Daybreak Staley and South Carolina basketball are using excessive as they put together to host Morgan State College of the MEAC on Wednesday night time.
The highest-ranked program in girls’s basketball comes into the sport off a nail-bitting win over Duke earlier within the week. It faces a Morgan State squad that has been up-and-down early within the season.
The final time Daybreak Staley and South Carolina State hosted an HBCU it recorded an 82-point margin of victory by beating Mississippi Valley State in November. South Carolina has additionally vanquished the final two MEAC basketball champions from the NCAA Event, simply defeating Norfolk State in 2023 and Howard College in 2022.
GAMEDAY AI ADVANCED STATS
South Carolina | OVR 7-0 | SEC 0-0 | HOME 4-0
One of many Gamecocks few weaknesses is that they solely shoot 60% from the free-throw line at dwelling in Colonial Life Area.
The Gamecocks have demonstrated prowess on the defensive glass when enjoying at dwelling this season. They’re averaging a powerful 40.5 defensive rebounds per sport at Colonial Life Area.
Morgan State | OVR 3-5 | MEAC 0-0 | AWAY 0-2
Tamaria Rumph led Morgan State within the group’s final matchup towards Saint Francis (PA), scoring 12 factors on 5-of-14 capturing. Rumph now comes into this matchup averaging 7.3 factors per sport on 38.2% capturing for the season towards D1 competitors.
The Girl Bears are available in with season averages of two.0 blocks per sport and 11.3 steals per sport towards D1 competitors. Kaia Ponder has been their particular person blocks chief (1.0 per sport) whereas Sedayjha Payne has led them in steals (2.1 per sport) in these contests.
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South Carolina tends to begin sizzling. The group averages 43.9 first half factors per sport, second finest within the SEC (convention common is 35.5).
Search for Morgan State to get out rapidly on this one as effectively. The Girl Bears common 35.0 first-half factors per sport in Division I contests, which ranks second within the MEAC (convention common is 28.3).
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