Lady Eagles Look to Bounce Back at South Carolina State

BALTIMORE- The Coppin State Lady Eagles (7-12, 4-3) will head to Orangeburg, S.C. for its second of three straight road games to matchup against South Carolina State on Saturday February 6 in the Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center. Tipoff is at 2:00 p.m.
 
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center (3,200) - Orangeburg, S.C.
Tipoff Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
Radio: http://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WOCS
 
 
ABOUT THE EAGLES
The Lady Eagles are 7-12 and are coming off a 72-51 setback loss to Morgan State. Coppin State is 4-3 in MEAC play and is 2-1 in its last three games.
 
Five Lady Eagles are averaging at least 8.0 points per game. Four of those players are in the top 30 in scoring in the MEAC. Keena Samuels is putting in a team-leading 11.6 points per game. She has scored in double figures in every MEAC game this season.
 
Omaah Tayong leads the Lady Eagles in rebounding. Her 8.3 rebounds per game ranks fourth in the MEAC. Tayong is adding 9.1 points for Coppin State.
 
Genesis Lucas leads Coppin State in steals (38) and assists (68) through 17 games. She has led the Lady Eagles in steals 14 times and assists 21 times in her career. She is scoring on a 7.9 point per game clip in 34.8 minutes per game.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Keena Samuels led the Lady Eagles with 23 points as she tied a team season high with nine made field goals. Her 23 points was two shy of career best. She added one rebound, one assists and one steal in 38 minutes of game action.
  
Senior Janelle Lane tallied 10 points and four rebounds on 4-of-7 shooting from the floor. Lane added three steals and one block.
 
Genesis Lucas finished with a team high six assists. She added seven points, three rebounds and one steal in 36 minutes.
 
Jordan Swails also chipped in seven points, four rebounds and one assist on a perfect 3-on-3 from the field.
 
Coppin State outscored Morgan State in the paint, 26-24 and fast break points, 6-0.
 
The Lady Eagles matched the Lady Bears in the battle of the boards at 36 apiece. 
 
SATURDAY'S GAME
Coppin State leads the all-time series over South Carolin State, 39-24. The Lady Eagles are 25-6 over the Lady Bulldogs seince head coach Derek Brown took over in 1999. South Carolina State defeated Coppin State 68-58 in the only meeting between the team last year. Coppin State has won six of the last seven meetings.
 
ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
The Lady Bulldogs (8-11, 4-5 MEAC) are coming off a three game road trip in which they went 1-2. South Carolina State is coming off a 79-61 loss to Delaware State on Saturday January 30.
 
Brittany Drumgoole leads South Carolina State with 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Jasmine Coleman is chipping in 7.1 points and 7.5 rebounds for the Lady Bulldogs.
 
Amber Howard is adding 8.6 points and 2.4 assists.
 
WHATS DOWN THE ROAD
Coppin State will complete its three game MEAC road trip Monday February, 8 against Savannah State. The Lady Eagles will return home February 13 for a matchup against Howard.
 
COPPIN STATE AT HOME
The Lady Eagles are 4-2 at PEC Arena during the 2015-16 season. Last year Coppin State was 4-8 in the Physical Education Complex. Their last home win was January 30 against UMES. The Lady Eagles are 3-0 in MEAC home games this season.
 
AGAINST THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
This will be the Lady Eagles first game against a team from the state of South Carolina. Coppin State went 0-1 against teams from South Carolina during the 2014-15 season.
 
TEAM SUPERLATIVES
The Lady Eagles have four players in the top 30 in scoring in the MEAC (Lane, Samuels, Griffin, Tayong) and five players averaging over 8.0 points per game.
 
Coppin State is in the top five in the MEAC in scoring offense, field goal percentage, assists, steals and turnover margin.
 
The Lady Eagles are first in the MEAC in steals with 176 (9.3) through 19 games this season.
 
Keena Samuels has scored in double digits in the Lady Eagles last eight contests. She has scored in double figures in every MEAC game this season. She is averaging 17.3 points in MEAC play.
 
MOST POINTS IN A GAME: Keena Samuels, 25 points, vs. North Carolina A&T (Jan. 27, 2016)
Keena Samuels torched North Carolina A&T for a career high 25 points as the Coppin State Lady Eagles cruised past the Aggies for a 65-59 victory Wednesday evening January, 27 in PEC Arena.
 
After the Aggies took a 50-49 lead with five minutes to play in the second half, a steal and layup by Samuels sparked a 7-0 Lady Eagles run. North Carolina A&T never recaptured the lead.
 
Samuels shot 8-of-15 from the field and knocked down nine of her 12 foul shots. She added two assists and three steals while playing all 40 minutes of the game. Samuels sunk five of her final six free throws to help seal the game for Coppin State.
 
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.