Lafayette, La. - Coastal Carolina women's basketball (9-10, 2-5) hits the road to face Louisiana (1-17, 0-8) on Wednesday, Jan. 21 in Lafayette, La. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on ESPN+ as well as the Chanticleer Sports Network.

ABOUT THE CHANTS

• Despite a 2-5 conference record, Coastal still ranks as the sixth-best Sun Belt team in the NCAA NET rankings at 125.
• The Chanticleers are one of the highest-volume three-point shooting teams in the country, ranking 16th with 9.1 three-pointers per game and 36th with 25.6 three-point attempts per game. 
• Coastal grabbed their first home Sun Belt win of the season on Saturday, defeating South Alabama 63-59 at the HTC Center.
• With five seconds remaining and the score tied at 59, D'Yanis Jimenez scored the go-ahead basket with a layup. 
• Kristin Williams scored her 1,000th point on a free throw at the end of the game. 
• Coastal went 19-56 (34%) from the field and 7-23 (30%) from three-point range, while making 18 of 27 free throws.
• Through 14 games, Coastal ranks 65th in the country with 74.2 points per game
• Williams leads the team in scoring with 13.7 points per game. 

• Louisiana holds a 1-17 overall record and is 0-8 in Sun Belt play. 
• The Ragin' Cajuns fell to ULM 102-58 on Saturday. 
• Amijah Price leads the team in scoring with 12.4 points per game.
• Garry Brodhead is in his 14th year as the head coach of the Ragin' Cajuns, going 13-16 last season.   

• Coastal will be meeting Louisiana for the 10th time, with the Chants leading the series 6-3. 
• The last time these two teams met was Feb. 1, 2025, where the Chants won 77-68 in Conway.
• Coastal has won five of the last six meetings going back to 2019.

• In her second season with the Chants, graduate guard Kristin Williams had led the Chants in scoring, averaging 13.7 points per game.
• Williams has found her groove in Sun Belt play, averaging 15.1 points per game across seven conference games. 
• She ransk second the country with 3.2 three-pointers per game and third in overall three-pointers weith 61.
• Williams scored her 1,000th career point against South Alabama on Jan. 17. 

• Currently, Coastal ranks 16th in the country with 9.1 made three-pointers per game.
• The Chants are also ranked 36th in the country with 25.6 three-point attempts per contest.
• Both Kristin Williams and Tessa Grady rank in the top-30 in the country for made three-pointers, with Williams in third (61) and Grady tied for 28th (50).
• Williams and Grady rank first and third in the SBC with 3.2 and 2.6 three-pointers per game.

• Head Coach Kevin Pederson coined the term "Coastal Chaos" prior to last season due to his philosophy of tough defense and forcing teams to be uncomfortable. 
• The stats backed up the chaotic defense, as the Chants led the Sun Belt with 20.3 turnovers forced per game and ranked second in steals per game with 10.88.
• This season, Coastal rank 60th in the country with 19.8 turnovers forced per game, and 120th with a turnover margin of 2.1.

• Coastal Carolina Head Coach Kevin Pederson won his 500th career game on Dec. 29, 2025 against Columbia College. 
• He holds 57 victories at Coastal, the fastest coach in program history to reach that mark.