Long Break Concludes As Cougars Host Spartans

Monday, December 16

TD Arena

6:30 PM

College of Charleston

UNCG

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Photo by: Michael Wiser

12/15/2019 3:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball

College of Charleston (5-3, 0-0 CAA) vs. UNCG (6-4, 0-0 SoCon)
Game 9 – Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 – 6:30 p.m. ET
TD Arena | Charleston, S.C.
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History
Overall: Spartans Lead Series 24-13
Last: Nov. 16, 2014 | L, 70-68

CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston Women's Basketball returns home after a 15-day break to host UNCG on Monday, Dec. 16 with tip-off scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at TD Arena.

Last Outing
CofC held off Winthrop's late push and earned its fifth win of the season by a score of 84-73. A back-and-forth affair ended with CofC knocking down shots late in the fourth, including clutch free throws, to keep the Eagles from making a late comeback. Sophomore Tyler Collins led the way for the Cougars as she scored a career-high 29 points while shooting 67% from the field and 50% from deep. Collins, along with sophomore Latrice Perkins who scored 29 points earlier in the season, are the only players to score at least 29 points in a single game since 2015. Senior Deja Ford added in a season-high 25 points as well, while adding five rebounds and four assists. Perkins is the only other Cougar to score in double-digits with 14 points while also snagging five rebounds and logging five steals.

Notables

Latrice Perkins has three double-doubles on the season while Arynn Eady has two.
Perkins and Collins became the first Cougars since 2015 to score at least 29 points in a single game.
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).
Eady earned Harris Teeter Student-Athlete of the Week honors (Nov. 13-19).
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 149 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone

Scouting UNCG
The Spartans enter the game with an overall record of 6-4. In their most recent matchup, the Spartans fell to NC A&T on the road by a score of 48-57.

Head Coach Trina Patterson is in the midst of her fourth season at the helm of the program. During her tenure, Patterson has had six All-Southern Conference and two all-freshmen selections while the Spartans have reached double-digit wins in each season.

The team is led by Nadine Soliman, Te'ja Twitty and Aja Boyd. Soliman leads the Spartans in points per game with 19.2, while Twitty and Boyd average 12.2 and 11.5, respectively. All three of them are shooting at least 48.5% or higher from the field while Soliman also shoots 46.8% from deep.