CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina women's basketball team will return to Conway, S.C., to host the Coker Cobras in a mid-week matchup on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at the HTC Center.
HISTORY BETWEEN COASTAL AND COKER
This is the 39th meeting between Coastal Carolina and Coker. In November of 2022, the Chants defeated the Cobras 104-38 for their 38th consecutive win.
ABOUT COASTAL
Coastal Carolina dropped its first game of the season with an 89-68 loss to the No. 18 NC State Wolfpack last Thursday evening.
Savannah Brooks scored 22 points to lead the Chants offense. CCU began the season with four straight wins to begin the season for the first time since the 2021-22 season and for the first time under third-year head coach
Kevin Pederson.
The offense is led by Brooks with 16.0 points per game, while
Kristin Williams (9.6),
Alancia Ramsey (9.0), and
Mallory Bruce (8.6) are just shy of double figures.
Jayden Marable and Brooks lead the team in assists with 20 and 15, respectively.
Defensively, the Chanticleers have forced 130 turnovers on the young season. Brooks leads the team with 18 steals with Marable swiping the ball 10 times. Brooks and
Riley Stack leads the team with 6.0 and 5.6 rebounds per game, while Stack has blocked 15 shots early this year.
ABOUT COKER
The Coker Cobras is 4-0 on the year and 2-0 in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC), with wins over Wingate and UVA-Wise in the SAC.
The Cobras are led by Shawnteanna Tillman with 17.3 points per game, while Mya Wasswa (15.8) and Dasia Ferguson (11.0) averaging double figures. Tillman leads the team with 12 assists on the season.
On the defensive side, Coker has forced 22.8 turnovers per game while outrebounding its opponents narrowly 36.5-32.3. Kamari Thompson is the top rebounder for the Cobras grabbing 12.3 boards per game, while also leading the team with nine blocks on the year.
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