CofC Notes for SoCon Tournament
3/5/2009 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
? The Cougars enter the Southern Conference Tournament as the #4 seed ... Charleston finished tied for third in the league standing but lost the tiebreaker to Western Carolina for the tournament seeding ... Charleston recieved a bye for the second straight year and faces #5 Davidson Saturday, Mar. 7 at 9:00 a.m. ... a win would put CofC in the semifinals for the second straight year ... the Cougars' potential match-ups could be #8 Appalachian State, #1 Chattanooga or #9 Furman ...
? Davidson holds a 20-6 record over the Cougars, but CofC won the last two in a row and earned the season sweep over the Wildcats for the first time in series history ... Charleston is 0-2 against Davidson in tournament play ... the Wildcats defeated the Cougars, 68-48, in the quarterfinals of the 2005 tournament, in the last meeting ...
? Davidson is 12-17 overall and 11-9 in the Southern Conference ... the Wildcats ended the regular season with a 66-63 win at Furman Feb. 28 ... Mercedes Robinson leads Davidson with 14.6 points and 9.7 rebounds per game ...
? Charleston is coming off a 54-53 win against Davidson in the last regular season game for the Cougars ... Nikki Williams hit one of two free throws with 0.4 remaining as CofC came back from 12 points down to defeat the Wildcats ...
? With the win at Georgia Southern Feb. 16, Head Coach Nancy Wilson, whose first win was a 100-51 decision over Baptist College (now Charleston Southern) in 1976-77, reached the 500-win plateau ... she now has a 500-309 record in 26 seasons ... she ranks 24th in victories among active Division I women's basketball coaches and is 37th on the all-time list ... she is also in the top 50 in victories among all women's basketball coaches ... Wilson, who left CofC in 1984 to become head coach at South Carolina until 1997, claimed her 200th win with a 70-67 victory over Southern Mississippi on Jan. 10, 1985 ... Her 450th victory was a 59-50 win over Wofford on Jan. 7, 2006 ...
? 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 21st 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 14 league wins is the best record for the Cougars in the SoCon in a season ... Charleston went 28-4 in its last year in NAIA in 1988-89 ...
? Two Cougars are averaging in double-figures to lead Charleston ... Tonia Gerty leads with 11.6 points per game, while Jade Hughes follows with her 11.0 ... Brooke Kotcella is close behind with 8.9 a game ... Sarah Moye leads the team in rebounds with 6.5 a game ... Nikki Williams has 6.3 ...
? 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 ...
? Charleston finished its regular-season road record at 9-5 ... the Cougars have found success outside of the Carolina First Arena ... the best record on the road for CofC before this was a 7-10 mark in 2004-05... CofC put up impressive numbers on the road ... they outscored their opponents 919 - 880 and have a better shooting percentage (41.4 - 39.5) ... CofC also outrebounded the home teams 38.4 - 34.4 and had a better three-point field goal percentage (34.2 - 32.9) ... Charleston won its last six of eight games on the road ...
? Charleston finished its first season at the Carolina First Arena with a 12-2 mark. It is the best record for the Cougars at home 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 615 so far this season ... Moye, with 616, is fifth, while Williams is sixth ...
? Jade Hughes recently moved into the top five in career assists at CofC ... she is tied for second with her 303, along with Sara Weaver (97-01) and Shanna Mickens (00-04) ...
? Charleston has found success from the perimeter this season ... should the 35.4 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 72.4 free throw percentage ...
? As of the Mar. 1 national rankings the Cougars are 78thg in scoring defense (59.0), 88th in scoring margin (5.6), 99th in field goal percentage defense (38.2%), 59th in free throw percentage (72.4%) ... Charleston is also 55th in rebounding margin (4.5), 74th in three-point field goals (6.0) and 40th in three-point field goal percentage (35.4%) ... the Cougars also rank 84th in three-point field goal percentage (30.0%), 36th in wini-loss percentage (75.0%) and 98th in steals (9.1) ...
? The Cougars have found success the last two seasons with holding the lead in the closing minutes of the game ... Charleston is 31-0 when leading at the five minute mark, including a 17-0 record this season ... Charleston is 31-1 over the last two years when leading with 15 minutes remaining ...
