DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Central University women's basketball team will play the final game of a nine-game road swing before conference play begins this weekend when the Eagles visit University of Chattanooga on Wednesday, Jan. 3 with the game on ESPN+ starting at 7 p.m.
GAME NOTES: NCCU vs. Chattanooga (PDF)
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Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 7 p.m.
NC Central at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tenn. (McKenzie Arena)
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NCCU BENCH
The Eagles held a halftime lead on NYE in an attempt to win their third straight road game, but Furman University rallied for the 73-63 victory Sunday. NC Central (5-8 Overall) will be playing its fifth non-conference game against a Southern Conference (SoCon) opponent this season, having gone 1-3 against that league so far with a win against Western Carolina and losses to Wofford, UNCG and Furman.
Senior
Kimeira Burks scored a game-high 21 points, including five 3-pointers, against the Paladins and now leads NCCU with 14.2 points per game. Burks is averaging 2.7 made 3-pointers per contest.
Freshman
Kyla Bryant (13.8 PPG) and junior
Morgan Callahan (10.9 PPG) also average double-digit scoring for the maroon and gray. Bryant has reached double figures in 10 games as a rookie this season and leads NCCU with 2.3 steals per game. Callahan tops NCCU with 8.2 rebounds per game and she netted 15 points in her return to the lineup on Sunday.
Senior
Kimia Carter (4.0 PPG, 2.5 RPG), who has played in NCCU's last three games, will be playing in her hometown on Wednesday.
NCCU will be competing against Chattanooga for the first time in program history.
CHATTANOOGA BENCH
The Mocs are coming off two losses at the Cherokee Invitational on Dec. 20-21, falling to Coastal Carolina and Richmond in the neutral-site event. Chattanooga (11-3 Overall) won the SoCon Tournament last season and is the preseason favorite to repeat this season by the media.
Graduate student guard Jada Guinn and sophomore forward Raven Thompson pace the Mocs with averages of 17.6 and 14.5 points per game. Those two SoCon preseason honorees are both averaging over six rebounds per contest. Guinn has already won numerous weekly awards this season and enters the New Year on the heels of back-to-back double-doubles. Thompson is coming off a season-high 27 points against the Spiders.
Chattanooga's next four scorers are all averaging at least one made 3-pointer per game for a squad that has the best 3-point field goal percentage in the SoCon (36.8%).
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