Hampton Lady Pirates (6-3) vs. Howard Bison (7-5)
Washington; Saturday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Hampton and Howard square off at CareFirst Arena in Washington, District of Columbia.
The Bison have a 7-5 record against non-conference oppponents. Howard is third in the MEAC with 11.2 assists per game led by April Edwards averaging 2.0.
The Lady Pirates are 6-3 in non-conference play. Hampton is 2-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Howard is shooting 38.4% from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points higher than the 37.9% Hampton allows to opponents. Hampton’s 38.2% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.0 percentage points lower than Howard has given up to its opponents (40.2%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Zennia Thomas is scoring 15.8 points per game and averaging 7.3 rebounds for the Bison. Zoe Stewart is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Kiarra Mcelrath is averaging 12.3 points and 1.8 steals for the Lady Pirates. Kayla Lezama is averaging 11.8 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.