Cougars Set To Host North Carolina Central

Friday, November 15

TD Arena

6:30 PM

College of Charleston

North Carolina Central

Tickets

Photo by: Michael Wiser

11/14/2019 2:38:00 PM | Women's Basketball

College of Charleston (2-2, 0-0 CAA) vs. NCCU (0-1, 0-0 MEAC)
Game 5 – Friday, Nov. 15, 2019 – 6:30 p.m. ET
Charleston, S.C. – TD Arena
Video – Stats – Twitter: @CofCWBB

History
First Meeting

CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston Women's Basketball is set to play host to North Carolina Central on Friday, Nov. 15 with tip-off scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on FloSports.

Last Outing
CofC comfortably took down Coker on Tuesday, Nov. 12 by a score of 82-57. Four different Cougars scored in double figures with sophomore Latrice Perkins leading the way with 18 points while adding in six rebounds. Freshmen Taylor Williams and Madison Taylor each scored a season-high with 14 and 13 points, respectively, while both collecting three steals apiece. Senior Deja Ford recorded 11 points while shooting a perfect 6-6 from the stripe in only 15 minutes played. The Cougars forced 33 turnovers which tied the most in a game since 2010 when CofC took down Wofford.

Notables

Sophomore Latrice Perkins has two double-doubles on the season.
Perkins became the first Cougar since 2015 to score at least 29 points in a single game in a 79-70 OT win against High Point on Nov. 10.
The Cougars forced 33 turnovers against Coker on Nov. 12 which tied the most in a game since 2010 when CofC took down Wofford.
Six Cougars have scored in double digits this season.
Perkins earned Harris Teeter Student-Athlete of the Week honors (Nov. 6-12).
The Cougars return four starters from the 2018-19 season including senior Deja Ford and sophomores Madison Taylor, Arynn Eady and Tyler Collins.
Ford was named a Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention.
The College introduce four new faces to the squad this year.
CofC returns eight letterwinners from the 2018-19 season.
Ford needs only 217 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone.

Scouting NCCU
The Eagles come into the game losing their only game played against Winthrop by a score of 56-46. NC Central finished with nine wins in each of its last two seasons, including a 5-11 record in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) last season. Head Coach Trisha Stafford-Odom is in the midst of her third season at the helm of the program. Stafford-Odom led the Eagles to their first NCAA Division I postseason win to cap her second season at NCCU in 2018-19. The ninth-seeded Eagles upset eighth-seeded Delaware State University, 80-64, in the first round of the 2019 MEAC Tournament for the historic program victory.