North Carolina Central hosts N.C. A&T after Lattimore’s 29-point outing

North Carolina A&T Aggies (3-3) at North Carolina Central Eagles (3-7)

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

BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina Central hosts N.C. A&T after Gage Lattimore scored 29 points in North Carolina Central’s 67-62 loss to the James Madison Dukes.

The Eagles are 3-0 on their home court. North Carolina Central has a 1-6 record against opponents above .500.

The Aggies have gone 1-3 away from home. N.C. A&T has a 1-3 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

North Carolina Central is shooting 41.3% from the field this season, 6.1 percentage points lower than the 47.4% N.C. A&T allows to opponents. N.C. A&T has shot at a 46.3% clip from the field this season, 1.6 percentage points higher than the 44.7% shooting opponents of North Carolina Central have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lattimore is shooting 41.4% and averaging 20.6 points for the Eagles. Tekao Carpenter is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers.

Lewis Walker is scoring 19.5 points per game and averaging 5.3 rebounds for the Aggies. Lureon Walker is averaging 23.0 points and 3.3 rebounds.

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