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Women's Basketball Written By Andrea Wheeler, Assistant Sports Information Director

GAME NOTES: NCCU WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TRAVELS TO NATIONS CAPITAL (FEB.1, 2014)

North Carolina Central University "Lady Eagles"
(8-11 overall, 3-3 MEAC, 4-6 Road)
vs
Howard University "Lady Bison"
(8-11 overall, 4-2 MEAC, 4-2 Home)
Saturday, February 1, 2014- 2:00 p.m. (EST)
Burr Gymnasium | Washington, D.C.
Radio: NCCUEaglePride.com
Game Notes: (PDF)
Twitter Talk: #NCCUWBB

THE GAME
The North Carolina Central University women's basketball team heads to the Nation's Capital to take on the Lady Bison of Howard University for a 2:00 p.m. hardwood Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference matchup.
 
THE SERIES
  • Series Info: Howard Leads 3-0 All-Time
  • Last Meeting: Jan. 21, 2013 | Durham, N.C. | 56-30 | Howard 

DAVIS ON THE DOUBLE
  • Junior Racquel Davis has collected eight double-doubles this season (at Presbyterian, at South Florida, vs. Gardner-Webb and vs. Western Carolina, at Florida A&M, at Bethune-Cookman, vs. Coppin State and vs. Morgan Strate), averaging a team second-best 12.9 points and a team-best 8.7 rebounds per contest.
  • Davis earned a season-best 15 rebounds at Presbyterian (Nov. 14) and 27 points at Florida A&M (Jan. 11).

THE FREEMAN FILE
  • NCCU redshirt senior guard Jessica Freeman leads the Lady Eagles this season averaging 14.7 points per game, shooting 96-for-281 from the field (.342), 42-for-130 from behind the arc (.323) and 46-for-60 from the free throw line (.767). She also leads the team steals (52) and second-best in assists (39).
  • Freeman has scored in double-figures during 14 of the teams 19 match-ups this season and earned a season-high 26 on Dec. 19 during a 73-69 victory over Western Carolina.
 
LAST TIME OUT
  • With the hoop and harm by junior Racquel Davis (Brooklyn, N.Y.) at the six second mark, the North Carolina Central University women's basketball team (8-11, 3-3 MEAC) pulled off the 50-48 victory over the Morgan State Lady Bears (2-17, 0-6 MEAC), as the Lady Eagles finished 2-2 during their four-game road stand on Monday, Jan. 27 in McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium.
  • Down by one with 25 seconds left in the game, junior Khyra Conerly (Oakland, Calif.) dished to Davis on the block. After missing her first shot attempt as the clocked ticked, Davis collected her own offensive rebound and fired a second shot, counting the basket, and earning a foul from MSU's Britashia Burns.
  • The made bucket put the Lady Eagles back up by one and Davis' fourth made shot from the foul line sealed the two-point lead for NCCU with six seconds left on the game clock.
  • Davis earned her eighth double-double of the season with a team second-best 12 points on 4-for-8 shooting from the field and 4-for-6 shooting from the charity stripe while pulling down a game-best 11 boards and also collecting three steals.
  • Senior Jessica Freeman (Charlotte, N.C.) scored a game-high 20 points during the Lady Eagle victory, pulled down an additional seven boards, dished two helpers and grasped two steals while Conerly added 10 NCCU points.
  • Never earning a lead during the first half of action, the Lady Eagles took a five-point shortage into the locker room at the half, trailing the Lady Bears, 30-25
  • MSU pulled ahead by as many as ten during the second twenty minutes of play before Freeman knocked down two free throws with 6:14 left in the game, giving NCCU its first lead of the contest.
  • The lead shifted back and forth four more times during the final six minutes of action before Davis' extra point gave the Lady Eagles the two-point conference victory over the Lady Bears, 50-48.
  • Tracey Carrington led MSU with 18 points while Dinah Jones pulled down a Lady Bears best seven rebounds.
  • As a team, NCCU shot 16-for-47 from the field (34.0%), 1-for-6 from behind the arc (16.7%) and 17-for-26 from the free throw line (65.4%) while pulling down 40 boards, dishing nine assists, and collecting two blocks and seven steals. 

SCOUTING THE LADY BISON
  •  Howard is currently led by Te'Shya Heslip's 13.8 points per game, a team high 92 assists and 50 steals.
  • Regis Stinson leads the team from behind the arc, shooting 31.8% from three-point range.
  • Cheyenne Brown guides the charity stripe effort shooting a team-best 83.3%.
  • Last time out, a last minute basket by Victoria Gonzalez pushed Howard to a 47-45 win over Bethune-Cookman on Monday evening at Moore Gymnasium in Daytona Beach, Fla.

UP NEXT
  •  NCCU wraps up its two-game road stint in Princess Anne, Md., on Feb. 3 as the Lady Eagles take on the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks at 5:30 p.m.
 
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