AU Center rivals Morehouse, Clark Atlanta set to meet on court

Morehouse head coach Grady Brewer looks on from the sideline during the 2018 triple overtime win at Clark Atlanta. (AJC file photo/Hyosub Shin)

Morehouse head coach Grady Brewer looks on from the sideline during the 2018 triple overtime win at Clark Atlanta. (AJC file photo/Hyosub Shin)

Morehouse and Clark Atlanta met in a pair of epic battles last season while ranked among the nation’s best in Division II.

Relive Morehouse's triple OT win at Clark Atlanta from 2018

The Atlanta University Center rivals are set to meet for the first time this season Saturday at Clark Atlanta’s Epps Gymnasium. Morehouse is still among the nation’s best (No. 11 in the nation, 15-2 overall and 9-2 in the SIAC) and while Clark Atlanta is only 9-9, it has won five of its last seven under first-year coach George Lynch, a starter on North Carolina’s 1993 NCAA championship team.

Morehouse tops Clark Atlanta to win 2018 SIAC title

Besides, records don’t appear to matter in this intense neighborhood rivalry - last season’s two games were decided by a total of six points. Here’s what you should know about Saturday’s game:

- Where: L.S. Epps Gymnasium, Clark Atlanta University

- Tipoff: 6 p.m.

- Records: Morehouse 15-2, 9-2 SIAC; Clark Atlanta 9-9, 6-5 SIAC

- Next game: Clark Atlanta at Morehouse, Saturday, Feb. 9, 3 p.m.