Lynch, Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks take on the Howard Bison

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (14-12, 7-2 MEAC) at Howard Bison (18-7, 8-1 MEAC)

Washington; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Ashanti Lynch and Maryland-Eastern Shore take on Zennia Thomas and Howard in MEAC play.

The Bison are 8-0 in home games. Howard averages 11.8 assists per game to lead the MEAC, paced by Ariella Henigan with 2.2.

The Hawks are 7-2 against conference opponents. Maryland-Eastern Shore gives up 65.1 points to opponents and has been outscored by 1.8 points per game.

Howard is shooting 40.2% from the field this season, 0.7 percentage points higher than the 39.5% Maryland-Eastern Shore allows to opponents. Maryland-Eastern Shore has shot at a 37.9% clip from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points less than the 39.4% shooting opponents of Howard have averaged.

The Bison and Hawks match up Saturday for the first time in conference play this season.

Lynch is scoring 12.7 points per game and averaging 5.7 rebounds for the Hawks. Desi Taylor is averaging 1.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Bison: 8-2, averaging 67.8 points, 32.4 rebounds, 11.9 assists, 9.6 steals and 4.3 blocks per game while shooting 41.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 59.8 points per game.

Hawks: 7-3, averaging 62.8 points, 34.4 rebounds, 9.0 assists, 10.2 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 36.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 60.2 points.

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