CofC at GSU Notes
2/15/2009 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
? The Cougars are looking for a sweep when they travel to Georgia Southern Feb. 16 ... in the last meeting, Charleston took the 52-42 decision ...
? Georgia Southern is 15-10 overall and 10-6 in the league ... the Eagles are currently fourth in the league standings, just a half game behind the Cougars ... GSU is coming off a 66-57 win over Furman Saturday and are led by Ashley Melson with her 12.3 points per game ... J'Lisia Ogburn leads in rebounds with 5.5 a game ...
? Charleston is coming off a 75-53 win over Wofford this past Saturday ... four Cougars scored in double-figures with Nikki Williams leading the way with her 14 points ... Jade Hughes and Tonia Gerty followed with 13 each ... rounding out hte four was Brooke Kotcella with 12 ... Williams was a perfect six-for-six from the field ... Charleston was 10-for-13 for the game from the three-point line for a 76.9 percentage, a season-high ...
? The Cougars won their ninth win in a row with the 64-53 decision over Furman Feb. 3 ... it was the first nine-game winning streak for Charleston in NCAA Division I history ... Charleston won seven in row from Jan. 23 - Feb. 11 during the 1988-89 season ... the nine-game streak was snapped this with the 61-41 loss at Samford Feb. 7 ...
? The Cougars earned their 18th win of the season, surpassing 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 ... the 11 league wins is the best record for the Cougars in the SoCon in a season ...
? Two Cougars are averaging in double-figures to lead Charleston ... Tonia Gerty leads with 11.9 points per game, while Jade Hughes follows with her 10.9 ... Brooke Kotcella is close behind with 9.2 a game ... Nikki Williams leads the team in rebounds with 6.6 a game, while Sarah Moye is second with 6.5 ...
? 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 an 8-5 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 856 - 837 and have a better shooting percentage (41.3 - 40.4) ... CofC also outrebounds the home teams 38.6 - 34.1 and has a better three-point field goal percentage (35.4 - 33.8) ... Charleston has won its last five of seven games on the road ...
? Charleston owns a 10-2 mark at the Carolina First Arena ... it is the Cougars' best record since going 9-2 in the 1991-92 season ... should Charleston win the remaining two home games it would have a 12-2 mark, its best since going 14-2 in 1988-89 ...
? 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 603 so far this season ... Williams just recently moved into the top five ... Moye's 598 career boards is sixth ...
? Jade Hughes recently moved into the top five in career assists at CofC ... she is fourth with her 293 and is just 11 from moving into second ...
? Charleston has found success from the perimeter this season ... should the 36.1 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 72.7 free throw percentage ...
? As of the Feb. 12th national rankings the Cougars are 53rd in free throw percentage (72.8), 60th in rebound margin (4.7), 66th in three-pointers per game (6.0), 46th in three-point field goal percentage and 58th in win-loss percentage (70.8) ...
? In the league stats, the Cougars as a team are showing up in the tops in some categories ... as of Feb. 14 the Cougars are fourth in scoring offense (65.4) and fourth in scoring defense (60.0) ... Charleston is third in scoring margin (+5.3) and fourth in free throw percentage (.727), as well as third in field goal percentage (.404) ... the Cougars are third in three-point field goal percentage (.361) and third in three-point field goal percentage defense (.299) and second in rebounding defense (35.2) ... Charleston is second in rebounding margin (+4.8), second in offensive rebounds (14.6) and fourth in steals (9.0) ... the Cougars are also fourth in three-pointers made (6.2), third in turnover margin (+0.9) and fourth in assist/turnover ratio (0.8) ...
? Individually, Charleston is also making its mark in the league rankings (since Feb. 14) ... Tonia Gerty is 11th in scoring (11.9), while Jade Hughes is 14th (10.9) ... Brooke Kotcella is 25th (9.2) and Nikki Wiliams is 29th (8.6) ... Nikki Williams is ninth (6.6) in rebounds and Sarah Moye is 10th (6.5) ... Deidra Jones is fifth in the league in field goal percentage (.485), Brooke Kotcella, 12th (.425) ... Tonia Gerty is second in assists (3.8), Jade Hughes, sixth (3.5) ... in free throw percentage, Jade Hughes ranks third (.829) ... Tonia Gerty is 13th in steals (1.7) ... Brooke Kotcella is third (.447) in three-point field goal percentage, while Jade Hughes is 10th (.396) ... Brooke Kotcella is seventh in three-point field goals made (1.8), along with Jade Hughes ... Sarah Moye is fourth in offensive rebounds (2.9), while Nikki Williams is eighth in defensive rebounds (4.6) ...
? The Cougars have found success the last two seasons with holding the lead in the closing minutes of the game ... Charleston is 29-0 when leading at the five minute mark, including a 15-0 record this season ... Charleston is 29-1 over the last two years when leading with 15 minutes remaining ...
? Head Coach Nancy Wilson is getting close to a milestone ... with 499 career wins, she needs just one to reach 500 career wins ... she would be the 24th coach among active Division I coaches to reach the 500 win mark ...
? 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 ...
? Charleston just needs to score to win ... In 16 of the Cougars' 18 wins this season, they have scored over 60 points ... CofC is 13-0 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 ...
? 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 ...
