Coppin State visits Harris and Howard

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Coppin State Eagles (7-22, 5-7 MEAC) at Howard Bison (19-10, 9-3 MEAC)

Washington; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Howard hosts Coppin State after Bryce Harris scored 22 points in Howard's 84-59 win against the Morgan State Bears.

The Bison have gone 10-4 in home games. Howard is 7-5 against opponents over .500.

The Eagles are 5-7 in conference games. Coppin State ranks fifth in the MEAC with 29.2 rebounds per game led by Taj Thweatt averaging 4.5.

Howard averages 77.0 points per game, 3.4 fewer points than the 80.4 Coppin State gives up. Coppin State has shot at a 40.6% clip from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points less than the 41.5% shooting opponents of Howard have averaged.

The teams play for the second time this season in MEAC play. Howard won the last meeting 72-53 on Feb. 2. Cedric Taylor III scored 21 points points to help lead the Bison to the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Harris is averaging 17.5 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Bison. Taylor is averaging 21.5 points over the last 10 games.

Khali Horton is averaging 7.9 points for the Eagles. Hussain Williams is averaging 9.5 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bison: 8-2, averaging 83.5 points, 34.8 rebounds, 19.3 assists, 7.1 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.2 points per game.

Eagles: 4-6, averaging 67.0 points, 30.6 rebounds, 11.1 assists, 6.7 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 41.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 70.8 points.

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