GAME NOTES
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Coppin State's women's basketball team wraps up a three-game MEAC road swing when they face Maryland Eastern Shore in a 2 pm tipoff from the Hytche Center.
The Basics
Teams: Coppin State (2-21, 2-9 MEAC) at Maryland Eastern Shore (14-11, 10-2 MEAC)
When: Princess Anne, Md. (Hytche Center)
Series History: Coppin State Leads, 39-25
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnNfIMpjoWk
Audio:
https://www.sfmsports.net/md-eastern-shore
Live Stats:
https://easternshorehawks.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
Coppin Contributors
The Eagles will look to their duo of
Brooke Fields and
Chance Graham if they want to beat the streaking Hawks of UMES. Fields has averaged over 17 points for the season and ranks second in the MEAC at 22.2 points per game in conference play.
Chance Graham averages a double-double with 15.7 points and a league-high 11.9 rebounds and 13 double-doubles. CSU will need contributions from
Maraiyah Smith,
Kaiya Coleman,
Tsahai Corbie,
Jalynda Salley,
Oluwadamilola Oloyede and
E'Mya Price as well.
Scouting the Hawks
UMES goes as far as Ciani Byrom takes them as she leads the team with 15.6 points and five assists per game while grabbing almost four rebounds per contest. Keyera Eaton is also in double figures at 10.5 points with Ra'Jean Martin just behind at 8.4 points. Bairesha Gill-Miles is also a threat on both sides of the ball with a 7.9 points per game average along with a team-high 8.0 rebound per night clip. Dominique Walker has also impressed with 9 points and seven rebounds per game in league play.
Dynamic Duo
The combination of
Brooke Fields and
Chance Graham is proving to be one of the top 1-2 punches in the MEAC. Combined, Fields and Graham average 33.3 points per contest and have scored 59.1% of the team's points this season. They are also ranked 1-2 in the MEAC in both free throws made and free throw attempts and together make 240-of-320 (75.0%) of their free throws.
Take A Chance On Me
In just two seasons and 21 games, junior forward
Chance Graham already ranks 3rd on Coppin State's career rebounding list with 830. Graham is well on pace to shatter Rene' Doctor's ('95) career record of 908 rebounds. In just 81 games, Graham has averaged 10.2 rebounds per game.
Coppin State All-Time Rebounds Leaderboard
1. Rene' Doctor (908)
2. Kiesha Brooks (865)
3. Chance Graham (830)
Soaring Up The Scoring Charts
Graham has continued to creep up the Coppin State all-time scoring list, as she currently sits at 919 points scored in her career. She's averaged 11.6 points per game in her career.
Coppin State All-Time Points Leaderboard
1. Rashida Suber (1,865)
10. Larissa Carter (1,072)
11. Jeanine Manley (1,068)
12. Jackie Johnson-Stewart (1,026)
13. Lisa Briggs (1,015)
14. Thelma Lyles (1,005)
15. LaShawn Scott (968)
16. Chance Graham (944)
Everyone Loves Freebies!
Chance Graham has made her living at the charity stripe, as she has quickly climbed the ladder of career free throw attempts and makes. She sits at 281 makes and 404 attempts (69.6%) for the blue and gold, nearing the top-5 in both categories.
Coppin State All-Time Free Throws Made Leaderboard
1. Kyra Coleman (400)
2. Kiesha Brooks (371)
3. Larrisa Carter (338)
4. Jeanine Manley (334)
5. Tarese Hatch (286)
6T. Shalamar Oakley (281)
6T. Chance Graham (281)
Coppin State All-Time Free Throw Attempts Leaderboard
1. Kyra Coleman (700)
2. Kiesha Brooks (571)
3. Janine Medley (532)
4. Larrisa Carter (470)
5. Tarese Hatch (408)
6. Chance Graham (404)
Eagle Excellence
Graham's presence is littered all over the national leader boards, as she places inside the top-20 in seven different categories and appears on 15 different rankings in total. The Preseason All-MEAC First-Teamer is among the nation's elite in defensive rebounds per game (9.0), double-doubles (13), free throw attempts (174), free throws made (126), total rebounds (273) and rebounds per game (11.9).
Double-Double Vision
Chance Graham continues to produce double-doubles game-in and game-out. She accumulated four during her freshman campaign, before exploding for 12 last season. So far in 2018-19, she has provided the Lady Eagles with 13 double-doubles, averaging 15.7 points and 11.9 rebounds per game. Over her career, Graham has totaled 29 double-doubles in 81 games, good for over 35% of her appearances.
Defending Her Turf
Chance Graham has won five MEAC Defensive Player of the Week Awards in 2018-19 and seven in her career. Graham had earned the honor on November 20, December 4, December 26, January 8 and January 29 of this year, while winning Defensive POTW for the weeks of January 9 and February 6 last season.
