Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (4-13, 0-1 MEAC) at North Carolina Central Eagles (7-12, 0-2 MEAC)

Durham, North Carolina; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland-Eastern Shore faces North Carolina Central in MEAC action Saturday.

The Eagles have gone 4-3 in home games. North Carolina Central ranks fourth in the MEAC in team defense, giving up 74.1 points while holding opponents to 47.3% shooting.

The Hawks are 0-1 against MEAC opponents. Maryland-Eastern Shore averages 12.8 turnovers per game and is 1-3 when committing fewer turnovers than opponents.

North Carolina Central scores 80.4 points per game, 0.2 fewer points than the 80.6 Maryland-Eastern Shore allows. Maryland-Eastern Shore averages 6.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.4 more makes per game than North Carolina Central gives up.

The Eagles and Hawks match up Saturday for the first time in MEAC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Po’Boigh King is shooting 30.4% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging 15.9 points.

Ketron Shaw is averaging 18.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists for the Hawks.

LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 4-6, averaging 79.8 points, 34.9 rebounds, 17.1 assists, 10.0 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 47.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.6 points per game.

Hawks: 2-8, averaging 61.3 points, 30.7 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 5.3 steals and 1.7 blocks per game while shooting 39.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 80.7 points.

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