College basketball · Team · 2023-24

Maryland Eastern Shore

MEAC
AP unranked
9–20
Rated 351st of 362

Bottom-50 offense, 252nd-ranked defense

The defense carries them — 359th in adjusted offense and 252nd in adjusted defense of 362 Division I teams in 2023-24.

−20.2Net rating350th of 362

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2023-24 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:47 AM ET

Ratings · 2023-24

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O89.3359th of 362 · 7th of 8 in the MEAC
ADJ D109.5252nd of 362 · 4th of 8 in the MEAC
TEMPO67.3196th of 362 · 5th of 8 in the MEAC
WIN PROB8.8%351st of 362 · 7th of 8 in the MEAC
WAB−16.4319th of 362 · 7th of 8 in the MEAC

The four factors

Their strongest factor is turnovers forced — 18.9, 61st of 362.

Effective field goal rateOffense 359th, defense 198th of 362
43.050.9
Turnover rateOffense 330th, defense 61st of 362
20.018.9
Offensive rebound rateOffense 174th, defense 341st of 362
28.833.7
Free-throw rateOffense 178th, defense 296th of 362
32.737.8

Each bar is the team’s place among all 362 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2023-24

Who carries it

Dionte Johnson plays the most — 63.8% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Dionte JohnsonScoring PG · 6-0 · 6.4 points a game in 25 games

63.8

17.7

100.0

−2.4

—

Troy HupsteadPF/C · 6-7 · 13.2 points a game in 23 games

61.0

29.7

97.5

−0.8

—

Devon EllisWing G · 6-6 · 11.6 points a game in 22 games

59.8

22.0

96.9

−3.3

—

Chace DavisWing G · 6-3 · 6.4 points a game in 24 games

54.8

19.8

76.3

−7.5

—

Elijah WilsonWing G · 6-5 · 6.6 points a game in 24 games

54.8

18.6

89.5

−5.1

—

Tyler MackCombo G · 6-5 · 5.1 points a game in 25 games

40.6

15.7

91.9

−4.3

—

Toby NnadozieScoring PG · 6-3 · 4.3 points a game in 25 games

40.2

19.0

79.1

−7.4

—

Damani ClaxtonScoring PG · 6-0 · Played 38% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

38.3

—

Israel YawWing F · 6-9 · Played 30% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

30.3

—

Kelechi OkworogwoPF/C · 6-6 · Played 23% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

23.6

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a player to open his college file.

Results · 2023-24

Every final

Won 9 of 29 finals by an average margin of −5.4 a game.

9–20 · MEAC 4–11 · home 9–4 · away 0–15 · neutral 0–1

DATE

OPPONENT

RESULT

MARGIN

Mar 14

vs North Carolina Centralneutral floor · conference

L 81–87

−6

Mar 8

vs Delaware St.home · conference

W 67–59

Mar 5

at Norfolk St.away · conference

L 50–69

−19

Mar 2

vs Howardhome · conference

L 66–70

−4

Feb 27

at South Carolina St.away · conference

L 56–64

−8

Feb 24

at North Carolina Centralaway · conference

L 55–88

−33

Feb 20

vs Coppin St.home · conference

W 75–67

Feb 17

at Morgan St.away · conference

L 65–70

−5

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

Unranked in all 29 regular-season games.

Higher on the line is a better rank; a gap is a game they entered unranked.

2025-26Unranked in all 32 regular-season games.
2024-25Unranked in all 31 regular-season games.

The coach · 2023-24

How he wants to play

Jason Crafton

Head coach · year 5 at Maryland Eastern Shore · 43–76 career

TEMPO—Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE—Share of his team’s shots taken from three

No tempo is on file for his 2023-24 season. No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2023-24 season.

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