DURHAM, N.C. - North Carolina Central will play three women's basketball games in six days this week, starting with a road contest against Delaware State on Monday, Feb. 24, at 5:30 p.m.
The Eagles will visit Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 5:30 p.m. before returning home on Saturday, March 1, against Howard at 2 p.m. All three MEAC games will be livestreamed on ESPN+.
The game against UMES was originally scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 22, but was moved to Wednesday due to weather conditions.
The Eagles are fourth in the MEAC standings at 4-5. They are looking to finish strong entering the MEAC Tournament, which is set for March 12-15 in Norfolk, Va.
Graduate forward Morgan Callahan is 9 points away from reaching the 1,000-point career mark. She finished with 15 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals in a 71-53 win over Morgan State last Monday.
Callahan grabbed her 600th career rebound against Norfolk State. She has six double-doubles in points and rebounds this season.
The tandem of Callahan and sophomore guard Kyla Bryant have paced the Eagles (7-17, 4-5 MEAC) this season. Bryant ranks 6th in scoring (13.9 ppg), third in assists (3.5 apg) and 4th in free throw percentage (.800) in the MEAC while playing a league-leading 37 minutes per game. Callahan is 7th in scoring (13.3 ppg), 3rd in rebounding (7.4 rpg) and tied for third in blocked shots (1.2 bpg) while logging the second-most minutes (35.8) in the league.
Freshman guard Shakiria Foster averages 11 points and 1.5 steals per game. Sophomore guard Aysia Hinton is shooting 35.4 percent from three-point land which is 6th best in the conference. Sophomore guard-forward Jada Tiggett is tied for the league lead in blocks per game (2.1). NCCU, led by Tiggett and Callahan, is second in the MEAC in blocks.
Delaware State (5-19, 1-9 MEAC) is led by Kiarra MceIrath (13.1 ppg) and Mahogany Cottingham (12.6 ppg), who are 8th and 9th, respectively, in the MEAC in scoring. Maryland Eastern Shore (8-16, 3-6 MEAC) features Zamara Haynes, who averages 11.4 points per game.
The Eagles topped both teams at home earlier in the season. They defeated UMES 92-86 in double overtime on Jan. 11 and beat Delaware State 76-71 on Jan. 13.
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