WASHINGTON (November 29, 2024) – Howard University men's basketball team returns home Saturday (Nov. 30), welcoming Mount St. Mary's (MSM) to The Burr. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m., live on ESPN+.
 
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GAME 8
 
PARTICIPANTS: Mount St. Mary's (The Mount) at Howard (Bison)
DATE: Saturday, November 30, 2024
TIME: 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Burr Gymnasium (2,700) in Washington, D.C.
 
LAST TIMEOUT
 
MOUNT ST. MARY'S
 
Mount St. Mary's (4-2) is coming off a 76-66 home win over Delaware State (DSU) Saturday (Nov. 23). The Mount was led by Dola Adebayo, who led four players in double figures with 17 points. Jedy Cordilla, Carmelo Pacheco and Terrell Ard Jr., each scored 14 points in the victory. MSM's held DSU to 15-percent shooting the three-point line.
 
HOWARD
 
Monday (Nov. 25), freshman guard Blake Harper (Washington) scored a career-high 20 points to lead four Bison in double figures, but a 12-0 run to end the game proved to be the difference as HU fell, 95-77, to the University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC) in the UMBC Challenge at the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena.
 
SERIES RECORD
 
This is the ninth meeting between the two institutions. Howard has won two-in-a-row, including last year's 87-83 shootout in Emmitsburg, Md. The last three meetings have been decided by a total of seven points.
 
THE COACHES
 
MSM is coached Donny Lind (Loyola (Md.), '10), who is in his first season at the helm. Howard is led by Kenneth Blakeney (Duke, '95), who is in his sixth season and has led the Bison to two straight MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) Tournament titles and NCAA appearances.
 
PLAYERS TO WATCH
 
MSM PROBABLE STARTERS
 
No.      Name                          2024-25 Stats                                                                        
4          Dola Adebayo             11.5 ppg & 7.5 rpg
14        Jedy Cordilla               11.2 ppg, 7.8 rpg & team-leading 64-percent shooting
1          Carmelo Pacheco        6.3 ppg
8          Dallas Hobbs               14.0 ppg & 4.2 rpg
45        Xavier Lipscomb         6.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg & team-leading 22 assists
 
MSM KEY RESERVES
 
No.      Name                          2024-25 Stats                                                                        
13        Terrell Ard. Jr.             11.5 ppg & 7.5 rpg
23        Javon Ervin                 4.7 ppg
 
HOWARD PROBABLE STARTERS
 
No.      Name                          2024-25 Stats                                                                        
8          Joshua Strong             5.6 ppg & 2.6 rpg
1          Anwar Gill                   9.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg & 11 assists
5          Marcus Dockery          15.1 ppg, 47 percent from three-point & 19 3FGM
7          Blake Harper               13.7 ppg & 5.3 rpg
34        Bryce Harris                9.6 ppg & 6.1 rpg
 
HOWARD KEY RESERVES
 
No.      Name                          2024-25 Stats                                                                        
11        Ose Okojie                  4.7 ppg
2          Dom Campbell            5.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg & 50-percent from the field
 
BISON NOTES
 
The Mount has four players scoring in double figures and three players are averaging 7.5 rebounds...Harper is one of the top freshmen in the country, the 6-foot-5 first-year Bison from D.C., was named MEAC Rookie of the Week for the third time of this young season Tuesday (Nov. 26)...the 95 points allowed in the loss at UMBC (Nov. 25) was the most the Bison have surrendered this season.
 
NEXT UP: Howard travels to Cincinnati to take on the nationally ranked Cincinnati Bearcats Sunday (Dec. 8) at 2 p.m.
 
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