North Carolina A&T (12-14), (8-3 MEAC) vs. N.C. Central (12-12), (8-2 MEAC)
Date: February 17, 2020
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Facility: Corbett Sports Center
Series: A&T leads, 81-74
 
PROBABLE STARTERS:  G Andre Jackson (6-4, 175, Sr., 9.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg); G Kameron Langley (6-2, 205, Jr., 9.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg); G Kwe Parker (6-2, 181, R-Jr., 6.6 ppg, 2.1 rpg); F Ronald Jackson (6-8, 205, Sr., 14.0 ppg, 10.3 rpg); C Devin Haygood (6-8, 180, R-Sr., 7.3 ppg, 4.1 rpg).
 
AGGIES OVERVIEW: North Carolina A&T suffered an 0-2 trip in Florida last week and the hands of Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M. The Aggies find themselves in third place in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) standings with an 8-3 record, a half-game out of first place. Junior guard Kameron Langley, a preseason second team all-MEAC selection, is just 26 assists away from breaking N.C. A&T's all-time record held by Thomas Griffis (582). Langley leads the conference in assists per game at 6.9 and is second in assist-to-turnover ratio. The Aggies are led by senior forward Ronald Jackson who leads the team in points (14.0) and rebounds per game (10.3). Acting head coach Will Jones is 9-4 since taking over the team in late December.
 
EAGLES OVERVIEW: The Eagles sit atop the MEAC standings with an 8-2 record. In conference games only, Central sports the league's best scoring defense allowing just 58.6 points per game. In the conference preseason poll, the Eagles were projected to win the league for the fourth year in a row receiving 192 total points and seven first-place votes. Central has three preseason all-conference selections in Randy Miller, Jr. (second team) and Jibri Blount and Jordan Perkins (third team). Blount is second in the league in scoring with his 19.3 points per game while Perkins is second in assists per game at 4.8. Miller is averaging 14.3 points per game, good for third on the team, but has not played since Dec. 2 against Wofford. Head coach Levelle Moton is in his 11^th year at the helm of the program and has an overall record of 202-147 (.578).
 
News & Notes:

• Last time these two teams met, N.C. A&T lost to the Eagles, 65-63, on Mar. 15, 2019.
• The Aggies have won 22-straight home conference games.
• In conference games only, the Aggies are first in six statistical categories (scoring offense, rebounding offense, assists, steals, assist-to-turnover ratio, and defensive rebounds).
• In MEAC games, Aggie forward Ronald Jackson leads the league in rebounding (12.9 per game) through 11 games. He also has 12 double-doubles this season, tied for 19^th in the country.
• Langley has 557 career assists. He sits fifth all-time in the MEAC and needs 66 dimes to become the conference's all-time assist leader.
• Langley is fourth in the country in total assists (172) and seventh in assists per game (6.9).