Howard and Delaware State are set to play for the MEAC title and a bid to the NCAA Event on Saturday afternoon. Of their final head-to-head encounter in March 2024, the Bison prevailed over the Hornets at Burr Gymnasium, successful by a rating of 85-66.
Howard is trying to repeat as MEAC champion. Delaware State, in the meantime, is trying to declare its first MEAC Event title since 2005 in its first look within the championship sport since 2015. The tip-off is slated for 1 PM EST and be broadcast reside on ESPN2.
Howard | OVR 17-16 | MEAC 11-5 (third) | NEUTRAL 2-3
Howard punched its ticket again to the MEAC title sport by scorching the nets in opposition to common season champion Norfolk State. HU beat NSU 80-74 by taking pictures higher than 50 p.c from each the sector and the three-point line.
In its 5 prior impartial web site video games this season, Howard has averaged 74.2 factors on 43.9% taking pictures from the sector.
Bryce Harris has been a defensive anchor for the Bison all 12 months. Harris has been each the workforce’s block chief and steal chief, averaging 1.0 blocks per sport and 1.1 steals per sport to this point this season.
Delaware State | OVR 14-17 | MEAC 8-8 (sixth) | NEUTRAL 4-1
Deywilk Tavarez led Delaware State within the workforce’s final matchup in opposition to North Carolina Central, scoring 20 factors on 6-of-15 taking pictures as DSU beat NCCU 71-58. Tavarez now comes into this matchup averaging 14.0 factors per sport on 40.0% taking pictures for the season.
The Hornets have performed 5 prior video games at impartial venues this season, and have averaged 10.0 steals and a pair of.4 blocks over these contests.
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Search for Howard to get out shortly on this one. The Bison common 35.1 first half factors per sport, which ranks second within the MEAC (convention common is 31.8).
Delaware State performs on the third quickest tempo within the MEAC. The workforce averages 70.1 possessions per 40 minutes (MEAC common is 69.2) and scores roughly 0.97 factors per possession.
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