Cougars Host Wofford in Home Opener on Sunday

Sunday, November 29

TD Arena

1:00 PM

College of Charleston

Wofford

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11/28/2020 4:01:00 PM | Women's Basketball

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston plays the first of three non-conference home games on Sunday at 1 p.m. when the Cougars host Wofford at TD Arena.

THE GAME
Who: Wofford Terriers (1-0) at College of Charleston Cougars (0-1)
When: Sunday, November 29, 2020 | 1 p.m.
Where: TD Arena | Charleston, S.C.
Tickets: Admission to CofC women's games this season is free
Broadcast: FloHoops (subscription required)
Live Stats: Statbroadcast

COUGAR PROBABLE STARTERS
0 Madison Taylor, G, 5-8, Jr., Raleigh, N.C./Ravenscroft School (0 pts., 1 steal vs. USC)
2 Taylor Williams, F, 5-9, So., Daytona Beach, Fla./Father Lopez Catholic (9 pts., 5 rebs. vs. USC)
5 Tyler Gray, G, 5-8, Fr., Bladensburg, Md./Elizabeth Seton (5 pts. vs. USC)
15 Arynn Eady, F, 6-1, Jr., Atlanta, Ga./St. Francis (6 pts., 5 rebs., 2 steals vs. USC)
23 Tyler Collins, G, 5-6, Jr., Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy (5 pts., 1 steal vs. USC)

HEAD COACH ROBIN HARMONY (13-18 in second season at CofC; 259-132 in 13 seasons overall)
Robin Harmony is in her second season at CofC after leading the Cougars to a 13-17 record in 2019-20, a six-win improvement over the previous season and the most wins since going 19-15 in 2013-14. The team also doubled its CAA win total from three to six, including a 73-59 victory over Drexel, one of only two CAA losses suffered by the eventual conference co-champions.

Harmony was 131-48 in six seasons at St. Thomas (Fla.) and 115-66 in six seasons at Lamar before coming to CofC. She began her coaching career as an assistant at Fairleigh Dickinson in 1987-88 and was on the staff at her alma mater, the University of Miami, from 1988-2005.

Harmony was first women's basketball player inducted into Miami's Athletic Hall of Fame and is among the school's all-time leaders in points (1,308), rebounds (750), assists (445) and steals (314).

COUGARS OPEN SEASON AT NO. 1 SOUTH CAROLINA
CofC faced the top-ranked team in the nation on Wednesday and lost 119-38 to South Carolina at Colonial Life Arena. Taylor Williams led the Cougars with nine points, Arynn Eady scored six and the duo tied for team rebounding honors with five. The game was the first ever for CofC against the nation's No. 1 ranked team.

FRESHMEN MAKE COLLEGIATE DEBUT
Five freshmen made their first appearance in a Cougar uniform against the Gamecocks, including starting point guard Tyler Gray, who scored five points. Chelsea Wooten also had five points, including CofC's lone 3-pointer, and had three rebounds and a steal. Amira Williams (2 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal), Anika McGarity and Zoe McCrary also made their first collegiate appearances.

ABOUT WOFFORD
The Terriers opened their 2020-21 season with a 65-50 win at home over Winthrop on Wednesday. Niyah Lutz led Wofford with 17 points followed by Jackie Carman with 10. Alexis Tomlin pulled down a team-high seven rebounds while Helen Matthews dished out seven assists. The Terriers are coming off a 15-15 season including an 8-6 mark in the SoCon.

COUGARS VS. TERRIERS
CofC holds a 29-10 lead in the all-time series against their former SoCon rivals, and the Cougars have won 16 of 19 meetings in Charleston. Wofford has won three of the last five, including a 78-58 win on November 18, 2018 in Spartanburg in the last matchup. The last time the teams played at TD Arena, the Cougars won 59-51 on December 18, 2017.

COUGARS RETURN BULK OF OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION
The 2020-21 Cougars feature eight players who saw action in 10 or more games and six of seven who started at least 11 times a year ago, and the group of returning players accounted for 78.5 percent of the team's scoring. Deja Ford (10.2 ppg) is the only significant scorer from a year ago who is no longer with the team.

EADY TAKES CAA REBOUNDING CROWN
Junior Arynn Eady averaged 9.7 rebounds per game last season to lead the CAA, and her 290 total boards are the second most in a season in school history. The junior forward paced the CAA in both offensive (3.6) and defensive (6.1) rebounds. Her 18 rebounds against UNCW (1/26/20) and William & Mary (2/7/20) are tied for the fourth most in a game in program history.

Eady has 473 rebounds in her career, putting her 97 away from moving into the Top 10 in school history. Her average of 7.8 rebounds per contest is the fourth-highest mark in the Cougar record book.

COLLINS DISHES OUT THE ASSISTS
Junior Tyler Collins has recorded 214 assists over her first two seasons and needs only 40 more to crack the Top 10 in the CofC record book. As a freshman in 2018-19, Collins had 131 assists, the sixth most in a season in school history, and ranked third in the CAA with 4.4 per game. She tied the school mark with 12 assists in her collegiate debut vs. North Greenville.

PERKINS NAMED THIRD TEAM ALL-CAA
Junior guard Latrice Perkins was selected third team All-CAA last year after ranking ninth in the league with an average of 13.5 points per game. She was also fifth in the CAA in steals per game (2.0), 11th in field goal percentage (.457) and 13th with 5.4 rebounds per contest. Perkins is currently out with a lower extremity injury suffered late in the 2019-20 season.

WILLIAMS ON CAA ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Sophomore guard/forward Taylor Williams was chosen to the CAA All-Rookie team last year. She played in all 30 games with 18 starts and averaged 9.1 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. Williams had season highs in both points (22) and rebounds (13) vs. Northeastern (3/1/20).

COUGARS LAND OUTSTANDING RECRUITING CLASS
The CofC coaching staff signed one of the top recruiting classes in school history when they inked three players ranked in the Top 250 in the nation according to the Dan Olson Collegiate Girls Basketball Report. The class is projected to be the best in the CAA and in the upper echelon nationally when those rankings are released.

The Cougars added wing Grace Abercrombie and points guard Bria McClure from Texas and wing Anani Humphrey from Maryland. Abercrombie was ranked No. 162 by Dan Olson, McClure was No. 187 and Humphrey was No. 209 as of signing day.