NORFOLK, Va. – Coppin State women's basketball fell at Old Dominion on Saturday evening 81-51 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
Brooke Fields was the top scorer with 17 for CSU while
Maraiyah Smith had a season-best 13 points.
The Basics
- Final Score: Coppin State 51, Old Dominion 81
- Records: Coppin State 0-12 (0-0 MEAC) / Old Dominion 9-3 (0-0 CUSA)
- Location: Norfolk, VA – Ted Constant Convocation Center
- Series History: Old Dominion Leads 2-0
How It Happened
First Quarter
- A block by Jalynda Salley on the Monarchs opening possession set a physical tone for the contest.
- ODU started the game on a 5-0 run before a corner triple from Kaiya Coleman got the Eagles on the board, 5-3 ODU.
- Coleman struck again for Coppin with a floating off-balance and-one layup to give CSU the edge 8-7.
- Old Dominion countered with six unanswered out of the media timeout until a 18-foot jumper from Chance Graham splashed the net, 13-10 Old Dominion.
- The final six points of the quarter for ODU came from the free-throw line as it took a 19-12 lead to end the first.
Second Quarter
- Another surge of six unanswered put the Monarchs up 25-12.
- The home team uses a 6-4 rally to head into the media timeout, 31-16 ODU.
- Scoring slowed to a crawl to end the first half, as the Monarchs and Eagles combined for 13 points over the final five minutes as Old Dominion held a 36-24 advantage at halftime.
- The powder blue and navy squad went 7-of-11 from the floor for the second quarter, making 47% of its shots in the first half.
Third Quarter
- Coleman continued her hot shooting performance as a three-ball kept her a perfect 3-for-3 on the night to make it 42-31 Monarchs.
- A 7-2 surge from ODU had Old Dominion up 16 at the halfway point of the quarter, 49-33 ODU.
- The home team outscored Coppin State 11-4 to close out the frame with Old Dominion ahead 60-37.
Fourth Quarter
- Maraiyah Smith dialed one up from long distance to get the score to 64-40 ODU.
- The Monarchs scored seven points to the Eagles five to go into the final media break up 71-45.
- Old Dominion ended the contest on a 10-6 run to record the victory 81-51, ending non-conference play for Coppin State.
Inside the Numbers
- Chance Graham added eight rebounds to her career total to pull within one of Lisa Briggs for eighth on Coppin's all-time rebound list with 694.
- Brooke Fields paced the Eagles in scoring for the third time in 2018-19 with 17 points to go with four rebounds and two assists.
- Adreinne Darden made her Coppin State debut, picking up two rebounds, one steal and a block in 13 minutes of action.
- Tsahai Corbie bested her season-high, leading the Lady Eagles with three assists on the evening.
- Maraiyah Smith tallied season-highs in three-pointers (3) and points (13), her third double-digit scoring outburst on the season.
- Graham put together a stat line of 11 points, eight rebounds, two assists and a steal.
- Old Dominion converted 52% of its field goals while outrebounding the Lady Eagles 45-27.
- The Monarchs had four players reach double-figure points as Ajah Wayne (13), Maggie Robinson (12), Taylor Edwards (11), and Mariah Adams (11) pitching in.
- Amari Young pulled down 10 boards and Adams notched five assists to round out the Monarchs' top performers.
Who's Next?
- MEACtion begins Saturday afternoon with the Lady Eagles hosting the front-end of a doubleheader with Savannah State. The women's game will tip at 2 p.m. and the men's game will start at approximately 4 p.m. in the PEC Arena.
