Sunday, December 1
Washington, DC
2 p.m.
George Washington University
vs
Coppin State
Women's Basketball Hosts Coppin State Sunday
11/27/2019 12:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Colonials aim to move back over .500 following Thanksgiving break
WASHINGTON - GW women's basketball opens the month of December by finishing a brief two-game homestand, welcoming the Coppin State Eagles to the Smith Center on Sunday. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
LAST TIME OUT: GW returned to .500 with a 52-49 win over District rival Georgetown last Sunday, scoring five of the final eight points to eke out the victory in the final minute. Graduate student Ariel Stephenson gave GW the lead twice in the final two minutes, once on a jumper with 1:39 remaining and then for good on a free throw with 45 seconds left.
The Colonials registered their best defensive performance of the season, holding the Hoyas to opponent season lows in points (49) and field goal percentage (29.5%). Georgetown was just 1-of-20 (5%) from beyond the arc, the best defensive display since the 2018 A-10 Championship when the Colonials held St. Joe's to 0-for-8 from 3-point land.
STARRING IN A LEADING ROLE: Tori Hyduke is the fourth different Colonial to lead the team in scoring through the first six games, becoming the first to do so in consecutive contests (UMD/GTown). Redshirt junior Sydney Zambrotta (twice) is the only other player to lead the team in scoring on more than one occasion.
LAST TIME OUT: GW returned to .500 with a 52-49 win over District rival Georgetown last Sunday, scoring five of the final eight points to eke out the victory in the final minute. Graduate student Ariel Stephenson gave GW the lead twice in the final two minutes, once on a jumper with 1:39 remaining and then for good on a free throw with 45 seconds left.
The Colonials registered their best defensive performance of the season, holding the Hoyas to opponent season lows in points (49) and field goal percentage (29.5%). Georgetown was just 1-of-20 (5%) from beyond the arc, the best defensive display since the 2018 A-10 Championship when the Colonials held St. Joe's to 0-for-8 from 3-point land.
STARRING IN A LEADING ROLE: Tori Hyduke is the fourth different Colonial to lead the team in scoring through the first six games, becoming the first to do so in consecutive contests (UMD/GTown). Redshirt junior Sydney Zambrotta (twice) is the only other player to lead the team in scoring on more than one occasion.
Of the four leading scorers in a single game, three are new to the program. Maddie Loder's 18-point performance at Memphis is the lone leading role by a returner.
NEXT MAN UP: The Colonials have been bit by the injury bug early in the season, already missing 12 individual games due to injury or illness (Maund - 4, Stephenson - 3, Zambrotta - 3, Loder - 1, Luma -1).
As a result, GW has had to blend its starting lineup with five different combinations in six games, one fewer than the total number of starting lineups used in 2018-19 (6). Nine Colonials have already started one game and the only two that have started each game (Faith Blethen and Tori Hyduke) are in their first year of college competition.
HY HOPES: Redshirt freshman Tori Hyduke has impressed in her first six career games, reaching double figures in five affairs. Hyduke leads the team in minutes played, having been on the floor 78.3% of the time.
Hyduke has found her 3-point stroke in the last two games, hitting 7-of-11 from beyond the arc against Maryland and Georgetown. She currently leads the A-10 and is 27th nationally (among qualifiers as of Wed.), shooting 52.2% from deep on the year. Her all-around game has also shone through with a career high seven rebounds and three assists last Sunday.
A LOOK AT THE EAGLES: Coppin State is 0-6 on the year following a 79-46 setback to A-10 member La Salle on Tuesday. The Eagles have faced a daunting opening schedule with five of their first six games away from Baltimore, with the lone home game an 82-57 loss to Saint Peter's. Chance Graham is the team's only double-digit scorer, averaging 14.0 ppg for a team that is averaging 46.3 points per game in its first six contests. Graham has scored over 1,000 points in her career and ranks among Coppin's all-time top 10 in career scoring.
The senior was a Preseason All-MEAC selection for the Eagles, who were projected to finish 10th in the league following a 5-25 campaign a year ago.
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