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Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (4-9) at North Carolina A&T Aggies (4-4)

Greensboro, North Carolina; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Maryland-Eastern Shore is looking to break its three-game skid with a win against N.C. A&T.

The Aggies have gone 2-0 in home games. N.C. A&T is sixth in the CAA with 24.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Lewis Walker averaging 4.6.

The Hawks are 1-8 on the road. Maryland-Eastern Shore ranks third in the MEAC with 30.6 rebounds per game led by Zion Obanla averaging 4.6.

N.C. A&T's average of 4.8 made 3-pointers per game is 2.8 fewer made shots on average than the 7.6 per game Maryland-Eastern Shore allows. Maryland-Eastern Shore averages 62.4 points per game, 12.6 fewer points than the 75.0 N.C. A&T allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Walker is scoring 18.8 points per game with 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists for the Aggies. Trent Middleton is averaging 12.4 points and 3.6 rebounds while shooting 48.3%.

Jaden Cooper is averaging 4.9 points for the Hawks. Joseph Locandro is averaging 12.6 points over the last 10 games.

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

Missouri State Bears (4-4) at Xavier Musketeers (7-3)

Cincinnati; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Xavier takes on Missouri State after Tre Carroll scored 30 points in Xavier's 79-74 victory against the Cincinnati Bearcats.

The Musketeers are 6-1 in home games. Xavier is sixth in the Big East in rebounding averaging 33.5 rebounds. Filip Borovicanin paces the Musketeers with 7.0 boards.

The Bears have gone 0-2 away from home. Missouri State is 0-1 in games decided by less than 4 points.

Xavier scores 78.7 points per game, 4.8 more points than the 73.9 Missouri State gives up. Missouri State averages 5.7 more points per game (78.6) than Xavier allows to opponents (72.9).

TOP PERFORMERS: Carroll is scoring 17.3 points per game and averaging 5.6 rebounds for the Musketeers. Jovan Milicevic is averaging 2.5 made 3-pointers.

Keith Palek III is scoring 16.8 points per game and averaging 6.8 rebounds for the Bears. Kobi Williams is averaging 13.0 points.

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South Carolina State Bulldogs (0-10) at Queens Royals (4-5)

Charlotte, North Carolina; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Queens hosts South Carolina State after Nasir Mann scored 20 points in Queens' 107-74 victory against the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs.

The Royals have gone 4-0 in home games. Queens is fourth in the ASUN with 23.3 defensive rebounds per game led by Maban Jabriel averaging 3.4.

The Bulldogs have gone 0-9 away from home. South Carolina State has a 0-9 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

Queens is shooting 48.2% from the field this season, 0.9 percentage points lower than the 49.1% South Carolina State allows to opponents. South Carolina State averages 5.8 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 fewer made shots on average than the 8.0 per game Queens allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mann is scoring 15.1 points per game and averaging 5.9 rebounds for the Royals. Chris Ashby is averaging 3.4 made 3-pointers.

Obie Bronston Jr. is averaging 12.5 points for the Bulldogs. Noah Treadwell is averaging 8.9 points.

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