Monday, December 31
Fairfax, Va.
2:00 PM
College of Charleston
at
George Mason
Cougars End 2018 With New Year's Eve Road Game At George Mason
12/30/2018 11:17:00 AM | Women's Basketball
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON (4-6) at GEORGE MASON (7-5)
Game #11 • Mon. Dec. 31, 2018 • 2:00 p.m. ET
Fairfax, Va. • Eaglebank Arena • ESPN+ ($)
Overall: Series tied 1-1 all-time
Last: Nov. 23, 2014
Score: Charleston lost 71-61
CofC on Dec. 31: 5-3 all-time
Twitter: @CofCWBB
Watch: ESPN+ ($)
Stats: CofCStats.com
CHARLESTON, S.C. – In a tale of two conference topping scoring offenses, the College of Charleston women's basketball team close out 2018 and this seasons non-conference schedule with a New Year's Eve road trip at Atlantic 10 rival George Mason. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. in Fairfax, Va., with the game broadcast live on ESPN+.
QUICK HITS
• Deja Ford scored a career high 26 points at Lipscomb; going a perfect 5-5 in the third quarter.
• Darien Huff scored a team-high 19 points against Charleston Southern, tying her career high 6 steals and grabbing 5 boards.
• Collins was named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Dec. 17.
• Ford was named an Honorable Mention Player of the Week on Dec. 17.
• Collins leads the CAA in assists per game, averaging 6.3.
• Collins has tallied nine or more assists in four of her first ten collegiate games; tying a school record 12 in her debut.
• Darien Huff is averaging 13.8 points per game and has hit double-digits in all but one game this season.
• Huff hit 800 career points against CSU and will reach the 1,000-point club if continuing her scoring average.
SCOUTING GEORGE MASON
• The Patriots are 7-5 after downing University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday afternoon to move to 4-1 inside the home court at Eaglebank Arena.
• George Mason top the A10 in field goal percentage and rank second in scoring offense with Nicole Cardano-Hillary the free-scoring guard from Madrid, Spain.
• Cardano-Hillary, the reigning Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, leads the Patriots in multiple scoring categories including points per game (19.7), free throws made and field goal attempts, all ranking the sophomore inside the top-25 nationally.
• George Mason have played one other CAA team this season, a 72-46 victory over Delaware on Dec. 6.
CLOSING OUT 2018
• After opening the season with two straight wins, the best start to a season under head coach Candice M. Jackson, CofC look to finish the year with a road victory at George Mason in Fairfax, Va.
• The Cougars and Patriots are level in the series (1-1 all-time, 0-1 under Jackson), both teams holding their home court in 2013 (Charleston) and 2014 (George Mason).
NATIONALLY RANKED
• Through the first ten games of the season, the Cougars lead the Colonial Athletic Association in scoring offense (69.9 PPG) field-goal percentage (43.0%), free-throw percentage (74.2%), and three-point percentage (38.3%). This ranks The College 111th, 83rd, 49th and 20th at the NCAA Division I level. Senior guard Darien Huff is nearly automatic from the charity stripe with her 90.6% conversion rate ranking her 16th nationally while her 45.1% rate from three-point range ranks her 36th in the country and 1st in the CAA. Freshman point guard Tyler Collins currently leads the CAA with 6.3 assists per game, also ranking 12th in the NCAA; Collins' 63 season assists lead the conference and rank 31st nationally.
QUOTABLE – HEAD COACH CANDICE M. JACKSON
"We need to continue to shoot the ball well... We have to limit our turnovers... Our biggest focus is really to protect the paint because we didn't do a good job of that last time out. George Mason have great point guard play and we really have to focus and lock in on slowing them down and containing them... Finishing out the year, finishing out the non-conference schedule and going into conference play with a win on the road is a big confidence boost... We've been up and down this season... We want to start conference play the right way... It's been a rollercoaster and we really want to smooth out that ride [with a win at George Mason]."
Game #11 • Mon. Dec. 31, 2018 • 2:00 p.m. ET
Fairfax, Va. • Eaglebank Arena • ESPN+ ($)
Overall: Series tied 1-1 all-time
Last: Nov. 23, 2014
Score: Charleston lost 71-61
CofC on Dec. 31: 5-3 all-time
Twitter: @CofCWBB
Watch: ESPN+ ($)
Stats: CofCStats.com
CHARLESTON, S.C. – In a tale of two conference topping scoring offenses, the College of Charleston women's basketball team close out 2018 and this seasons non-conference schedule with a New Year's Eve road trip at Atlantic 10 rival George Mason. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. in Fairfax, Va., with the game broadcast live on ESPN+.
QUICK HITS
• Deja Ford scored a career high 26 points at Lipscomb; going a perfect 5-5 in the third quarter.
• Darien Huff scored a team-high 19 points against Charleston Southern, tying her career high 6 steals and grabbing 5 boards.
• Collins was named the CAA Rookie of the Week on Dec. 17.
• Ford was named an Honorable Mention Player of the Week on Dec. 17.
• Collins leads the CAA in assists per game, averaging 6.3.
• Collins has tallied nine or more assists in four of her first ten collegiate games; tying a school record 12 in her debut.
• Darien Huff is averaging 13.8 points per game and has hit double-digits in all but one game this season.
• Huff hit 800 career points against CSU and will reach the 1,000-point club if continuing her scoring average.
SCOUTING GEORGE MASON
• The Patriots are 7-5 after downing University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday afternoon to move to 4-1 inside the home court at Eaglebank Arena.
• George Mason top the A10 in field goal percentage and rank second in scoring offense with Nicole Cardano-Hillary the free-scoring guard from Madrid, Spain.
• Cardano-Hillary, the reigning Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, leads the Patriots in multiple scoring categories including points per game (19.7), free throws made and field goal attempts, all ranking the sophomore inside the top-25 nationally.
• George Mason have played one other CAA team this season, a 72-46 victory over Delaware on Dec. 6.
CLOSING OUT 2018
• After opening the season with two straight wins, the best start to a season under head coach Candice M. Jackson, CofC look to finish the year with a road victory at George Mason in Fairfax, Va.
• The Cougars and Patriots are level in the series (1-1 all-time, 0-1 under Jackson), both teams holding their home court in 2013 (Charleston) and 2014 (George Mason).
NATIONALLY RANKED
• Through the first ten games of the season, the Cougars lead the Colonial Athletic Association in scoring offense (69.9 PPG) field-goal percentage (43.0%), free-throw percentage (74.2%), and three-point percentage (38.3%). This ranks The College 111th, 83rd, 49th and 20th at the NCAA Division I level. Senior guard Darien Huff is nearly automatic from the charity stripe with her 90.6% conversion rate ranking her 16th nationally while her 45.1% rate from three-point range ranks her 36th in the country and 1st in the CAA. Freshman point guard Tyler Collins currently leads the CAA with 6.3 assists per game, also ranking 12th in the NCAA; Collins' 63 season assists lead the conference and rank 31st nationally.
QUOTABLE – HEAD COACH CANDICE M. JACKSON
"We need to continue to shoot the ball well... We have to limit our turnovers... Our biggest focus is really to protect the paint because we didn't do a good job of that last time out. George Mason have great point guard play and we really have to focus and lock in on slowing them down and containing them... Finishing out the year, finishing out the non-conference schedule and going into conference play with a win on the road is a big confidence boost... We've been up and down this season... We want to start conference play the right way... It's been a rollercoaster and we really want to smooth out that ride [with a win at George Mason]."
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