PRINCESS ANNE, Maryland — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's basketball team endured a tough shooting night as they fell to the North Carolina A&T Aggies 91-53 on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 11).

"We played a better team today than we did last week against Howard and you could see in how they competed and executed," head coach Jason Crafton said. "We did not make the adjustment to playing a more formidable opponent and that led to us not being the tougher basketball team."

With 11:12 left in the first half, N.C. A&T had a 17-12 lead and that is when they began to pull away from the Hawks. The Aggies outscored Eastern Shore 24-9 for the remainder of the half to take a 41-21 lead into the locker room. The Shore would not get their deficit below 20 for the rest of the game.

Maryland Eastern Shore did see some positives in the second half from freshman Bruce Guy (Cordova, Tennessee) scored all of his team-high 12 points after halftime. He was one of 10 different Hawks to score in the contest.

Senior AJ Cheeseman (Snellville, Georgia) led the squad in rebounds with eight and local product Kevon Voyles (Berlin, Maryland) had three assists to lead the Hawks.

Four Aggies were in double figures as Ronald Jackson had 22 points and 12 rebounds to pace North Carolina A&T.

The Hawks (2-15, 1-1 MEAC) will now face North Carolina Central on Monday (Jan. 13).

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