Morgan State faces UCF, looks to stop road slide

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Morgan State Lady Bears (1-10) at UCF Knights (7-3)

Orlando, Florida; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Morgan State will attempt to break its six-game road skid when the Lady Bears play UCF.

The Knights are 5-2 on their home court. UCF ranks sixth in the Big 12 at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 56.9 points while holding opponents to 34.6% shooting.

The Lady Bears are 0-4 in road games. Morgan State ranks seventh in the MEAC with 20.1 defensive rebounds per game led by Maya Woodson averaging 4.7.

UCF averages 72.1 points per game, 4.7 fewer points than the 76.8 Morgan State gives up. Morgan State has shot at a 33.3% rate from the field this season, 1.3 percentage points below the 34.6% shooting opponents of UCF have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Leah Harmon is shooting 44.8% and averaging 16.9 points for the Knights. Samari Bankhead is averaging 0.5 made 3-pointers.

Gabrielle Johnson averages 0.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Lady Bears, scoring 9.2 points while shooting 42.1% from beyond the arc. Ja'la Bannerman is averaging 9.3 points over the last 10 games.

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