South Carolina State vs. Morgan State: Full Game Preview

SC State

(4-10, 1-7 away)

Morgan State

(3-8, 0-2 home)

Venue: Hill Field House

4:30PM ET / 1:30PM PT, January 12, 2013

Team Leaders

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
SC State	M Hezekiah 13.3	M Hezekiah 8.3	K Toombs 5.0
Morgan State	D Jackson 14.1	A Hubbard 6.8	J Black 3.4

In their last outing, despite 16 points and 8 rebounds from DeWayne Jackson, the Bears fell to St. Joseph's (PA) 70-60 on January 5th. On top of his scoring average of 14.1 points per game, he delivers 5.0 rebounds per game. The Bulldogs were defeated by South Carolina 80-69 on January 5th despite 24 points and 14 rebounds from Matthew Hezekiah. With 13.3 points per game and 8.3 rebounds per game, he has team-best marks in both categories.

South Carolina State StatSmack

Morgan State is bigger. The average weight of the top 8 players on Morgan State is 217 lbs compared to 200 lbs for South Carolina State.
Morgan State is a better shooting team (44.4% vs 39.7%) than South Carolina State this season.
We just win. Morgan State has more wins over the last 5 years than South Carolina State (101 vs 67).
Morgan State is taller. The average height of the top 8 players on Morgan State is 78.9 inches compared to 76.9 inches for South Carolina State.
DeWayne Jackson is ranked 5th in the MEAC in steals.
You get an A for effort, but Morgan State has emerged victorious against South Carolina State the last 4 times they've played.
Morgan State has a much better overall winning percentage over the last 5 years (0.556 to 0.388).
Shaquille Duncan is ranked 5th in the MEAC in blocks.
The Morgan State steals leader (DeWayne Jackson) has more steals than the South Carolina State steals leader (Khalif Toombs).
Morgan State beat South Carolina State by 5 points the last time they played (Jan 07, 2012).

SCSU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
C	M. Hezekiah	31	13	8	1	1	1	1
C	Khalif Toombs	37	12	3	5	1	0	3
D+	A. Adams	33	11	2	3	1	0	3
D	Darryl Palmer	24	7	5	1	1	2	2
D	Devin Joint	19	9	3	0	2	0	0
D	S. Mitchell	22	7	4	1	1	0	2
D	Patrick Myers	27	6	4	1	1	0	2
D-	Luka Radovic	17	4	3	0	0	0	1
F	Chasen Campbell	8	3	1	0	0	0	1
F	Terrance Linton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
F	D. Youmans	3	0	1	0	0	0	0
F	Phillip Henry	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
F	Joshua Benjamin	4	0	0	1	0	0	1

MORGAN Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B-	DeWayne Jackson	33	14	5	3	2	1	3
C+	Justin Black	32	13	5	3	2	0	3
C+	Anthony Hubbard	31	13	7	2	1	0	4
C-	Ian Chiles	18	8	5	0	0	1	1
C-	S. Duncan	23	6	4	1	0	2	1
D+	Blake Bozeman	31	6	2	2	1	0	2
D	Tauron Bailey	9	2	2	0	0	0	0
D	Thair Heath	8	2	2	0	0	0	0
D	Cedric Blossom	10	2	2	0	0	0	0
D-	Donte Pretlow	10	1	1	1	0	0	1
D-	Rasean Simpson	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
F	Daon Riley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0