North Carolina A&T vs. Carver College
When: Friday, Dec. 3, 5 p.m.
Where: Corbett Sports Center (East Greensboro, N.C.)
TV/Radio: ESPN+ / Spencer Turkin/Cy Alexander
A&T Team Leaders
Points: Marcus Watson (13.6 PPG)
Rebounds: Marcus Watson (5.4 RPG)
Assists: Kameron Langley (6.3 APG)
Blocks: Harry Morrice (13)
Steals: Kameron Langley (18)
Field Goal Percentage: Webster Filmore (.632)
3-pt Field Goal Percentage: Demetric Horton (.435)
Free Throw Percentage: Tyler Maye (.714)
A&T Big South Leaders (Top-10)
Assists: Kameron Langley (50) – 1st
Blocks: Harry Morrice (13) – 5th
Steals: Kameron Langley (18) – 3rd
3-pt Field Goal Percentage: Demetric Horton (.435) – 3rd
A&T National Leaders (Top-100)
Assists: Kameron Langley (50) – 8th
Blocks: Harry Morrice (13) – 70th
Steals: Kameron Langley (18) – 25th
NORTH CAROLINA A&T AGGIES (2-6): The Aggies are coming off their best offensive game of the season, a 73-67 win over St. Francis-Brooklyn, in the final round of the Emerald Coast Classic.
Redshirt sophomore Marcus Watson averaged 25.0 points in two games over the weekend at the Emerald Coast Classic. He was named to the all-tournament team for his efforts.
Watson set a then-career-high with 22 points on 5-for-6 shooting from 3-point range against Samford last Friday. Along with junior guard Demetric Horton, he had his first 20-point game for the Aggies. Horton had a team-high 24 points, knocking down six threes.
Watson followed that performance by dropping 28 points on 10-for-12 shooting against St. Francis (Brooklyn). His scoring culminated in a dagger 3-pointer to put the game away with under a minute remaining. After this weekend, the newcomer leads A&T in points and rebounds per game.
The Aggies lead the Big South in turnover margin at +2.88, averaging 13.0 mishaps as a team while forcing 15.9 per game from their opponents, also tops in the league. Collectively, A&T swipes a league-leading 9.0 steals per game as well.
Head coach Will Jones is now in his third season overall and second full season after initially taking over on an interim basis on December 24, 2019. Since then, Jones has compiled a 19-5 conference record and the program's first regular-season conference title since 1990. He even earned Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference coach of the year honors in 2019-20 and sports a 27-21 (.563) overall record at the program's helm.
CARVER COLLEGE (0-10): The Cougars are coming off a 103-43 loss at the hands of Tennessee-Martin. Carver has surrendered 100-plus points to seven of their 10 opponents this season.
Guard Dyllon Scott leads the Cougars with 12.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Last game, however, Antwon Ferrell was the leading scorer against Tennessee-Martin with 13 points.
THE SERIES: The Aggies are 2-0 all-time against Carver College, winning by an average of 37.5 points across both contests. The last time these two teams faced, A&T won 112-46, on Jan. 16, 2021.
QUOTABLE: "I'm looking forward to seeing our guys' development continue. We have been working hard. I think the guys want to come out and show that. We have been tested, and we've learned a lot about who we are. That is the first part of being a good team."
Head coach Will Jones ahead of Friday's matchup
GAME NOTES
- Marcus Watson's 28 points against St. Francis, Brooklyn are the most points in a single game by an Aggie since Ronald Jackson scored 28 on Feb. 17, 2019, against N.C. Central.
- Carver Bible College is the second of three non-Division I opponents the Aggies will play at home during the non-conference season.
- The Aggies have connected on 20 3-pointers in the last two games, shooting .513 over those two games.
- Graduate guard Kameron Langley led the MEAC in assists three times. He leads the Big South in assists this season at 6.3 per game.
- Stephon Augusta led CBC in scoring against the Aggies with 10 points last season. Every Aggie who scored in double figures last season against Carver is no longer on the team.
- Marcus Watson had 24 points, and Demetric Horton had 22 in the loss to Samford. The last time two Aggies had 20-plus points in the same game was Dec. 12, 2020, when Quentin Jones scored 27 and Kameron Langley scored 20 against Western Carolina.
- Langley is the Aggies all-time steals leader and has 18 already this season.
