Eagles WBB Prepares For Clash With Rival Morgan State

Women's Basketball | 1/27/2017 12:49:00 PM

Coppin State (3-15, 3-3) returns to action at home on Saturday, Jan. 28, against rival Morgan State University (2-17, 0-6). Game time at the PEC is slated for 2 p.m. (ET). The Eagles have lost 3 of their last 6 meeting against Morgan State winning the final two out of three games last season. The Eagles eliminated the Bears 63-53 in the quarterfinals round of the MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament in their last meeting on Mar. 10, 2016.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Chance Graham tied a season-high rebounding effort pulling down 16 boards in a loss to Norfolk State on Monday. Graduate Tiara Goode scored a team-high nine points hitting three three-pointers while junior Oluwaseun Adeniji finished with a career-high six points leading the Eagles bench scoring, junior Candice Beverly also scored six points with a career-high two blocks and senior Keena Samuels had six points.
 
GRAHAM LEADS EAGLES REBOUNDING EFFORT
In the last three games Chance Graham is averaging 15.3 rebounds and 10.3 points against MEAC opponents NC A&T, Howard and Norfolk State. She tied a season-high twice in the last two weeks recording 16 rebounds in back-to-back games against the Bison and Spartans.
 
ALL-TIME ASSISTS
Genesis Lucas climbs up to sixth in school history in career assist totals with 276. As a sophomore she dished out 130 and as a freshman 82. Now in her third season she has 64 thus far, passing then No. 7 Rashida Suber (272). Up next on the list is No. 5 Talia Sutton (278) and No. 4 Sesalie Johnson (283)
 
EAGLES AMONGST THE MEAC RANKINGS

• Genesis Lucas ranks in the MEAC top-10 in seven different categories; tenth in the conference in scoring (12.4), third in assists (4.3), fourth in steals (2.5), fifth in free-throw percentage (.780), third in steals (2.5), fourth in assist/turnover ratio (1.1) and eighth in minutes played (33.9) per game
• Keena Samuels ranks 12^th in scoring (12.3), 14th in field goal percentage (.365), 12^th in free-throw percentage (.738) and sixth in steals (1.9)
• Tiara Goode is 26th in scoring (9.4) and fifth in three-point field goals made per game (1.8)
• Chance Graham is third in rebounding (8.4), 15th in blocked shots (0.7), third in offensive rebounds (3.4) and seventh in defensive rebounds (4.6)
• Oluwaseun Adeniji is 11th in blocked shots (0.7)

 
MILESTONES

• Graduate Tiara Goode is 10 rebounds shy of her 100th rebound of the season
• Junior Oluwaseun Adeniji recorded her 100^th career rebound last game against Norfolk State
• Junior Candice Beverly is (95) five points shy of 100 point and five rebounds shy of 100 career rebounds

 
UP NEXT
Coppin State hits the road for their next two games beginning with Hampton University on Monday, January 30th in Virginia at 5:30 p.m. and then will head to Princess Anne, MD to battle the Maryland Eastern Shore at 2 p.m.