Game Notes
North Carolina Central University "Lady Eagles"
(2-2 overall, 0-0 MEAC, 0-1 Home)
vs
Gardner-Webb "Runnin' Bulldogs"
(4-0 overall, 0-0 Big South, 0-0 Road)
Monday, November 25, 2013- 6:00 p.m. (EST)
McDougald-McLendon Gym – Durham, N.C.
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The Series
Series Info: Gardner-Webb leads 1-6
Last Meeting: Dec. 22, 2012 • Boiling Springs, N.C. • 54-32, Gardner-Webb
Lady Eagles Against the Big South
• NCCU is currently 2-1 against Big South opponents during the 2013-14 season.
• The Lady Eagles defeated the Blue Hose from Presbyterian, 55-44, on Nov. 14 in their first season-opening victory since the transition to division I in Clinton, S.C and the UNCA Bulldogs on Nov. 23 in a 76-65 victory.
• NCCU dropped its first game of the season, 66-55, to Big South foe, Coastal Carolina, on Sunday, Nov.17 in McDougald-McLendon Gym.
The 1
• Jessica Freeman, who wears number one, has lead the Lady Eagles offensively during the 2013-14 season.
• Freeman is coming off of a seaon-high 24 point performance on Nov. 23 at UNC Asheville.
• On the season, Freeman has shot 23-of-64 from the field, 7-of-27 from behind the arc and 9-of-11 from the foul line.
• Additionally, the redshirt senior leads NCCU in assists, dishing out a team-high 15 helpers.
Lady Eagles on the Double
• A Lady Eagle has earned a double-double during 3-of-4 of NCCU's match-ups this season.
• Junior transfer Racquel Davis seized her first double-double in a Lady Eagle uniform during the season-opening match-up against Presbyterian (Nov. 14) earning 14 points and 15 rebounds while adding a second at USF (Nov. 20) with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
• Senior Tiffany Gary earned her first double-double against Coastal Carolina (Nov. 17) collecting 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Last Time Out
• Redshirt senior Jessica Freeman (Charlotte, N.C.) and junior Khyra Conerly (Oakland, Calif.) each earned new season-highs and combined for a total of 47 points during the North Carolina Central University women's basketball team's 76-65 victory over the UNC Asheville Bulldogs on Saturday, Nov. 23 inside Kimmel Arena in Asheville, N.C.
• Freeman finished with a game-best 24 points, shooting 9-of-17 from the field, 1-of-4 from three point land and a perfect 5-of-5 from the charity stripe while also contributing a team-best six assists, three rebounds and two steals.
• Conerly more than tripled her season-best of seven, scoring 23 points during the Lady Eagles victory, shooting 6-of-16 from the field and 11-of-13 from the free throw line. The 5-8 guard contributed an additional seven boards, four steals, three helpers and one block.
• As a team, NCCU shot 26-of-57 from the field (45.6 percent), 3-of-8 from behind the arc (37.5%) and 21-of-28 from the free throw line while also pulling down 41 rebounds, dishing 12 assists, blocking eight shots and collecting 12 steals.
Scouting the Runnin' Bulldogs
• The Runnin' Bulldogs have started the 2013-14 seasson 4-0, with all four of their victory at home.
• During their last outing, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, G-WU defeated Appalachian State, 69-63.
• Two Runnin' Bulldogs finished with double-doubles against App State with Catrina Green leading the way earning 23 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the field and 5-of-7 from the line while pulling down11 boards.
• Doreen Richardson finished with 15 points on 4-of-11 shooting from the field and 7-of-7 from the charity stripe while pulling down a team best 12 rebounds.
New Additions
• Returning only two letterwinners from the team a year ago, NCCU welcomes 11 newcomers to the court this season.
• Junior transfers Khyra Conerly (Oakland, Calif./Northern Arizona), Racquel Davis (Brooklyn, N.Y./Johnson C. Smith) and Nikki Works (Syracuse, N.Y./Temple) sat out the 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer rules. Rachel Williams (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Mt. San Antonio College) marks coach Taylor's firs community college transfer and Jessica Freeman (Charlotte, N.C./UNC-Wilmington) will join the Lady Eagles as a graduate student.
• After sitting out the 2012-13 season, redshirt freshmen Monique Whaley-Briggs will see the floor for the first time in a NCCU jersey by way of G.W. Carver High School of Engineering and Science in Philadelphia, Pa.
• In addition to the experienced newcomers, four true freshmen will also be looked to have an immediate impact on the youthful Lady Eagles program: Shiana Carrington (Corona, Calif.), Tia Clement (Winston-Salem, N.C.) , Alexus Hynes (Houston, Texa¬s) and Morgan Jones (Stockbridge, Ga.).
Up Next
NCCU hits the road on Saturday, Nov. 30 closing out the opening month of the season in Spartanburg, S.C. taking on the Wofford College Terriers at 5 p.m.
