Morgan State at NCCU
NCCU and Morgan State meet on the hardwood for the 85th time on Monday night

Men's Basketball Chris Hooks, Assistant Sports Information Director/Broadcast Media Coordinator

NCCU MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES VS. MORGAN STATE (JAN. 28, 2013)

Eagles look to end three-game MEAC Homestand on a high note


NCCU Sports Network Broadcast Link (GameCentral)

GAME NOTES:  NCCU vs. Morgan State (PDF)


THE GAME
Following Saturday’s 84-75 win over Coppin State, North Carolina Central University extended its winning streak to six-games, tying the longest consecutive run of victories since the 1999-2000 campaign. The maroon and gray look to end the three-game conference homestand on a high note as the Bears of Morgan State University come to the Bull City fresh off their 55-52 victory over North Carolina A&T over the weekend.

THE SERIES
NCCU and Morgan State have a tradition-enriched rivalry that dates back to February of 1938. These two programs have met 84 previous times with the Eagles holding a slight 44-40 advantage over the Bears. Last year, in the first meeting since Feb. 16, 1980, MSU outlasted NCCU on Jan. 24, 71-64 inside Hill Field House in Baltimore, Md.

NCCU SPORTS NETWORK
Tune in to the Monday night MEAC Doubleheader beginning at 5:15 p.m. as the Champps Pregame Show will countdown to tipoff for the Lady Eagles showdown with the Lady Bears of Morgan State University.  Play-by-play voice of the NCCU Sports Network Chris Hooks will call the action live from McDougald-McLendon Gym along with NCCU Hall-of-Famer Joe Simmons.  The live video stream costs $8.95 per game, while the audio stream is free to fans.  Viewers/Listeners can interact with the broadcast by sending an e-mail to whooks@nccu.edu and by following @NCCUAthletics on Twitter and by using the hashtags NCCUWBB and NCCUMBB. 

MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY "BEARS"
Morgan State University enters Monday night’s marquee matchup beaming after a 55-52 victory over fellow Tar Heel state member North Carolina A&T on Saturday afternoon inside the Corbett Sports Center. Veterans DeWayne Jackson and 7-2 Ian Chiles led the Bears with 14 points each, combining for 22 rebounds in the win. MSU spent that contest without head coach Todd Bozeman who was suspended for one game for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Bears are 6-10 on the year and currently sit in fifth place in the league at 3-2. Bozeman is in his seventh season at the helm at Morgan State and has most certainly set a standard for the MEAC with his 116-95 record. He’s racked up two MEAC Tournament Championships, three regular season championships (2008, 2009, 2010), and four NCAA Tournament appearances that includes Morgan State’s first in Division I school history. The Bears are led by arguably one of the best players in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in Jackson. The 6-8 senior is fifth in the conference in scoring averaging 14.8 points per game, 15th in the league in rebounding (5.5 rebounds per game), and No. 1 in the league in steals with 37 averaging 2.3 thefts per game. Jackson is aided by 6-2, 220-pound combo guard/forward junior Justin Black who is averaging 13.1 points a game, while fellow senior Anthony Hubbard is 18th in the MEAC dropping in 12.0 points per game. Hubbard is eighth in the league in rebounding grabbing 6.8 boards per contest. Morgan State’s 7-2 center Ian Chiles enters the week fourth in the conference in field goal percentage at 55.7 percent (59-of-106), and Shaquille Duncan is tied for fourth in blocked shots with 36 (2.4 swats per game) on the year. Monday’s matchup will pit two of the three top scoring teams in the league as MSU is third averaging 67.9 points per ballgame, but the Bears are ninth in the MEAC surrendering 72.0 points per game. MSU is second in the league in field goal percentage shooting 43.8 percent from the field as a team.

UP NEXT
To begin the month of February, the maroon and gray will hit the road for a venture to Dover, Del. for a Saturday, Feb. 2 showdown against Delaware State from Memorial Gym at 4:00 p.m. The Eagles will wrap-up the road trip on Monday night Feb. 4 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at 7:30 from Hytche Arena in Princess Anne, Md.
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