Morgan State visits Sacred Heart after Pryor’s 23-point game

Morgan State Bears (4-6) at Sacred Heart Pioneers (2-4)

Fairfield, Connecticut; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Sacred Heart faces Morgan State after Ny’Ceara Pryor scored 23 points in Sacred Heart’s 59-47 loss to the Coppin State Eagles.

The Pioneers have gone 1-1 at home. Sacred Heart has a 0-4 record in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Bears are 0-6 in road games. Morgan State ranks second in the MEAC with 33.6 rebounds per game led by Jael Butler averaging 5.0.

Sacred Heart scores 55.3 points per game, 10.7 fewer points than the 66.0 Morgan State allows. Morgan State’s 36.6% shooting percentage from the field this season is 6.4 percentage points lower than Sacred Heart has given up to its opponents (43.0%).

TOP PERFORMERS: Pryor is scoring 17.0 points per game and averaging 5.0 rebounds for the Pioneers.

Ja’la Bannerman is scoring 11.0 points per game and averaging 1.4 rebounds for the Bears.

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