Eagles Journey To ODU For Non-Conference Matchup

DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central hits the street once more, this time to Norfolk, Va., for a girls’s basketball battle in opposition to Old Dominion at Chartway Arena. The non-conference recreation, set for two p.m., might be livestreamed on ESPN+.

The Eagles (1-4) are coming off a near-upset of ACC faculty Wake Forest on Thursday, Nov. 20, in Winston-Salem, N.C. Morgan Callahan registered 19 factors and 12 rebounds within the 68-65 defeat for the Eagles, who had an opportunity to win or ship the sport into extra time within the remaining 18 seconds. Wake Forest recorded a steal to protect the win.

Aniya Finger leads the Eagles in scoring at 10.8 factors per recreation. Callahan is the crew’s second main scorer (10.2 ppg) and main rebounder (8.4 rpg) and Najah Lane is the MEAC help chief with 4.8 assists per recreation.

The Eagles are sparked by a bench that has outscored the opponent’s reserves 61-26 within the final two video games. Tierney Coleman and Nia Young mixed for 28 of the Eagles’ 37 bench factors in opposition to Wake Forest.

Asyia Hinton is making a conference-leading 2.8 three-pointers per recreation off the bench.

Old Dominion (4-1) has gained 4 in a row after a season-opening loss to UMass. On Friday, the Monarchs beat East Carolina 73-67 in Greenville, N.C., behind 23 factors, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks from Simone Cunningham. En’Dya Buford added 12 factors, eight rebounds, six assists and three steals. Both Cunningham and Buford have been preseason All-Sunbelt Conference choices.

The final time each groups confronted one another was 2016. ODU leads the season collection 3-0.

 

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