DURHAM, N.C. - The North Carolina Central University women's basketball program returns home after a six-game road stretch, wrapping up the 2014 year, hosting Presbyterian College on Saturday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m., in McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium. Admission is free.

The Lady Eagles (2-9, 0-2) still look to snap their largest losing streak since the 2012-13 season (NCCU opened the 2012-13 season 0-23) and capture the programs second December victory under head coach Vanessa Taylor after a 67-52 defeat at Coastal Carolina Wednesday (Dec. 17).

The Blue Hose (5-5, 1-1 Big South) are coming off of a 66-50 defeat at UNC Charlotte on Thursday (Dec. 18), while Presbyterian has split league action with a win over Gardner-Webb and loss at High Point.

NCCU and PC have each faced Western Carolina and Gardner-Webb this season, both defeating the Catamounts (NCCU 65-59 and PC 51-44) while the Lady Eagles fell 73-53 in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and the Blue Hose picked up a 55-50 win over the Runnin' Bulldogs.  

LEADERS
The NCCU senior twosome leads the Lady Eagles, while Racquel Davis remains the lone Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference member to average a double-double with 14.7 points per game and 10.0 boards. Additionally, Khyra Conerly pours in 9.7 points per contest for NCCU while leading the team with 2.1 steals a game.  

Presbyterian is currently led by redshirt junior Keyonna Allen's 8.9 ppg and Aianna Kelly's 10.9 boards.

THE SERIES
PC currently leads the all-time series with NCCU 3-2. The Lady Eagles captured their first season-opening victory after the Division I transition over the Blue Hose on Nov. 14, 2013 in Clinton, South Carolina with a 55-44 win last season.

NCCU BREAKDOWN
Senior Racquel Davis collected a career-best 29 points and career-high 19 rebounds during a home loss to Winthrop on Nov. 22, averaging 23.5 points per game and 18.0 rebounds for the week, earning her MEAC Defensive Player of the Week honors (Dec. 1)
 
Sophomore duo Morgan Jones (Stockbrdige, Georgia) and Tia Clement (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) earned career-best scoring performances at Campbell, as Jones tied her 14 points scored at WCU, and Clement put up a career-high 10 points, shooting 3-for-5 from behind the arc.
 
Senior Khyra Conerly (Oakland, California) earned the season-first MEAC Player of the Week honors, following the 2014-15 opening week, the league announced Monday, Nov. 17 while also grabbing College Sports Madness MEAC Player of the Week honors after week one.
 
NCCU returns 8 letterwinners and three starters this season from a squad that went 11-19 overall in 6-10 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play, finishing ninth in the regular season a year ago.
 
Head coach Vanessa Taylor enters her third season at NCCU and holds a 14-47 career record with the Lady Eagles.
 
The Lady Eagles were picked to finish tenth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference preseason poll by the league's coaches and sports information directors.
 
After being named to the 2013-14 MEAC third-team, Davis was selected to repeat on the pre-season All-MEAC Third Team.