? The College of Charleston is in its 11th season as a Southern Conference member ... The Cougars are 65-128 (including the SoCon tournament) vs. league teams since the 1998-99 season ... Here's a breakdown:
School H A N Tot
Appalachian State 9-2 2-9 0-1 11-11
Chattanooga 2-8 0-11 0-2 2-20
Davidson 1-8 2-10 0-2 5-18
Elon 5-1 4-3 1-0 9-4
Furman 5-6 2-9 0-3 7-17
Georgia Southern 5-5 2-9 0-0 7-14
UNC Greensboro 3-7 3-10 1-1 6-17
Samford 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-2
Western Carolina 2-8 1-11 0-1 3-19
Wofford 8-3 7-3 0-0 15-6
Totals 42-49 22-76 2-10 65-128
? 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 17 of the Cougars' 21 wins this season, they have scored over 60 points ... CofC is 14-0 this season when it holds its opponent to under 60 points ... in only four games this season, the Cougars won and scored less than 60 points, a 51-49 win against Georgia State, a 52-42 decision against Georgia Southern in the first meeting, a 57-55 win against Appalachian State and a 54-53 victory against Davidson Feb. 23 ...
? 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 fifth time this season, the Cougars held an opponent to under 30 percent shooting. ... GSU shot just 27.5 percent from the field Feb. 16 ... CofC is now 27-0 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 ...
? The win Feb. 21 against Appalachian State gave the Cougars a 20-win season for the first time in their NCAA history and the first since going 28-4 in 1988-89 ... Charleston has had 14 20-win seasons in its 34-year varsity history ... CofC has already guaranteed itself its first winning season since going 15-14 in 2004-05 ... The Cougars increased their win total to 21 with the victory over Davidson Feb. 23 ...
? In the league stats, the Cougars as a team are showing up in the tops in some categories (as of Mar. 3) ...
Scoring Offense 4th 64.6
Scoring Defense 3rd 59.0
Scoring Margin 3rd +5.6
Free Throw Percentage 4th .724
FG Percentage Defense 5th .382
3-PT FG Percentage 3rd .354
3-PT FG Pct Defense 2nd .300
Rebounding Offense 5th 39.7
Rebounding Defense 2nd 35.1
Rebounding Margin 3rd +4.5
Assists 5th 12.7
Steals 4th 9.1
Turnover Margin 3rd +1.0
Assist/Turnover Ratio 4th 0.7
Offensive Rebounds 3rd 14.3
Defensive Rebounds 5th 25.4
3-PT FG Made 4th 6.0
? Individually, Charleston is also making its mark in the league rankings (as of Mar. 3) ...
Scoring Tonia Gerty, 12th 11.6
Jade Hughes, 14th 11.0
Brooke Kotcella, 27th 8.9
Rebounding Sarah Moye, 10th 6.5
Nikki Williams, 11th 6.3
Field Goal Percentage Deidra Jones, 5th .495
Brooke Kotcella, 14th .417
Assists Tonia Gerty, 2nd 3.9
Jade Hughes, 5th 3.5
Free Throw Percentage Jade Hughes, 3rd .850
Steals Tonia Gerty, 12th 1.6
Three-Point FG Percentage Brooke Kotcella, 3rd .430
Jade Hughes, 8th .400
Three-Point FG Made Jade Hughes, 6th 1.7
Brook Kotcella, 10th 1.6
Offensice Rebounds Sarah Moye, T4th 2.9
Deidra Jones, 11th 2.4
Defensive Rebounds Nikki Williams, 10th 4.4
? Based on diligent research by the Southern Conference office, it was determined that the College of Charleston is one of four Division I schools with active men's and women's coaches with over 500 wins ...
-- 1,480 Connecticut
(798, Jim Calhoun and 682, Geno Auriemma)
-- 1,389 North Carolina
(583, Roy Williams and 806, Sylvia Hatchell)
-- 1,084 Belmont
(557, Rick Byrd and 527, Tony Cross)
-- 1,011 College of Charleston
(511, Bobby Cremins and 500, Nancy Wilson)
(through the games of Monday, February 16, 2009)
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? 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 ...
