Men's Basketball | 1/22/2026 3:49:00 PM

• The Aggies come back home for the athletics department's annual Greek Night, where the Divine Nine puts its history, colors, and stepping skills on display in the midst of an A&T basketball game.
• The Aggies will need support as they take on a Hofstra team that has beaten ACC schools Pitt and Syracuse. After a 4-0 start in the CAA, the Pride lost its last two with losses to Stony Brook and Elon. On Saturday, the Aggies will face a Towson team slated to play at Elon on Thursday. 
• The Aggies will need to have their defense on full display tonight, an area where they have struggled in conference play thus far. In conference games, only the Aggies rank 11th in the league in field goal percentage defense (.483). The Aggies also rank 12th in scoring defense in conference games only (83.5), but they are seventh in scoring (74.3), just below Hofstra (76.2).
• A&T's outstanding freshman Lewis Walker has had an up-and-down month. He posted six points against Elon on January 8, marking the first time in 13 games Lewis Walker failed to score in double figures. He then followed that up with 33 points at William & Mary on January 15, breaking the single-game freshman scoring record.
• He went 11-for-14 from the floor in breaking Sean Booker's record from January 27, 2004, when Booker scored 29 points against Bethune-Cookman. But he had only six points at Hampton on Monday.
• A&T is still eagerly awaiting Lureon Walker's return to the court. Walker showcased the ability to score the basketball over the Aggies' first three games, scoring 22, 22, and 25 against South Carolina, S.C. State, and Washington Adventist. He missed A&T's next three games with an ailment before returning on Dec. 6 to score 13 points off the bench in a win over archrival North Carolina Central University (NCCU). He played 21 minutes against Howard on Dec. 9, but has not played since.
• The Aggies have lost six straight after a three-game winning streak in December gave them their best start since the 1991-92 season.
• A&T is one win away from surpassing its win total from the previous two seasons, when the Aggies won seven games apiece. A&T is looking for its first winning season ever in the CAA and its first winning season overall since going 11-10 during the 2020-21 season
• The Aggies have a roster full of transfers, but they are still inexperienced in the Division I men's basketball world. The Aggies' leading scorer, Lewis Walker, is a redshirt freshman after not playing as a true freshman at UMass last season. Starting point guard Dwayne Powell is a sophomore who played at a junior college last season.
• Forward Zamoku Weluche-Ume played one game last season at George Washington University after sustaining a wrist injury. He played only 15 games as a true freshman at GWU. Meanwhile, starting center Amadou Doumbia played 15 games as a true freshman at UMass.
• The Aggie with the most experience is junior guard Trent Middelton, Jr. Going into today's game, Middleton has played in 77 Division I college basketball games. The next-closest Aggie in terms of experience is junior Bryson Ogletree, who has played 36 DI games. Even Will Felton, who graduated from high school in 2021, has only played 26 DI games.
• A&T is in its fourth season in the CAA and will be playing its first CAA road game of the season. The Aggies are 8-20 at Corbett Sports Center against CAA opponents. The Aggies are still looking for their first home CAA win of the season, in addition to their first CAA win overall in 2025-26.
• Lewis Walker continues to lead the Aggies in scoring at 18.4 points per game. Walker has scored 20 or more points five times this season. The last time an Aggie freshman had six 20-plus scoring games in a season, which is a program record for a freshman.
• The highest scoring average by an A&T freshman in program history was set by James Sparrow, who averaged 15.5 points per game during the 1974-75 season.
• Weluche-Ume has scored in double figures in his last seven games. Weluche-Ume, a London, England native, is averaging 14.0 points and 7.9 rebounds per game over his last seven outings. He also has three double-doubles in his last four games.

SCOUTING HOFSTRA 

• Hofstra is coming off an 89-85 loss to Elon in Hempstead, NY, on Saturday. It marked the Pride's second straight conference loss after the Pride started the CAA portion of its schedule 4-0.
• Cruz Davis led the Pride with 33 points on 11-for-22 shooting from the field, 4-for-9 from 3-point range and 7-for-7 from the free throw line. Davis is a 6-foot-3 guard out of Plano, Texas, who has also played for Iona and St. John's.
• Davis leads the CAA in scoring at 22.0 points per game. His 33 against Elon marked the third time this season that Cruz scored more than 30 points. He had 36 points in Hofstra's win over Pitt at Pitt on December 7. He also had 32 points in a win at Towson on January 8. Davis has scored in double figures in 19 straight games.
• Davis also leads the Pride in assists at 5.0 per game. He is second in the CAA in assists per game while also ranking second in the league and ninth nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (.455). Davis also leads the CAA and ranks ninth nationally in field goals made (144).
• Victory Onueta leads the Pride in rebounding at 8.1 per game. He has two double-doubles this season, posting 10 points and 12 rebounds against Molloy on November 10 and 11 points and 12 rebounds at Bucknell on November 14.
• Hofstra leads the conference in free throw shooting (.743) and 3-point shooting (.377). The Pride is 25th in 3-point shooting, making 9.3 3-pointers per game, which is second-best in the CAA.
• Speedy Claxton is in his fifth season with the Hofstra Pride. He spent eight seasons as an assistant at Hofstra before becoming the head coach in 2021. Claxton played for the Pride from 1996-00 before embarking on a nine-year NBA career, during which he played for five teams.
• He is 94-58 as the Pride's head coach, leading Hofstra to the NIT second round during the 2022-23 season. 

• Towson heads into its game with Elon on Thursday, winners of three straight, including a one-point home win over Drexel on Monday. The Tigers have also defeated Northeastern on the road and Charleston at home during their three-game winning streak.
• Tyler Tejada led the Tigers over the Drexel Dragons in a hard-fought game that saw the Tigers shoot only 32.8 percent during the game.
• Tejada leads the Tigers in scoring and rebounding, averaging 16.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game heading into the weekend. Tejada leads the conference in free throw shooting at 87.8 percent.
• Tejada is one of three Tigers averaging in double figures. Dylan Williamson averages 14.1 points per game while leading the team in assists at 3.3 per game. Jack Doumbia, Jr. averages 10.0
• Tejada opened the season scoring in double figures in nine straight games. His current streak stands at four consecutive games, including a 22-point performance against Hofstra on January 8.
• Towson comes into the weekend as one of the best rebounding teams in the conference and the nation. The Tigers rank second in the conference and 37th nationally in rebounding (39.95). They are also the top offensive rebounding team in the conference (14.45) and rank eighth nationally.
• The Tigers' strong rebounding efforts make them a formidable defensive team. They rank third in the conference in scoring defense, allowing 66.9 points per game. They are 31st nationally.
• Pat Skerry is in his 15th season with the Towson University program. He comes into the weekend with a 248-216 record. Skerry is trying to secure his fifth straight 20-win season after going 22-11 last season and winning the CAA regular-season championship with a 16-2 mark.
• Skerry led the Tigers to the CIT in 2014, the Vegas postseason tournament in 2016 and the NIT in 2022.  

SERIES

• Hofstra leads the all-time series 3-1. Hofstra's average margin of victory over A&T is 22.0 points per game.
• The Pride beat the Aggies before the two teams shared a conference.
• The Pride defeated A&T 92-72 in Hempstead, NY, on November 18, 2018, when Speedy Claxton was an assistant coach at Hofstra, and Jay Joyner was the Aggies' head coach.
• The Aggies' only win over the Pride came on a buzzer-beater on New Year's Eve of 2022 in Hempstead.