Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks and Delaware State Hornets meet in MEAC Tournament

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Delaware State Hornets (7-22, 4-10 MEAC) vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (18-13, 11-3 MEAC)

Norfolk, Virginia; Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland-Eastern Shore and Delaware State meet in the MEAC Tournament.

The Hawks' record in MEAC play is 11-3, and their record is 7-10 in non-conference games. Maryland-Eastern Shore is 4-1 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.

The Hornets are 4-10 against MEAC teams. Delaware State is 6-18 in games decided by 10 points or more.

Maryland-Eastern Shore's average of 3.6 made 3-pointers per game is 1.3 fewer made shots on average than the 4.9 per game Delaware State allows. Delaware State averages 55.4 points per game, 7.8 fewer points than the 63.2 Maryland-Eastern Shore gives up.

The teams meet for the third time this season. Maryland-Eastern Shore won 56-48 in the last matchup on March 5. Ashanti Lynch led Maryland-Eastern Shore with 12 points, and Neveah Reaves led Delaware State with nine points.

TOP PERFORMERS: Lynch is averaging 12.6 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals for the Hawks. Brianna Barnes is averaging 9.5 points over the last 10 games.

Jemesha Frierson is averaging 9.3 points and 1.9 steals for the Hornets. Amaya Scott is averaging 8.7 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 7-3, averaging 60.9 points, 32.5 rebounds, 10.1 assists, 11.6 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 36.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 54.5 points per game.

Hornets: 4-6, averaging 58.1 points, 30.0 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 8.7 steals and 2.9 blocks per game while shooting 41.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 61.0 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.