Maryland Eastern Shore (2-16, 0-3 MEAC) vs North Carolina A&T (7-9, 2-0 MEAC)
Date: 1/14/19
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Facility: Hytche Center
Series: A&T leads 60-28
PROBABLE STARTERS: F Terry Harris (6-6, 215, Gr., 11.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg); C Ibrahim Sylla (6-8, 220, Gr., 11.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg); G Milik Gantz (6-3, 180, Sr., 10.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 1.6 apg); G Kameron Langley (6-2, 205, So., 5.6 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 6.6 apg); G Qua Copeland (6-3, 178, 12.8 ppg, 2.2 apg, 1.6 rpg).
AGGIES OVERVIEW: North Carolina A&T is looking for its fourth straight win as it heads into Princess Anne, Md., for a showdown against the Hawks. The Aggies have been putting on a 3-point showcase lately. They knocked down 14 3-pointers in a win over Mid-Atlantic Christian last Tuesday before going 14-for-23 from 3-point range in their blowout win over Delaware State on Saturday. Terry Harris (7-for-11) and Qua Copeland (6-for-8) led the way from outside combining to go 13-for-19 from three. The Aggies, who lead the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in field goal percentage, have shot better than 50 percent over the last three games. Both the Aggies conference games thus far have come on the road. The last time the Aggies won three straight road conference games came during the 2011-12 season when they beat Howard, Morgan State and Coppin State consecutively.
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE OVERVIEW: The Hawks come into the game looking for their first conference win of the season after losing to N.C. Central on Saturday. The Hawks other two losses were blowout losses to Morgan State in Baltimore and Howard in Princess Anne, Md. The Aggies will see a familiar face on the sideline in MDES interim head coach Clifford Reed. Reed spent 10 seasons as Bethune-Cookman's head coach before leaving the school in 2011. Reed had success against the Aggies while at B-CU going 9-6 versus N.C. A&T. Reed also faced the Aggies as an assistant Savannah State and Georgia Southern. Reed's team is led by Ryan Andino who is averaging 10.1 points per game. Andino didn't play against the Aggies last season, but he has had success versus N.C. A&T. Tyler Jones averaged 19.5 points in two games against N.C. A&T last season on 15-for-26 shooting.
Stepping Up: Graduate Terry Harris has been hot from beyond the arc. He has scored 46 points in his last two games on 12-for-21 shooting from 3-point range. He is the Aggies second-leading scorer at 11.8 points per game and ranks sixth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage.
News & Notes:
- N.C. A&T hit 14 3-pointers against the Delaware State Hornets on Saturday. It marked the fifth time this season the Aggies have hit double-figures in 3-pointers made. The school record for 3-pointers in a game is 17 set against DePaul in 2007.
- An Aggies win over MDES would give the Aggies their second straight 3-0 start. The last time the Aggies have started 3-0 in back-to-back seasons came during the 1980-81 and 1981-82 seasons.
- Sophomore Kameron Langley continues to excel as the Aggies point guard. He leads the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.71) and assists. During his career, Langley has 282 assists against only 114 turnovers.
- A&T leads the conference and ranks 35th in the nation in field goal shooting (.484). A&T has two players shooting better than 60 percent in guard Milik Gantz (.612) and center Ibrahim Sylla (.638). Sylla and Gantz are 2,3 in field goal percentage in the MEAC.
