Friday, March 11
Philadelphia, Pa.
2:30 PM
College of Charleston
vs
Elon
Cougars Earn No. 5 Seed in CAA Tournament, Face No. 4 Seed Elon on Friday in Philadelphia
3/9/2022 12:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Tip-off is set for 2:30 p.m. on FloHoops
PHILADELPHIA, PA. -- The No. 5 seed College of Charleston women's basketball team (17-12, 9-9) will begin CAA Tournament play on Friday in Philadelphia. The Cougars will take on No. 4 seed Elon (17-11, 9-9) at 2:30 p.m. inside the Daskalakis Athletic Center on the campus of Drexel University. The game will be streamed live on FloHoops.
Notes and Nuggets
Notes and Nuggets
- The College of Charleston enters CAA Tournament play on a three-game winning streak following wins at UNCW and at home over Hofstra and Northeastern
- The Cougars won three in a row to finish at 9-9 in CAA play. The nine conference wins are tied for the most in a season since CofC joined the CAA in the 2013-14 season
- The Cougars won their 17th game on March 5th, the third most regular season wins in the program's D1 history and the most overall wins since the 2013-14 team posted a 19-15 record
- In the five years prior to Head Coach Robin Harmony's hiring, the program averaged 7.8 wins per season. The Cougars have already won 17 games this season - more than double that average
- Charleston received multiple CAA end of year honors. Arynn Eady was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year and was tabbed to the Third-Team, Jenna Annecchiarico was named to the Second-Team and Grace Abercrombie was named to the All-Freshmen team
- Arynn Eady became the fourth winner of the CAA Defensive Player of the Year award in CofC history. Bre Bolden won the award three consecutive years from 2015-2017
- Jenna Annecchiarico averaged 16.6 points per game, the most PPG by a Cougar since Bre Bolden's 17.9 PPG during the 2016-17 campaign
- Abercrombie averaged 7.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, including a season-high 25 points in the win at Norfolk State
- The College of Charleston Cougars sent their four seniors out on a high note in their final game in TD Arena with a 73-64 win over Northeastern. Tyler Collins dropped 22 - one off her season-high - on three made triples to lead the Cougars. Latrice Perkins added 20 points - her third 20-point game in the last five games - to go along with eight rebounds and four steals
- The Cougars and the Phoenix met twice this season, with Elon winning by five points in each meeting.Charleston fell 71-66 at home in an overtime thriller to Elon in the most recent meeting of the two teams
- Charleston will look to snap a 15-game losing streak to Elon. CofC's last win over the Phoenix was on December 1, 2012
- CofC and Elon have never met in the CAA Tournament
- The Cougars are 3-8 all time in the CAA Tournament since joining the conference for the 2013-14 season. Charleston has not won a CAA Tournament game since March 7, 2018, when it defeated Hofstra 88-72
- The Phoenix finished the season with back-to-back victories over William & Mary to finish 9-9 in CAA action
- Elon's Brie Perpignan was named an All-CAA Second Team selection after averaging 16.7 points and 5.4 assists per game
- Elon holds its opponents to 62.0 points per game, but averages just 62.5 on the offensive end
- The Phoenix posted a 7-7 record away from home this season
- Elon has a 23-14 edge in the all-time series
- Charleston has lost 15 consecutive games to Elon, a streak that dates back to 2013
- Elon won both matchups between the two schools this season, both of which were decided by exactly five points
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