Worrell leads Morgan State against Maryland-Eastern Shore after 32-point game

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Morgan State Bears (3-11) at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (4-13)

Princess Anne, Maryland; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Morgan State visits Maryland-Eastern Shore after Alfred Worrell Jr. scored 32 points in Morgan State's 92-55 victory over the Penn State-Brandywine Nittany Lions.

The Hawks have gone 2-1 in home games. Maryland-Eastern Shore allows 73.9 points to opponents and has been outscored by 10.5 points per game.

The Bears are 0-7 in road games. Morgan State has a 2-7 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

Maryland-Eastern Shore is shooting 44.8% from the field this season, 5.5 percentage points lower than the 50.3% Morgan State allows to opponents. Morgan State averages 70.6 points per game, 3.3 fewer than the 73.9 Maryland-Eastern Shore allows to opponents.

The Hawks and Bears square off Saturday for the first time in MEAC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Joseph Locandro is scoring 11.4 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Hawks. Zion Obanla is averaging 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds over the last 10 games.

Worrell is shooting 34.4% from beyond the arc with 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Bears, while averaging 15.1 points. Rob Lawson is averaging 12.6 points and five assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 2-8, averaging 65.8 points, 29.3 rebounds, 15.5 assists, 4.9 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.2 points per game.

Bears: 2-8, averaging 66.7 points, 26.3 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 4.7 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 40.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 81.6 points.

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