Lady Eagles Look to Bounce Back Against FAMU

BALTIMORE- Coppin State (5-10, 2-1) takes on Florida A&M (9-9, 2-1) on Monday night January 18 in the Al Lawson Center. Tipoff is at 5:00 p.m.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Al Lawson Center (9,639)
Tipoff Time: 5:00 p.m. ET
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ABOUT THE EAGLES
The Lady Eagles are 5-10 and are coming off their first MEAC loss on the season to Bethune-Cookman. Coppin State is 2-1 in MEAC play and are 3-1 in its last four games.
 
Five Lady Eagles are averaging at least 8.0 points per game. All five players are in the top 30 in scoring in the MEAC. Janelle Lane is putting in a team-leading 11.2 points per game. She has started all 15 games for Coppin State.
 
Senior Omaah Tayong has registered a double double in two of the last four games for the Lady Eagles. She is averaging 8.9 points and 8.3 rebounds on 46.5% shooting from the field off the bench.
 
Genesis Lucas leads Coppin State in steals (28) and assists (49) through 13 games. She has led the Lady Eagles in steals 13 times and assists 17 times in her career. She is scoring on an 8.7 point per game clip in 33.7 minutes per game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Janelle Lane led Coppin State with 16 points, six rebounds, one steal and one block. Lane scored all 16 of her points and grabbed five of her six rebounds in the second half, after only playing four minutes in the first half because of foul trouble.
 
The Lady Eagles stingy defense forced the Wildcats into 18 turnovers, Coppin State collected 10 steals in the game. 
 
Senior Amber Griffin finished with 11 points on 4-of-7, including a perfect 1-of-1 from 3-point range and 2-of-2 from the free throw line. She added one rebound, one assist and one steal in a team best 37 minutes.
 
Keena Samuels tallied 11 points and one rebound in 36 minutes of game action. She tied a team high with two assists. Samuels went 5-of-6 from the foul line.
 
Genesis Lucas recorded eight points, three rebounds, two assists and a team best four steals.
 
Omaah Tayong scored eight points and snagged nine rebounds off the bench for Coppin State. 
 
MONDAY'S GAME
Florida A&M leads the all-time series 22-19 over Coppin State. The Lady Eagles won last season's meeting 70-65 in Baltimore at PEC Arena.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES AGAISNT FLORIDA A&M
Since 1993 Coppin State and FAMU have played 41 times. The Rattlers lead the all-time series 22-19.
 
ABOUT FLORIDA A&M
A cold shooting night spelled doom for the FAMU Women's Basketball team, as they dropped a tough 67-62 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference home decision to visiting Morgan State at The Al Lawson Center Saturday evening.
 
Senior Khaderja Young led FAMU with a double double, scoring 21 points while pulling down 10 rebounds. Olivia Antilla finished with 13 points, and Alicia McCray added 10 points and eight rebounds.
 
Farrar Braennan led Morgan with 21 points, while the trio of Zuri White, Ivy Harrington and Danielle Robinson each scored 10 points, with White pulling down 20 rebounds, 11 on the defensive end. 
 
WHATS DOWN THE ROAD
Coppin State will head home for three staright MEAC home games against North Carloina A&T (Sat, Jan. 23), North Carolina Central (Mon, Jan. 25) and Maryland Eastern Shore (Sat, Jan. 30). This will be the longest home stand of the MEAC season for the Lady Eagles.
 
COPPIN STATE ON THE ROAD
The Lady Eagles are 2-7 away from the PEC Arena during the 2015-16 season. Last year Coppin State was 2-13 on the road. Their last road win was January 9 against Howard. The Lady Eagles are 1-1 in MEAC road games this season.
 
TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA
The Lady Eagles are currently 0-2 in games played in Florida. Dropping games to both Miami and Bethune-Cookman. Their final game in Florida will be Monday January 18 against FAMU.
 
TEAM SUPERLATIVES
The Lady Eagles have five players in the top 30 in scoring in the MEAC (Lane, Samuels, Griffin, Tayong, Lucas) and five players averaging over 8.0 points per game.
 
Coppin State is in the top five in the MEAC in scoring offense, scoring margin, field goal percentage, rebounding margin, offensive rebounds, assists, steals and turnover margin.
 
MOST POINTS IN A GAME: Kenna Samuels, 23 points, at Howard (Jan. 09, 2016)
Keena Samuels led all scorers with a career best 23 points, including 17 in the second half. She added five rebounds, four assists and two steals in 38 minutes of game action. She converted 12 of her 16 foul shots.
 
Samuels caught fire in the third quarter scoring nine of her second half 17 points. Her 3-point field goal with 2:02 to play in the third quarter gave the Lady Eagles a 60-49 lead that they would not relinquish.
 
MOST REBOUNDS IN A GAME: Jordan Swails, 16 rebounds, vs. Mt. St. Mary's (Nov. 29, 2015)
Senior Jordan Swails notched her fourth career double-double with 11 points and a career best 16 rebounds. Swails was an equal opportunity board snatcher, finishing with eight offensive and defensive rebounds.
 
She added two assists, two steals and two blocks.
 
MOST ASSISTS IN A GAME: Genesis Lucas, 7 assists, at Virginia (Dec. 28, 2015)
Genesis Lucas scored four points and a season high seven assists in the setback loss. She also added a steal in 35 minutes of game action.
 
Her seven assists was one shy of her career high. Lucas has now led the Lady Eagles in assists 16 times in her career.