Preseason Favorites JMU Next On Docket For Cougars

Sunday, January 19

TD Arena

1:00 PM

College of Charleston

James Madison

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1/18/2020 12:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball

College of Charleston (9-7, 2-3 CAA) vs. James Madison (12-3, 3-1 CAA)
Game 17 – Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 – 1:00 p.m. ET
TD Arena | Charleston, S.C.
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History
Overall: JMI Leads Series 1-13
Last: Feb. 15, 2019 | L, 76-35

CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston Women's Basketball is set to face off against preseason favorites James Madison on Sunday, Jan. 19 with tip-off scheduled for 1 p.m. at TD Arena. This game will be broadcasted on FloSports.

Last Outing
The College dropped its third consecutive game and fell to 2-3 in CAA play with a loss to Towson by a score of 79-62 on Jan. 17. Towson started out of the gate with a 7-0 run before the Cougars followed it up with a 9-0 run themselves to take their only lead of the game. The Tigers entered halftime with a seven-point lead, but senior Deja Ford came out of halftime knocking down a three pointer in the first few seconds of the third to cut the lead to just four. Towson then went on a big run and led by as much as 19 in the third quarter. CofC made a few runs in the fourth to attempt to cut the Tiger lead but couldn't get it within single digits.

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 (13.9), Tyler Collins (12.5) and Deja Ford (12.2) lead the Cougars in scoring per game.
Sophomore Arynn Eady ranks second in rebounds in the CAA with 8.4 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.
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.
Ford needs only 46 points to reach the 1,000-point milestone

Scouting JMU
James Madison enters the game with an overall record of 12-3 and a 3-1 record in conference play. The preseason favorites have won seven of their last eight games, most recently defeating UNCW by a score of 66-58.

Head coach Sean O'Regan is in the midst of his fourth season at the helm of the program. In his first three seasons with the team, he led the Dukes to the WNIT and made it to the third round of the tournament the first two seasons and the semifinals last season. In addition, in the last two seasons, he led his team to become CAA Regular Season Champions.

The team is led by two-time CAA Preseason Player of the Year Kamiah Smalls, who averaged a team and league high 20.1 points per game while also grabbing 4.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. The other Duke scoring double-digit points a game is Jackie Benitez, who averages 11.9 points a game.