CofC Women's Basketball Notes - at UNC Greensboro
12/5/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
? The College of Charleston is off to its best start since the 1988-89 season ... The season the Cougars went 11-0 to start the year ... Charleston is 5-1 heading into the game against UNC Greensboro ...
? The Cougars face a UNC Greensboro Spartan team that is 2-5 overall, and 1-0 in the Southern Conference, having picked up the 45-39 win over Elon Dec. 2 ... Lakiah Hyson leads the Spartans with 9.9 points per game ... Gini Grimsley paces the team in rebounds with 5.3 a game ...
? Sarah Moye posted her fourth career double-double with a career-high 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Cougars to the 71-62 win over S.C. State in the last meeting ... Jade Hughes and Ericka Williams followed with 10 points each ... the Cougars held the Bulldogs to just 15.4 percent shooting from the field in the first half ...
? The Spartans own the 18-8 record over the Cougars ... Charleston has won the last three out of four meetings, including a 65-61 win in its last meeting (Feb. 4, 2008) ...
? Sarah Moye is just 12 rebounds from joining the 500-rebound club at CofC ... Nikki Williams pulled down five rebounds against S.C. State to reach the 500 rebound plateau and become the sixth Cougar to do so in CofC Division I history ...
? Brooke Kotcella is 14-for-14 from the free throw line this season ... she currently ranks first in the nation in free throw percentage ... other Cougars nationally ranked include Nikki Williams, who is 37th in rebounds with 10.0 a game, and Sarah Moye, who is ranked 98th in the came category with 8.6 a game ... Jade Hughes and Tonia Gerty are 39th and 67th in assists iwth 5.0 and 4.8 a game, respectively ... Kotcella is also 15th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage, with 52.2 ... as a team the Cougars are 67th in field goal percentage defense (36.1), 29th in rebounding margin (8.6), 67th in three-point field goals (6.2) and 88th in three-point field goal percentage defense (25.6) .. rankings current as of Nov. 29, 2008 ...
? In the league stats, the Cougars are showing up in the tops in some categories ... the lead in scoring offense with 68.4 and are second in rebounding offense with 46.6 ... Charleston is also first in reobunding margin wiht a +8.6 and offfensive rebounds with 16.6 a game ... Brooke Kotcell is eighth in the SoCon in scoring at 12.4 a game, while Jade Hughes is tied for first in assists with 5.0 a game ... Tonia Gerty is third with 4.8 ... Nikki Williams leads the league in rebounds with 10.0 a game
? All games are being broadcast this year at CofCSports.com ... Home games feature audio as well as video, while road games feature just audio broadcasts ... To access the video and/or audio of the games users go to www.CofCSports.com and under the "Inside the Pride" logo on the right click ?subscribe' ... After subscribing to CofCSports.com users can access the schedule of events by clicking the link ?Live Events' listed in the menu on the left.
? Cougar fans will hear new voices calling all the women's basketball action this year ... Dane Arlauckas and Erica Adamson will provide play-by-play and color commentary during home games, while Arlauckas will call the action on most road contests ...
