North Carolina A&T (10-4, 2-0 MEAC) vs. Delaware State (6-9, 2-0 MEAC)
Date: January 13, 2020
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Facility: Memorial Hall
Probable Starters: G C'coriea Foy (6-0, Sr., 11.4 ppg, 5.6 rpg)
G Mikaya Wilson (5-6, Sr., 4.4 ppg, 2.9 apg)
F Le'on Hill (6-2, Sr., 6.2 rpg, 4.6 ppg);
F Deja Winters (5-11, Jr., 13.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg);
C Jayla Jones-Pack (6-3, Jr., 9.0 ppg, 5.7 rpg).
AGGIES OVERVIEW: Â North Carolina A&T women's basketball has dominated in two Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) games averaging 69.0 points per game, while allowing 37.5 points per game. The Aggies have won by an average margin of 31.5 points. Â
The Aggies are looking for their fifth consecutive win, which would be the longest winning streak of the season. N.C. A&T had a four-game winning streak earlier against Arkansas State, Morehead State, St. Augustine's and UNC Greensboro.
Junior guard
Deja Winters ranks fifth in the conference in scoring, senior guard
C'coriea Foy is 16
th and senior guard
Cinia McCray comes off the bench to average 10.2 points per game to rank 20
th.
Lessears ranks eighth in the MEAC in rebounding and
Le'on Hill ranks ninth in the league in rebounding. Junior center
Jayla Jones-Pack leads the MEAC in shooting at 55.4 percent. Lessears is sixth in the MEAC at 49.4 percent and Winters is ninth at 44.9 percent.
HORNETS OVERVIEW: The Hornets are coming off a 64-54 win over N.C. Central on Saturday. After playing N.C. Central and N.C. A&T at home over a three-day span, the Hornets next two conference games will be in North Carolina against NCCU and N.C. A&T.
Sharajah Collins is averaging 13.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. Lyric Turner is averaging 12.9 points and per game and Tierra Floyd leads the way at 6.7 rebounds per game. The Aggies hold a slim 37-34 record over Delaware State, but the Hornets lead N.C. A&T 19-14 in Dover. N.C. A&T has won the last 11 games against the Hornets.
A&T looks for 27: The Aggies have won their last 26 regular-season MEAC games. The Aggies last regular-season MEAC loss came at home to Hampton, 63-51, on Feb. 3, 2018.
Their MEAC road loss came on Feb. 20, 2017 to Maryland Eastern Shore, 58-50. The Aggies have won their last 17 regular-season MEAC road games.
Rankings: The Aggies rank ninth in the nation and second in the conference in turnovers forced (22.79). They are 23
rd in the nation in 3-point field goal defense (25.9), while ranking third in the conference. The Aggies lead the MEAC and rank 23
rd nationally in in field goal percentage defense (34.9).
N.C. A&T also ranks second in the conference in total blocked shots (63) and blocked shots per game (4.5). They rank 70
th and 49
th nationally in both categories.
Career Watch: Foy has 979 career points to rank 14
th place in school history. Foy needs 21 points to become the 14
th player to record 1,000-plus points.
Lessears is fifth all-time in rebounds with 757. Hill is 15
th all-time with 484. She needs one rebound to move i7-91 with 774 rebounds. Hill has recorded 484 rebounds to place 15
th in school history and needs one rebound to move into 14
th place held by Aprill McRae. Â
Lessears has 105 career blocks and needs 11 blocks to move into fourth place held by Lamona Smalley with 115.
Hill has 88 career blocks, which ranks ninth place in school history and needs four blocks to move into eighth place held by Nikia Gorham with 91.
Up Next: The Aggies continue the four-game road swing with a trip to Baltimore, Md., to face Coppin State Saturday at 2 p.m. and Morgan State Monday, Jan. 20 at 5:30 p.m.
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