CofC at Elon Notes and Statistics
12/7/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
? The Cougars face an Elon team that is 1-7 overall, and 0-2 in the Southern Conference, having picked up the 67-58 loss against Georgia Southern Dec. 5 ... Ursyla Cotton leads the Phoenix wih 8.4 points a game ... Amber Wall;s 9.0 rebounds a game leads the team as well ...
? The Cougars fell in their SoCon season opener this past Saturday at UNC Greensboro ... Despite three Cougars in double-figures in scoring, Charleston could not overcome a 24-point effort by Spartan Gini Grimsley and poor first half shooting, and fell 70-55 in Fleming Gym ... Leading the CofC effort was Brooke Kotcella with 11 points. Tonia Gerty and Jade Hughes followed with 10 points each ...
Charleston leads the series against Elon, 9-4, and have won the last two meetings, including a 56-53 victory Feb. 2, 2008 ...
? Sarah Moye is just one rebound 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 almost perfect from the free throw line this season (17-of-18)... she currently ranks first in the nation in free throw percentage ... other Cougars nationally ranked include Nikki Williams, who is 37th in rebounds and Sarah Moye, who is ranked 98th in the same category ... Jade Hughes and Tonia Gerty are 39th and 67th in assists, respectively ... Kotcella is also 15th in the nation in three-point field goal percentage ... as a team the Cougars are 67th in field goal percentage defense, 29th in rebounding margin, 67th in three-point field goals and 88th in three-point field goal percentage defense .. rankings current as of Nov. 29, 2008 ...
? In the league stats, the Cougars are showing up in the tops in some categories ... they lead in scoring offense with 68.4 and are second in rebounding offense with 46.6 ... Charleston is also first in rebounding margin with a +8.6 and offensive rebounds with 16.6 a game ... Brooke Kotcella 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 ...
? The Cougars have found success the last two seasons with hoding the lead in the closing minutes of the game ... Charleston is 19-0 when leading at the five minute mark, including a 14-0 record last season ...
? 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 ...
