North Carolina Central hosts South Carolina State following Cleveland's 27-point showing

Thu, Mar 7, 2024
NCAAB News (AP)

South Carolina State Bulldogs (14-16, 9-4 MEAC) at North Carolina Central Eagles (16-12, 8-5 MEAC)

Durham, North Carolina; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Eagles -6.5; over/under is 143.5

BOTTOM LINE: North Carolina Central hosts South Carolina State after Fred Cleveland Jr. scored 27 points in North Carolina Central's 88-79 loss to the Morgan State Bears.

The Eagles are 10-2 in home games. North Carolina Central leads the MEAC with 15.1 fast break points.

The Bulldogs are 9-4 in MEAC play. South Carolina State gives up 74.7 points to opponents while being outscored by 4.1 points per game.

North Carolina Central's average of 7.5 made 3-pointers per game this season is only 0.5 more made shots on average than the 7.0 per game South Carolina State gives up. South Carolina State has shot at a 41.4% clip from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points fewer than the 41.9% shooting opponents of North Carolina Central have averaged.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cleveland is shooting 36.6% from beyond the arc with 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Eagles, while averaging 15.7 points, 5.4 assists and 1.7 steals. Po'Boigh King is averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games.

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Mitchel Taylor is averaging 8.5 points for the Bulldogs. Michael Teal is averaging 10.4 points over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Eagles: 6-4, averaging 78.2 points, 35.7 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 6.6 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 46.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.0 points per game.

Bulldogs: 8-2, averaging 69.6 points, 38.1 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 7.5 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 42.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.1 points.

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