carolina Central host Morgan State

North Carolina Central Eagles (2-13, 0-1 MEAC) at Morgan State Bears (8-8, 1-0 MEAC)

Baltimore; Monday, 5:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina Central plays Morgan State after Morgan Callahan scored 20 points in North Carolina Central's 69-66 loss to the Coppin State Eagles.

The Bears have gone 6-0 in home games. Morgan State is 3-5 against opponents over .500.

The Eagles are 0-1 against MEAC opponents. North Carolina Central is 0-10 in games decided by 10 or more points.

Morgan State's average of 4.1 made 3-pointers per game is 4.1 fewer made shots on average than the 8.2 per game North Carolina Central gives up. North Carolina Central's 34.2% shooting percentage from the field this season is 7.5 percentage points lower than Morgan State has given up to its opponents (41.7%).

The matchup Monday is the first meeting of the season for the two teams in conference play.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ja'la Bannerman is averaging 10.3 points for the Bears.

Kyla Bryant is averaging 12.3 points and 3.3 assists for the Eagles.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bears: 5-5, averaging 56.7 points, 34.0 rebounds, 9.5 assists, 10.8 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while shooting 34.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.0 points per game.

Eagles: 2-8, averaging 57.8 points, 30.8 rebounds, 9.4 assists, 5.8 steals and 3.5 blocks per game while shooting 36.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 91.4 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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