North Carolina Central takes on Morgan State following Callahan’s 20-point performance

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 are 6-0 on their home court. Morgan State is seventh in college basketball with 15.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Laila Fair averaging 3.2 offensive boards.

The Eagles are 0-1 in MEAC play. North Carolina Central ranks fourth in the MEAC with 20.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Callahan averaging 5.3.

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 Bears and Eagles match up Monday for the first time in MEAC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tamaria Rumph is averaging 7.9 points and two steals for the Bears.

Kyla Bryant is scoring 12.3 points per game and averaging 4.5 rebounds 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.