Morgan State Drops Close One To North Carolina A&T, 62-61

Filed under Game Recap on January 21st, 2012

Share this recap

Tweet

or

In Baltimore on January 21st the Bears were nipped by the Aggies in conference play, 62-61. Morgan State played well at the beginning, up 33-25 at halftime. However, in the second half, North Carolina A&T was just too much, and the game got away.

Some facts for this matchup: Morgan State had a better RPI ranking than North Carolina A&T, #232 to #288. Last season, Morgan State went 2-1 against North Carolina A&T. Through four years, the Bears are 7-2, and that includes 3-1 at Hill Field House. Since 1980, the Morgan State record against North Carolina A&T is 27-29.

North Carolina A&T had a solid statistical showing in turnover margin and offensive rebounding.

There was a big gap in offensive rebounding with North Carolina A&T tallying 19 offensive boards compared to 16 by Morgan State. Turnovers were a glaring part of the loss, with 19 giveaways for the Bears compared to 13 for the Aggies.

DeWayne Jackson was the leading scorer against the Aggies with 20 points on 46% shooting in 30 minutes.

NCAT Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A R.J. Buck 19 15 0 2 1 1 0 B+ Adrian Powell 29 11 9 1 4 1 4 B Marc Hill 30 11 1 4 0 0 1 B Austin Witter 27 7 7 0 2 1 1 B Nic Simpson 34 8 2 2 2 0 1 B- Anthony Estes 14 4 3 1 1 1 2 C+ Waylan Siverand 10 2 2 0 0 1 0 C+ J. Underwood 14 2 4 1 2 0 3 C- D. Upchurch 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 - Lawrence Smith 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 - Jean Louisme 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 - Jared Williams 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

MORGAN Players Mins Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO A Ian Chiles 24 13 7 2 1 4 0 A DeWayne Jackson 30 20 7 1 1 0 3 B+ Kevin Thompson 18 8 8 1 0 0 3 B- Aric Brooks 22 4 5 1 0 2 0 B- Blake Bozeman 33 5 3 4 2 0 1 C+ Ameer Ali 25 5 3 3 2 2 3 D Larry Bastfield 28 4 1 3 0 0 7 - Justin Black 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 - S. Duncan 8 2 0 0 0 0 0

The Bears fall to 4-12. Their conference record falls to 2-3 and they've dropped to 8th place.

The Bears are coming up on North Carolina Central at home on January 23rd.

• In 100% of losses this season, Morgan State has recorded 6 or fewer steals.
• In 85% of losses this season, Morgan State has recorded 8 or fewer blocks.
• Morgan State has lost 100% of the time this season (0-6) after committing 19 or more turnovers.
• DeWayne Jackson accounted for 32.7% of the team's points.
• Morgan State has lost 100% of the time this season (0-6) after recording 61 or fewer total points.

• Adrian Powell has led the team in rebounding 5 times in 20 games this season.
• Marc Hill has 6 straight double-digit point games.
• The Aggies won this one, but have lost 2 times this season in games decided by 5 or fewer points. Since 2006, North Carolina A&T has lost 25 close games.
• Adrian Powell has 3 straight double-digit point games.
• Adrian Powell recorded a team season high in field goals attempted with 16.

Check out the complete Games Notes

Tags: DeWayne Jackson