South Carolina State Lady Bulldogs (5-21, 2-9 MEAC) at Delaware State Hornets (5-21, 2-9 MEAC)

Dover, Delaware; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Delaware State faces South Carolina State after Jemesha Frierson scored 20 points in Delaware State's 74-59 win over the Morgan State Lady Bears.

The Hornets have gone 3-8 at home. Delaware State is 4-9 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 17.9 turnovers per game.

The Lady Bulldogs have gone 2-9 against MEAC opponents. South Carolina State is sixth in the MEAC scoring 56.2 points per game and is shooting 36.2%.

Delaware State averages 54.4 points per game, 15.8 fewer points than the 70.2 South Carolina State allows. South Carolina State's 36.2% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.8 percentage points lower than Delaware State has given up to its opponents (41.0%).

The teams square off for the second time in conference play this season. Delaware State won the last meeting 67-47 on Jan. 23. Nykesha Sanders scored 17 points points to help lead the Hornets to the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ericka Huggins is averaging 6.2 points and 5.3 rebounds for the Hornets. Frierson is averaging 11.4 points over the last 10 games.

Mya Byrd averages 0.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Lady Bulldogs, scoring 6.2 points while shooting 20.6% from beyond the arc. Iemyiah Harris is shooting 38.9% and averaging 13.2 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hornets: 2-8, averaging 56.2 points, 28.2 rebounds, 11.7 assists, 8.2 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 40.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.3 points per game.

Lady Bulldogs: 2-8, averaging 53.0 points, 27.6 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 10.6 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 35.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.2 points.

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