NORFOLK, Va. – Forward
Chance Graham won her third MEAC Defensive Player of the Week Award of the season and fifth of her career, as announced by the league office on Wednesday afternoon. She has received the honor for the weeks of November 20 and December 4 in 2018-19, while picking up the accolade twice during her sophomore campaign in 2017-18.
Graham was named to the Hilton Garden Inn FGCU Classic All-Tournament Team while averaging 20 points, 12 rebounds and three steals in matchups with Florida Gulf Coast and Alabama-Birmingham last week. In the first game of the Classic against the host Florida Gulf Coast, she picked up her seventh double-double of the season with 18 points and 15 rebounds to go along with a steal. The second and final game versus UAB saw the six-foot junior drop 22 points while pulling down 9 boards and tying her career-high with five steals.
Graham's presence is felt all over the NCAA leader boards, as she places inside the top-20 in seven different categories and appears on 16 different rankings in total. She currently sits 9th on the Coppin State career rebounding list with 686 and is projected to obliterate the current record of 908 held by
Rene' Doctor. The Upper Marlboro, Maryland native paces the Eagles in points (191), rebounds (129), steals (28), and blocks (14), while sitting atop the MEAC in defensive rebounds per game (9), double-doubles (7), free throw attempts (98), free throws made (67), minutes played per game (37.1) rebounds per game (11.7).
