Cougars Aim To Bounce Back With CAA Showdown At William & Mary

Sunday, January 12

Williamsburg, Va.

2:00 PM

College of Charleston

William & Mary

Photo by: Yousef Hattar

Cougars Aim To Bounce Back With CAA Showdown At William & Mary

1/11/2020 12:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball

College of Charleston (9-5, 2-1 CAA) vs. William & Mary (10-4, 1-2 CAA)
Game 15 – Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 – 2:00 p.m. ET
Kaplan Arena | Williamsburg, Va.
Stats | Video | Twitter: @CofCWBB

History
Overall: W&M Leads Series 6-9
Last: March 13, 2019 | L, 61-41

CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston Women's Basketball is set to face off against William & Mary on the road on Sunday, Jan. 12 with tip-off scheduled for 2 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcasted live on FloSports.

Last Outing
The College lost its first conference game of the season with a 90-48 loss at Elon. Freshman Taylor Williams scored a career-high 21 points in the game, but it wasn't enough to close the gap. Elon started the game off hot as it went on a 13-0 run, knocking down three triples in the process. Although CofC followed up with an 8-0 run itself, the Phoenix didn't let up as they continued to knock down shots and kept the lead for the rest of the game. The College was held to just six points in the third quarter and shot its worst field goal percentage (23.9%) of the season for the game.

Notables

Head Coach Robin Harmony has a total of 255 wins throughout her career.
The Cougars started conference play 2-0 for the first time since the 2009-10 season. This also marks the first time The College has gone 2-0 in CAA play since joining the league in 2013.
Latrice Perkins (14.4), Tyler Collins (13.7) and Deja Ford (13.8) lead the Cougars in scoring per game.
Senior Deja Ford earned her first CAA Player of the Week honors for the week of 12/30 through 1/5 after scoring 59 points while leading the Cougars to three wins.
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 single 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).
Ford earned Harris Teeter Student-Athlete of the Week honors (Dec. 30-Jan. 5).
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 54 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone

Scouting Elon
William & Mary comes into the game with an overall record of 10-4 and a 1-2 record in conference play. W&M comes into the game riding a 72-55 loss against UNCW. The Tribe opened up CAA play with a loss to James Madison before picking up their first win against Towson on the road.

Head Coach Ed Swanson is in the midst of his seventh season at the helm of the program. Swanson has guided the Tribe to 15 wins in five consecutive seasons, a first for the program. He has a record of 99-97 with W&M and a 505-360 record throughout his entire coaching career.

The team is led by Eva Hodgson, who averages a team-high 18.9 points. Hodgson scored a season-high 27 points in a 77-65 win over Army West Point and has scored over 20 points in five games this year. The Tribe also boasts Victoria Reynolds who is the only other member of the Tribe to average double digit points with 15.0 per game.