Western Carolina at CofC Notes
1/27/2009 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
? The Cougars host Western Carolina Saturday hoping to avoid the regular season sweep ... Charleston fell to the Catamounts, 80-68 in the last meeting Dec. 19 at the Ramsey Center In Cullowhee, N.C. ... Leading WCU is Brooke Johnson with her 11.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game ... Emily Clarke follows with 10.6 points a game ...
? The Cougars are coming off their seventh win in a row with the 71-51 decision over UNC Greensboro this past Monday ... it is the first seven-game winning streak for Charleston in NCAA Division I hisotry ... Charleston won seven in row from Jan. 23 - Feb. 11 during the 1988-89 season ... The Cougars also earned their 15th win of the season, tying the Division I mark for most wins by CofC in a season ... Charleston last won 16 games in 1989-90, the first year of CofC's recassification from NAIA to NCAA ...
? Two Cougars are averaging in double-figures to lead Charleston ... Tonia Gerty leads the team with 11.7 a game, while Jade Hughes follows with 10.6 ... leading in rebounds is Nikki Williams with 6.9 ... Sarah Moye is not far behind with 6.8 a game ...
? Western Carolina leads the overall series with the Cougars, 22-10 and have won the last six meetings and 13 out of the last 14 ... this includes an 80-68 Catamount win earlier this season ...
? 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) ...
? Charleston owns an 8-2 mark at the Carolina First Arena ... it is the Cougars' best record since going 9-2 in the 1991-92 season ...
? 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 ... she has 576 so far this season ... Williams just recently moved into the top five ... Moye's 571 career boards is sixth ...
? Jade Hughes recently moved into the top five in career assists at CofC ... she is third with her 283 and is just 21 from moving into second ...
? Charleston has found success from the perimeter this season ... should the 36.2 percentage hold for the season, it would rank first in the CofC Division I record books for three-point field goal percentage ... same goes for its 73.0 free throw percentage ...
? As of the Jan. 25th rankings Jade Hughes is 55th in the nation in free-throw percentage percentage with 83.1 ... as a team the Cougars ar 91st in scoring margin (5.6), 53rd in free throw percentage at 73.0 and 52nd in rebounding margin at 5.1 ... Charleston is also 43rd in three-point field goal percentage (35.6) and 71st in three-pointers per game (5.9) ...Charleston is also 49th in win-loss percentage (73.7), as well as 38th in three-point field goal percentage defense (27.9) ...
? In the league stats, the Cougars as a team are showing up in the tops in some categories ... as of Jan. 26 the Cougars are third in scoring offense (66.6) and fourth in scoring defense (60.3) ... Charleston is third in scoring margin (+6.3) and fourth in free throw percentage (.730), as well as fourth in field goal percentage (.409) ... the Cougars are third in three-point field goal percentage (.362) and second in three-point field goal percentage (.286), fourth in rebounding offense (40.5) and second in rebounding defense (35.5) ... Charleston is second in rebounding margin (+5.1), second in assists (13.6) and fourth in steals (9.0) ... the Cougars are also third in three-pointers made (6.2), third in turnover margin (+.70) and fourth in assist/turnover ratio (0.8) ...
? Individually, Charleston is also making its mark in the league rankings (since Jan. 26) ... Tonia Gerty is ninth in scoring (11.7), while Jade Hughes is 16th (10.6) ... Brooke Kotcella is 20th (9.9) ... Nikki Williams is ninth (6.9) in rebounds and Sarah Moye is 10th (6.8) ... Deidra Jones is fourth in the league in field goal percentage (.500) ... Jade Hughes is second in assists (3.9), Tonia Gerty, fourth (3.7) ... in free throw percentage, Jade Hughes ranks third (.831) ... Tonia Gerty is 11th in steals (1.7) ... Brooke Kotcella is fifth (.440) in three-point field goal percentage, while Jade Hughes is 10th (.395) ... Brooke Kotcella is sixth in three-point field goals made (1.9), while Jade Hughes is eighth (1.6) ... Sarah Moye is second in offensive rebounds (3.1), while Nikki Williams is sixth in defensive rebounds (5.1) ...
? The Cougars have found success the last two seasons with holding the lead in the closing minutes of the game ... Charleston is 28-0 when leading at the five minute mark, including a 14-0 record last season adn this season ... Charleston is 26-1 over the last two years when leading with 15 minutes remaining ...
? Head Coach Nancy Wilson is getting close to a milestone ... with 496 career wins, she needs just four 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 13 of the Cougars' 15 wins this season, they have scored over 60 points ... CofC is 8-0 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 ...
