#2 North Carolina A&T (16-15), (12-4 MEAC) vs. #10 Howard (4-28), (1-15 MEAC)
Date: March 11, 2020
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Facility: Norfolk Scope Arena
Series: Aggies lead, 62-43
 
PROBABLE STARTERS:  G Andre Jackson (6-4, 175, Sr., 9.4 ppg, 3.7 rpg); G Kameron Langley (6-2, 205, Jr., 9.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg); G Kwe Parker (6-2, 181, R-Jr., 7.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg); F Ronald Jackson (6-8, 205, Sr., 14.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg); C Devin Haygood (6-8, 180, R-Sr., 7.5 ppg, 4.1 rpg).
 
AGGIES OVERVIEW: It's a brand-new season and the Aggies are the No. 2 seed heading into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament. The Aggies received several postseason All-MEAC honors led by acting head coach Will Jones earning coach of the year. Also, junior guard Kameron Langley and senior forward Ronald Jackson earned first-team honors and freshman Fred Cleveland, Jr. made the All-Rookie Team. Langley leads the conference in assists per game at 7.7 and is second in assist-to-turnover ratio. The Aggies are led by Jackson who leads the team in points (14.7) and rebounds per game (10.3).
 
BISON OVERVIEW: The Bison, clocking in as the No. 10 seed in the conference tournament, are coming off of a 70-63 win over No. 7 South Carolina State last night to earn a matchup against the Aggies. Howard is led by senior guard Charles Williams, who is averaging 18.5 points per game this season, and earlier this year, became the MEAC's all-time leading scorer. The Bison are the conference's best three-point shooting team, hitting at a 34.5 percent clip from beyond the arc. Head coach Kenneth Blakeney is in his first year at the helm of the program.
 
News & Notes:

• Last time these two teams met, A&T defeated Howard, 71-67 on Feb. 22.
• In conference games only, the Aggies are first in eight statistical categories (scoring offense, three-point field goal percentage defense, rebounding offense, assists, steals, turnover margin, assist-to-turnover ratio, and defensive rebounds).
• In MEAC games, Aggie forward Ronald Jackson is third in the league in rebounding (12.0 per game) through 16 games. He also has 14 double-doubles this season, tied for 25^th in the country.
• Langley has 617 career assists. He sits second all-time in the MEAC and needs just six dimes to become the conference's all-time assist leader.
• Langley is third in the country in total assists (232) and third in assists per game (7.7).