UNC Greensboro at CofC Notes
1/26/2009 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
? The Cougars host UNC Greensboro in the second of three staight home games at the Carolina First Arena ... Charleston will be looking to avoid the season sweep by the Spartans ... the Cougars fell to UNCG 70-55 in the last meeting ... Gini Grimsley leads the Spartans with 9.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game ...
? The Cougars are coming off their sixth win in a row with the 68-42 decision over Elon this past Saturday ... it is the first six-game winning streak for Charleston since the 1996-97 season ... should CofC win Monday, it would mark the first seven-game winning streak since 1988-89 ...
? Two Cougars are averaging in double-figures to lead Charleston ... Tonia Gerty leads the team with 11.3 a game, while Jade Hughes follows with 10.5 ... leading in rebounds is Nikki Williams with 7.0 ... Sarah Moye is not far behind with 6.9 a game ...
? UNC Greensboro leads the series over the College of Charleston 19-8 ... the series is split, 2-2, in the last four meetings ... the Spartans ar 6-4 in the lsat 10 meetings ...
? Brooke Kotcella scored a career-high 24 points against the USC Aiken Pacers Dec. 31, in part to a six-for-nine effort from beyond the three-point arc ... the six three-pointers tied a CofC Division I single-game record ...
? With a 7-3 record on the road, the Cougars have found success outside of the Carolina First Arena ... CofC has been putting up impressive numbers ... they outscore their opponents 690-651 and have a better shooting percentage (42.7-39.6) ... CofC also outrebounds the home teams 39.3-34.9 and has a better three-point field goal percentage (38.1-29.7) ...
? Sarah Moye recently became the seventh player in CofC Division I history to join the 500-rebound club at CofC ... she did it with a two-rebound effort at Elon ... Nikki Williams pulled down five rebounds against S.C. State earlier this season to reach the 500 rebound plateau and became the sixth Cougar to do so ... Williams just recently moved into the top five ... Moye's 553 career boards is just 5 away ...
? Jade Hughes recently moved into the top five in career assists at CofC ... she is fourth with her 280 and is just 24 from moving into second ...
? Charleston has found success from the perimeter this season ... should the 35.6 percentage hold for the season, it would rank first in the CofC Division I record books ... same goes for its 73.0 free throw percentage ...
? As of the Jan. 22nd rankings Jade Hughes is 57th in the nation in free-throw percentage percentage with 83.1 ... as a team the Cougars are 44th in free throw percentage at 73.4 and 59th in rebounding margin at 4.9 ... Charleston is also 59th in three-point field goal percentage (34.5) and 84th in three-pointers per game (5.8) ...Charleston is also 53rd in win-loss percentage (72.2), as well as 46th in three-point field goal percentage defense (28.2) ...
? In the league stats, the Cougars as a team are showing up in the tops in some categories ... as of Jan. 24 the Cougars are third in scoring offense (66.4) and fifth in scoring defense (60.8) ... Charleston is third in scoring margin (+5.6) and fourth in free throw percentage (.730), as well as fourth in field goal percentage (.410) ... the Cougars are fifth in field goal perentage defense (.381) and third in three-point field goal percentage (.356) ... CofC is second in three-point field goal percentage (.279), fifth in rebounding offense (40.4) and second in rebounding defense (35.3) ... Charleston is second in rebounding margin (+5.1), third in assists (13.5) and fourth in steals (8.7) ... the Cougars are also third in three-pointers made (5.9) ...
? Individually, Charleston is also making its mark in the league rankings (since Jan. 24) ... Tonia Gerty is 10th in scoring (11.3), while Jade Hughes is 16th (10.5) ... Brooke Kotcella is 20th (9.9) ... Nikki Williams is ninth (7.0) in rebounds and Sarah Moye is 10th (6.9) ... Jade Hughes is second in assists (3.9), Tonia Gerty, fourth (3.6) ... Tonia Gerty is 11th in steals (1.7) ... Deidra Jones is third in the league in field goal percentage (.512) ... Brooke Kotcella is first (.474) in three-point field goal percentage, while Jade Hughes is 11th (.377) ... Sarah Moye is second in offensive rebounds (3.1), while Nikki Williams is fourth in defensive rebounds (5.2) ... in free throw percentage, Jade Hughes ranks fourth (.831) ...
? The Cougars have found success the last two seasons with holding the lead in the closing minutes of the game ... Charleston is 27-0 when leading at the five minute mark, including a 14-0 record last season ... Charleston is 25-1 over the last two years when leading with 15 minutes remaining ...
? Head Coach Nancy Wilson is getting close to a milestone ... with 495 career wins, she needs just six to reach 500 career wins ... she would be the 24th coach among active Division I coaches to reach the 500 win mark ...
? Charleston just needs to score to win ... In 12 of the Cougars' 14 wins this season, they have scored over 60 points ... CofC is 7-0 this season when it holds its opponent to under 60 points ... in only two games this season, the Cougars won and scored less than 60 points, a 51-49 win against Georgia State and a 52-42 decision against Georgia Southern ...
? The win over Davidson marked the first time since 2005-06 the Cougars had won when trailing at the two-minute mark ... the Cougars were 0-36 until Davidson ... Charleston trailed by one with two to go in that game ...
? Nancy Wilson is in her 14th season as head coach of the Cougars, but only her sixth since the 1983-84 season ... During her eight seasons the 1981-82 SCAIAW Coach-of-the-Year took the team to five consecutive 20+ winning seasons, which included three AIAW National Championship appearances ... After her first stint with Charleston, Wilson went to South Carolina, where she took the Gamecocks to five NCAA tournaments, including the “Sweet 16” in 1989-90, in her 13 years at the helm ...
? For the fourth time this season, the Cougars held an opponent to under 30 percent shooting. ... Elon shot just 28.1 percent from the field Jan. 24 ... CofC is now 26-0 when holding opponents to under 30 percent since joining the league in 1998.
? The Cougars finished November with a 4-1 record ... it tied for their best November record ... Charleston went 4-1 as well in 2001-02 ...
? 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 ...
