Men's Basketball | 1/4/2022 4:10:00 PM

 
ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball program will attempt to pull to a tie in the all-time series history between the Bulldogs and Devils as AAMU holds a one game lead heading into the 48th edition of the contest.

What You Need to Know 
 

• Time and Date: Wednesday, January 5 (7:30 p.m.)

 

• Video: https://youtu.be/I6thWvQpXeE

 

• Audio: http://www.gwoodlive.com/ (Lee Hall & Joshua Davis)

 

• Live Stats: N/A

 

• Tickets: https://www.impacttickets.com/

 

• Records: Mississippi Valley State (0-11, 0-1 SWAC) | Alabama A&M (2-9, 1-0 SWAC)

 

• Location: Itta Bena, Mississippi – R.W. Harrison HPER Complex

 

• Series History: Alabama A&M Leads 24-23

 

• Last Meeting: February 6, 2021 | Alabama A&M 93, Mississippi Valley State 58 | Huntsville, Alabama (T.M. Elmore Gymnasium)

 

• Winning Streak: Alabama A&M (W1) | Mississippi Valley State's Last Win: February 10, 2020 (67-61)

 
Mississippi Valley State Overview
 
The Green and White average 16 turnovers forced per game, the third-best rate in the league and top-55 nationwide.
 
Robert Carpenter has dropped 17.0 points a contest while converting 80.0% of his free throw attempts, the second and third-highest averages in the SWAC, respectively, and has scored in double-figures during all ten matchups he has appeared in including three games of 20 or more.
 
Caleb Hunter currently drains 2.36 threes and registers 13.2 points over an average of 33.7 minutes nightly.
 
Elijah Davis slots sixth in the conference regarding assist-to-turnover ratio (1.37) plus assists per game (3.4) to go along with just under a steal-and-a-half on average.
 
David McCoy tops the club with 19 steals (1.73 per game) to slot in the conference's top-ten and fell two boards shy of his first career double-double his last time out.

Scouting The Opponent: Alabama A&M Bulldogs

Alabama A&M is coming off its best performance of the year, dispatching UAPB by 20 points (70-50) to halt a nine-game losing skid since opening the season with a victory over Tennessee State (82-73).

The Maroon and White have surrendered the second-lowest field goal percentage in the conference at 42.8% and has done well in rebounding (34.40), limiting turnovers (13.5), and forcing steals (8.2) as Coach Howard's men are third in the league for those categories.


AAMU was one of just two teams to have multiple preseason all-conference performers and was the only club to land two on the first team in Garrett Hicks and Jalen Johnson.
Hicks ranks just outside the top-25 nationally in terms of steals per contest with 2.20, is fifth in the SWAC in points a game (13.8) and has converted on 35.2% of his field goal tries.

Johnson produced a double-double in the win over TSU on opening night, has the third-best field-goal percentage in the league (43.5%), is the team's top rebounder (6.2), and is trailing Hicks for the team's scoring lead by one percentage point (13.7).

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