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01/09 03:43 CST Locandro and the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks host conference foe Howard Locandro and the Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks host conference foe Howard By The Associated Press Howard Bison (9-7, 0-1 MEAC) at Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (5-13, 1-0 MEAC) Princess Anne, Maryland; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Bryce Harris and Howard visit Joseph Locandro and Maryland-Eastern Shore in MEAC play Saturday. The Hawks are 3-1 on their home court. Maryland-Eastern Shore is 3-2 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 14.3 turnovers per game. The Bison have gone 0-1 against MEAC opponents. Howard is second in the MEAC with 14.4 assists per game led by Cam Gillus averaging 4.0. Maryland-Eastern Shore is shooting 44.6% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points higher than the 44.2% Howard allows to opponents. Howard averages 73.4 points per game, 0.9 more than the 72.5 Maryland-Eastern Shore gives up. The Hawks and Bison square off Saturday for the first time in MEAC play this season. TOP PERFORMERS: Locandro is shooting 50.6% and averaging 11.5 points for the Hawks. Dorion Staples is averaging 9.8 points over the last 10 games. Harris is scoring 18.0 points per game and averaging 6.9 rebounds for the Bison. Gillus is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 2-8, averaging 66.1 points, 29.6 rebounds, 15.5 assists, 4.7 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 46.7% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.9 points per game. Bison: 6-4, averaging 72.3 points, 32.7 rebounds, 14.3 assists, 8.8 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 43.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 69.8 points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.