WASHINGTON (March 4, 2024) – Howard University men's basketball team closes out its home slate against Delaware State (DSU) Monday night inside The Burr. Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m.
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LAST TIMEOUT
Saturday (March 2), DMV native graduate guard
Jordan Hairston (Fairfax, Va.) scored a season-high 19 points to lead four players in double figures to help the Bison to a 70-66 win over the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game.
From there, the duo of junior guards
Marcus Dockery (Washington) and
Bryce Harris (Brentwood, N.Y.) took over. Dockery, the leading three-point shooter in the conference all season, connected on 4-of-8 while also grabbing a career-best seven rebounds. Harris, perhaps the most dominant player in the conference and a strong candidate for both MEAC Player and Defensive Player of the Year, finished with points on 6-of-9 shooting, 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the year and two blocks.
LAST MATCHUP
On Feb. 5, Harris scored 17 of his game-high 23 points in the second half and Dockery added 21 points, but it was some key plays by graduate forward
Seth Towns (Columbus, Ohio) and clutch free throw shooting by graduate guard
Isiah Warfield (Monaca, Pa.) that helped the Howard University men's basketball team hold off Delaware State (DSU), 75-71, in a wild and exciting MEAC showdown at Memorial Hall.
MATCHUP PREVIEW
SERIES RECORD
The Bison won a tightly contested game, 75-71, nail biter in Dover (Feb. 5). It was their fifth-in-a-row and seventh of the last eight to lead the series, 13-10, since 2006.
HOWARD
The Bison (14-15, 8-4 MEAC) are coming off a tough 70-66 win over UMES Saturday (March 2) for their third straight and fifth-out-of-the-last-six.
The Bison are led by Harris (16.3 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 56-percent shooting from the floor, team-leading 27 total blocks & 29 total steals), Towns (14.7 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 63 total assists, 26 total steals, 12 total blocks, 46 three pointers made & 84-percent from the free throw line), Dockery (13.7 ppg, 3.0 rpg, team-leading 80 three pointers made, career-high 48 total assists & 82-percent from the free throw line), sophomore forwards
Dom Campbell (8.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg & 51-percent shooting from the field) and
Shy Odom (8.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg & 42 total assists in 17 games).
DELAWARE STATE
Delaware State (13-15, 6-6 MEAC) is coming off a huge 75-71 victory over Norfolk State Saturday (March 2) at home.
The Hornets are led by senior guard Martaz Robinson (16.4 ppg & 6.2 rpg), sophomore guard Jevin Muniz (14.6 ppg), freshman guard Deywilk Tavarez (13.2 ppg, team-high 104 total assists), junior forward Wesley Oba (6.8 ppg & 6.0 rpg) and redshirt junior center Raymond Somerville (3.7 ppg, 2.6 rpg, team-high 13 total blocks).
BISON NOTES
- Injuries have forced the Bison to play 13 different starting lineups this season.
- Dockery and Harris are the most improved players on the team. Harris has doubled his scoring and rebounding averages from last year while Dockery has already surpassed his single-season assists totals.
- Hairston has come up big the past three games, averaging in double figures and connecting on over 50 percent from three.
- The game looms large as a victory would help the Bison repeat as MEAC regular season champs. They are currently in a three-way tie for second place with NCCU and surprising SC State with a game remaining Thursday (March 7) at Norfolk State.
NEXT UP
The Bison close out the regular season Thursday (March 4) at conference-leading Norfolk State. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
For more information visit the official Howard Athletics website at
www.hubison.com.