1,500 Career Points
Brooke Fields surpassed 1,500 career points after dropping 25 in the game at North Carolina Central on January 19th. She racked up 1,226 at Roberts Wesleyan College from 2014-2017 before transferring to Coppin State. She currently has 405 points with the Eagles on the season and 1,631 overall. She got her 1,000th career point in a game versus Mercy College on January 4, 2017.
This Girl Is On Fire!!!!
In conference play,
Brooke Fields has averaged 22.2 points along with 3.5 rebounds and nearly four assists per game. She has also made 71-of-85 free throws for an impressive 83.5% clip. Her 22.2 points is second in the conference by just two total points, to Delaware State's NaJai Pollard. Fields is also second in free throw percentage, despite having by far the most free throws made and attempts, and third in assists in league play.
Having A Fields Day
New to the squad this season is senior
Brooke Fields, a former standout at Division II Roberts Wesleyan College. In three seasons with the Redhawks, Fields scored 1,226 points with a career-high 33 points in a victory over Bridgeport. Two seasons ago, Fields earned All-ECC honors with 15.6 points per game along with an 83% free throw percentage.
First Recruit Signed For 2019-2020 Recruiting Class
Coppin State University's women's basketball head coach
DeWayne Burroughs has announced that
Marley Grenway, a 5-foot-10 guard from Jessup, Maryland, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Eagles in the 2019-2020 season. This is the first signee for CSU's recruiting class for next season.
Starring at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland, Grenway led the Scorpions to a 2A Regional Championship and State Semifinal as a junior. Grenway averaged 15.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and nearly two steals per game as she was named Third Team All-State for 1A and 2A schools as well as Honorable Mention All-Met by the Washington Post.
Known for her shooting prowess, Grenway made 64 3-pointers last season at Oakland Mills and played her AAU ball for Team Takeover as well as Team Intensity.
Staying In The DMV
Senior transfer
Kaiya Coleman was a near double-digit scorer two years ago at Division II University of the District of Columbia. She also has connections with head men's basketball coach
Juan Dixon, as she played under his tutelage in both individuals' lone season with the Firebirds, going 3-25.
Welcome Back
Coppin welcomes back sophomore
Maraiyah Smith after she had a standout freshman season a year ago. Smith averaged nearly nine points per game last season and ten points in conference play.
What's In A Name?
Along with Graham and Smith,
Oluwadamilola Oloyede returns to the fold for the Navy and Gold. While all the vowels in her name might make one lose their breath after one roll call, she prefers to go by "Dami" to make it easier on her peers. Oloyede had her bright spots in 2017-18, putting up 17 points while making all seven of her shots at Charlotte to go with three double-doubles.
Freshman Takeover
To coincide with the Eagles' three transfers Darden, Fields, and Coleman, CSU welcomes a plethora of first year players into the mix with redshirt freshman
Tsahai Corbie (Brooklyn, N.Y.) as well as true freshmen
Diamond Adams (South Bend, Ind.),
E'Mya Price (Charlotte, N.C.),
Jalynda Salley (Reynoldsburg, Ohio) and
Elan Wali (Wyncote, Pa) all expected to get significant minutes on the hardwood.
Hawaii 2-5
Charlottesville native
Adrienne Darden has made her way back to the east coast after seeing limited playing time at University of Hawaii two seasons ago. The junior boasts a career-high of seven points versus Boise State and brings a vertical element to the club that was lacking in depth.
Family Business
Freshman guard
Elan Wali has basketball blood in her veins. Her grandfather,
Wali Jones played in the NBA for 12 seasons (1964-1976) and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Team for the local Baltimore Bullets franchise. Her uncle,
Askia Jones, played basketball for Kansas State and also played in the NBA for 11 games for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Jones left Kansas State third on the Wildcats all-time scoring list.
Every Tuesday on WNST 1570 AM
Every Tuesday morning during the season, head coach
DeWayne Burroughs and selected coaches and players will be interviewed by Nestor Aparicio on WNST 1570 AM. WNST will air all Coppin home women's basketball games this season as well as selected road games. Games will also be aired on Fox Sports Williamsport.
Preseason Predictions
Coppin State was picked to finish 9th of 12 teams in the 2018-19 MEAC Preseason Poll.
Chance Graham, who received 2nd Team All-MEAC honors last season, headlined the Preseason First Team. Defending Tournament Champions North Carolina A&T was picked to win the MEAC, followed by the co-Regular Season Champion Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, with Norfolk State, Howard and Maryland Eastern Shore (1 first-place vote) rounded out the top-five.
