North Carolina A&T (2-7) vs. Greensboro College (1-4)
Date: December 18, 2020
Time: 3 p.m.
Facility: Corbett Sports Center
Series: Aggies lead, 7-0
PROBABLE STARTERS: G Kameron Langley (6-2, 165, Sr., 10.4 ppg, 7.7 apg);
G Kenyon Duling (6-2, 205, Jr., 3.9 ppg, 2.3 rpg);
F Tyrone Lyons (6-7, 185, Jr., 8.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg);
F Quentin Jones (6-8, 235, Jr., 6.9 ppg, 2.4 rpg);
C Harry Morrice (6-11, 235, So., 4.9 ppg, 2.3 rpg).
AGGIES OVERVIEW: North Carolina A&T lost an overtime heartbreaker against Western Carolina, 104-98, last time out. Junior forward
Quentin Jones poured in a career-high 27 points. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) preseason player of the year
Kameron Langley notched 20 points, a career-high 16 assists and nine rebounds. In all seven losses this season, the Aggies opponent has scored 78-plus points. In their two wins, the Aggies held their opponents to just 53.5 points per game and scored 72.0 points themselves. Head coach
Will Jones is in his first full season after serving in an interim capacity part of last year and has an overall record of 16-11 (.593).
PRIDE OVERVIEW: The Pride is coming off an 87-47 loss at the hands of Appalachian State last night in Boone. Greensboro finished tied for fifth in the east division of the USA South Conference last season and lost senior forward and USA South third-team member Michael Phifer, who averaged a team-high 15.5 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. Junior guard Greyson Collins has assumed the role this year, averaging a team-high 16.4 points per game. The Pride are allowing their opponents to score 85.0 points per game and only scoring 64.4 points themselves, a minus-20.6 differential. Second-year head coach Jim Cantamessa has an overall record of 13-17. He served as the associate head coach from Jan. 2015 to May 2019 for Greensboro and is 0-3 against the Aggies in that time.
News & Notes:
- Last time these two teams met, N.C. A&T defeated Greensboro College, 92-67, on Dec. 8, 2018.
- The Pride are 0-4 on the road this season, but defeated Division I Longwood, 67-64, in an exhibition game on Dec. 6.
- The Aggies are 0-2 at home this season.
- Langley and junior forward Tyrone Lyons are the only two players on the roster that have played Greensboro College before.
- Langley has 693 career assists, seven shy of the 700-mark.
- Langley leads the country in assists with 64 and is third in steals with 23.
- Senior guard Darus Maddox transferred to A&T from Greensboro College.
