CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston resumes CAA play this weekend with games against UNCW at TD Arena on Friday at 7:00 and in Wilmington, N.C., on Sunday at 1:00. Friday's game will be Senior Night with Shai Blanding and Lexi Maddox honored before tipoff.

The Cougars enter the weekend with a record of 6-6 overall and 2-4 in the CAA while the Seahawks are 3-12 and 0-9 in the league. CofC has not played since dropping a pair of games at Towson on February 6-7. 
 
COUGAR PROBABLE STARTERS  
4    Amira Williams, F, 5-11, Fr., Winston-Salem, N.C./Winston-Salem Christian (6.9 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 1.3 spg) 
5    Tyler Gray, G, 5-8, Fr., Bladensburg, Md./Elizabeth Seton (10.5 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.5 spg) 
11  Chelsea Wooten, G, 5-8, Fr., McKinney, Texas/McKinney North (8.9 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 22 3-pointers) 
15  Arynn Eady, F, 6-1, Jr., Atlanta, Ga./St. Francis (9.5 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.4 spg, 2.1 bpg) 
23  Tyler Collins, G, 5-6, Jr., Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy (14.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.1 apg, 1.1 spg, 18 3-pointers) 
 
HEAD COACH ROBIN HARMONY (19-23 in second year at CofC; 265-137 in 14 years 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. 
 
Harmony was 131-48 in six seasons at St. Thomas (Fla.) and 115-66 in six seasons at Lamar. She began her career as an assistant at her alma mater, the University of Miami, for two seasons (1985-87) and spent 1987-88 at Fair-leigh Dickinson before returning to Miami from 1988-2005, including the last 12 as associate head coach.
 
EADY STARRING ON DEFENSIVE END 
Arynn Eady currently ranks third in the CAA with an average of 9.4 rebounds per game and has at least eight boards in eight of 10 games this season, including five with 11 or more. Eady led the CAA a year ago with 9.7 per contest. 

In addition to her rebounding prowess, Eady leads the CAA and ranks 40th in the nation with an average of 2.1 blocked shots per game. She set a career high with five rejections against William & Mary and James Madison.

Eady on the CofC Career Rebounding List (at least two years with CofC as a Division I member)
845 – Breanna Bolden (2013-17)
805 – Wilma Simpson (1999-03)
789 – Jodie Olofson (1995-99)
680 – Natalie Seel (1990-94)
674 – Latisha Harris (2009-13)
651 – Tara Currin (1989-93)
635 – Nikki Williams (2005-09)
633 – Sarah Moye (2005-09)
628 – Deidra Jones (2006-10)
581 – Arynn Eady (2018-present)

Eady on the CofC Career Blocked Shots List (at least two years with CofC as a Division I member)
364 – Denise Hogue (1989-93)
164 – Erika Smith (2004-08)
139 – Mikaela Hopkins (2011-15)
129 – Wilma Simpson (1999-03)
85 – Latisha Harris (2009-13)
83 – Arynn Eady (2018-present)

COLLINS DISHES OUT THE ASSISTS 
Junior guard Tyler Collins has recorded 251 assists in her career and needs only three more to move into the Top 10 in CofC's Division I era history (since 1991-92). Collins enters the weekend ranked ninth in the CAA with an average of 3.1 assists per game, including six in consecutive games against Wofford, Clemson and Winthrop earli-er this year.
 
As a freshman in 2018-19, Collins had 131 assists 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. 

Prior to scoring only five points in the Cougars' last game against Towson on February 7, Collins had averaged 20.2 over the previous four games, including a season-high 27 against James Madison on January 31 that was only two shy of her career best. Collins is averaging 14.1 points per game for the season to rank 11th in the CAA. 

Collins on the CofC Career Assists List (at least two years with CofC as a Division I member)
593 – Jillian Brown (2010-14)
466 – Tonia Gerty (2007-11)
413 – Jade Hughes (2005-07, 2008-10)
397 – Marketta Talley (2002-06)
334 – Shiclasia Brown (2014-18)
303 – Shanna Mickens (2000-04); Sara Weaver (1997-01)
273 – Debbie Trowbridge (1993-97)
257 – Rachel King (2001-05)
254 – Natalie Seel (1990-94)
251 – Tyler Collins (2018-present)

GRAY, WILLIAMS EARN CAA ROOKIE OF THE WEEK HONORS
Tyler Gray was selected the CAA Rookie of the Week on December 21 after scoring 17 points to go along with seven rebounds, four steals and three assists against NC Central. Amira Williams received the award on January 25 on the strength of 20 points, 17 rebounds and four blocked shots in a split against William & Mary.

Gray enters the weekend ranked 18th in the CAA in scoring (10.5), 22nd in rebounding (4.8), 11th in steals (1.5) and 20th in assists (2.3). Williams is 15th in the conference in rebounding (5.8), 12th in blocked shots (0.7) and 21st in steals (1.3).

Chelsea Wooten is eighth in the CAA with 1.8 made 3-pointers per game. She has played in all 12 games and joined Gray and Williams in the starting lineup five games ago.

Two other freshmen have been in the regular rotation, with Zoe McCrary playing in 12 games and starting once and Anika McGarity seeing action in 10 games off the bench.
 
PERKINS SEES LIMITED ACTION 
The Cougars have been without 2019-20 All-CAA third team selection Latrice Perkins for most of the season after she was injured against Northeastern late last year. She saw her first action of the season against James Madison on January 30 and has played a total of eight minutes in three games.

A year ago, Perkins ranked ninth in the CAA with an average of 13.5 points per game. She also paced the Cougars with 53 steals and was second with a .457 field goal percentage and 50 assists. 

COUGARS VS. SEAHAWKS
UNCW holds a 16-13 lead in the series since CofC began the transition to Division I during the 1989-90 season, and the Cougars are 8-9 since joining the CAA in 2013-14. The teams split the regular season series last year, with each winning at home, and the Seahawks won a matchup in the CAA Tournament. 

CofC won six of the first eight meetings as conference opponents, including a four-game winning streak, but UNCW has taken seven of the last nine. Over that span, the Cougars are 4-3 against the Seahawks at TD Arena, 3-4 in Wilmington and 1-2 at neutral sites in the CAA Tournament.