Morgan State hosts Tucker and Longwood

Longwood Lancers (5-5) at Morgan State Bears (1-6)

Baltimore; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Longwood visits Morgan State after Elijah Tucker scored 24 points in Longwood’s 101-55 win over the Pfeiffer Falcons.

The Bears have gone 1-3 in home games. Morgan State has a 1-3 record in games decided by 10 or more points.

The Lancers have gone 0-3 away from home. Longwood is fifth in the Big South with 10.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Tucker averaging 2.2.

Morgan State is shooting 43.1% from the field this season, 2.4 percentage points lower than the 45.5% Longwood allows to opponents. Longwood’s 44.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.6 percentage points lower than Morgan State has given up to its opponents (49.2%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Alfred Worrell Jr. is shooting 33.7% and averaging 14.6 points for the Bears. Walter Peggs Jr. is averaging 9.0 points.

Redd Thompson is shooting 38.5% from beyond the arc with 1.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Lancers, while averaging 8.1 points. Jacoi Hutchinson is averaging 13.4 points and 3.3 assists.

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