CofC at ASU Game Notes
1/8/2009 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
? The Cougars travel to Appalachian State in the first of a three-game road trip ... The Mountaineers are 2-11 overall and 1-4 in the Southern Conference ... they are coming off a 63-59 win over Elon last Tuesday ... Brittany Mixon leads ASU with 11.0 points per game ... Canesha Edwards paces the team with 8.7 rebounds a game ...
? The Cougars are coming off a 61-55 loss against Chattanooga Monday ... trailing 55-48 late i the game a lay-up by Brooke Kotcella, a jumper by Ericka Williams and a Hughes three-pointer made up a 7-2 Cougars rally that drew them to within 57-55 with 29 seconds to play ... that would be as close as they would get, however, as the Lady Mocs sank four-of-five free throws down the stretch to secure the victory ...
? Tonia Gerty leads the Cougars with 12.2 points a game ... Brooke Kotcella follows with 11.5 ... Sarah Moye paces the team in rebounds with 7.5 a game ... Nikki Williams follows closely with 7.4 ...
? Charleston holds the 14-13 edge against Appalachian State, but have won the last two meeting and the last five of seven ... the last meeting was a 72-63 win for the Cougars Feb. 28, 2008 at the Holmes Center ...
? 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 ...
? 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 ...
? As of the Jan. 4th rankings Brooke Kotcella leads the nation in three-point field goal percentage with a 52.7 percentage ... she is also 54th in three-point field goals per game ... as a team the Cougars are 14th in three-point field goal percentage (38.1) and 55th in rebounding margin (5.7) ...
? In the league stats, the Cougars as a team are showing up in the tops in some categories ... as of Jan. 6 the Cougars are third in scoring offense and fifth in scoring defense ... Charleston is second in three-point field goal percentage and third in field goal percentage ... CofC is also fifth in rebounds and second in assists ...
? Individually, Charleston is also making its mark in the league rankings ... Tonia Gerty is sixth in scoring, while Brooke Kotcella is eighth ... Jade Hughes is 24th in the league and Nikki Williams is 27th ... Sarah Moye is sixth and Nikki Williams is seventh in rebounds, while Jade Hughes is second in assists, Tonia Gerty, fourth ... Brooke Kotcella leads the SoCon in three-point field goal percentage, while Nikki Williams is third ... Sarah Moye leads the league in offensive rebounds, while Nikki Williams is fifth in dfensive rebounds ...
? The Cougars have found success the last two seasons with holding the lead in the closing minutes of the game ... Charleston is 22-0 when leading at the five minute mark, including a 14-0 record last season ... Charleston is 21-1 over the last two years when leading with 15 minutes remaining ...
? Head Coach Nancy Wilson is getting close to a milestone ... with 489 wins, she needs just 11 to reach 500 career wins ...
? Charleston just needs to score to win ... In six of the Cougars' eight wins this season, they have scored over 70 points ...
? The Cougars are off to their best home record so far this season ... Charleston is 5-1 at the Carolina First Arena ... should the Cougars win the remaining home games, they would hold a 13-1 mark, the best since the team went 10-1 the 1989-90 season ...
