Charleston Faces North Carolina Central at Home

Wednesday, November 13

Charleston, S.C.

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

North Carolina Central

11/12/2024 4:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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CHARLESTON, S.C.- The College of Charleston women's basketball team is set to host North Carolina Central on Wednesday, November 13 inside TD Arena their alumni game. Tipoff is slated for 7:00 p.m.

OPENING TIP

CofC kicked off the first week of basketball season with a pair of victories at home, defeating Meredith on Monday and Robert Morris on Saturday.
The Cougars defeated RMU in overtime 74-69 for the first time since 1982. Charleston met the Colonials on the road last year and fell 65-71.
Charleston entered the new season after an impressive 2023-24 season, finishing 22-10. The Cougars gathered the most wins in a season since 2009-10 and competed in the postseason for the first time since the 2013-14 season.
Three CofC players tallied double digits in the Saturday matchup, with Jazmyn Stone leading the team with 20 points. Taryn Barbot tallied 16 points while Taylor Barbot found a career-high ten points.

BARBOT SHOW

Taryn Barbot enters Wednesday averaging 15.5 points per game, leading the team in assists.
The sophomore guard enters November continuing to make history by earning the program's first CAA Preseason Player of the Year nomination, voted on by the conference's coaches.
The New York native was named the program's first rookie of the year after an impressive 2023-24 campaign, earning six weekly awards and starting all 17 matchups for CofC.
Barbot averaged 14.6 points in her debut year and scored a season-high 36 points on January 14- the most by any CAA player last season.

THE RETURN OF STONE

Stone returned to the court after 611 days, tallying a game-high 20 points.
The redshirt-sophomore sunk three buckets from the arc with seven field goals in 26 minutes of play.
The Washington native missed the entirety of last season after an injury.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENT

The Cougars hold a 3-0 record versus the Eagles, most recently defeating NC Central on the road in 2020.
NCC enters the matchup 0-4 on the season, falling to Chattanooga on Monday evening 36-75.
The last time the Eagles came to TD Arena was in 2019, where Charleston took an 85-78 win on their home court.
NC Central is led by Kyla Bryant, who has led the Eagles in scoring in the last 3-4 matchups.
Two Eagles are averaging double-digit scoring on the season, with Bryant averaging 13.3 and Morgan Callahan with 10.3 points per game.

BY THE NUMBERS

Charleston topped the CAA last season in offensive rebounds per game and landed 16^th in the country as well.
The Cougars rank first in the NCAA in turnover margin with 23.5.
Charleston comes in at second in the nation in turnovers forced per game with 36.
CofC ranks second in the NCAA in steals per game with 21.5

TUNE IN

Wednesday's matchup will be livestreamed on FloCollege with live stats available at CofCStats.com.

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