Lady Eagles Return Home to Host Wofford

STATESBORO, Ga. – After a four-game road trip, the Georgia Southern women’s basketball team will return to Hanner Fieldhouse to entertain Wofford, Saturday (Jan. 12) at 3 p.m., which begins a four-game homestand.

Georgia Southern (7-8, 3-1) is coming off a two-game win streak, defeating both UNC Greensboro (Jan. 5) and Elon (Jan. 7) on the road and staying unbeaten in games played during the New Year, 2-0. Wofford recently dropped a tough road game to Kentucky (Jan. 7) in Lexington, snapping the Terriers’ six-game win streak dating back to a Dec. 15 victory over UNC Greensboro.

The Lady Eagles and Terriers have met 23 times with Georgia Southern commanding a 20-3 all-time series record. Wofford has beaten the Lady Eagles twice at Hanner Fieldhouse, but GSU holds a current 11-game win streak over the Terriers, which began in 2003. Georgia Southern last defeated the Terriers at Wofford by an 82-67 decision (Jan. 29, 2007). Wofford last beat the Lady Eagles in 2002 in the first round of the Southern Conference tournament in Charleston, S.C., 73-63.

Shawnda Atwood (Pensacola, Fla.) and Tiffany Brown (Waxhaw, N.C.) pace the Georgia Southern squad with 11.1 points per game, while Atwood pulls down a team-high 5.7 rebounds per contest. Ashley Melson (Newnan, Ga.) is the third of three Lady Eagles to average double-figures in points, scoring 10.0 per game, while grabbing an average 4.2 rebounds per contest, third-best on the team.

Terriers guard Liz Miller paces the team in several categories, including points (12.2), assists (3.2), steals (2.8) and three-pointers (1.6) per contest. She is followed in scoring by Kelsi Koenig (9.6) who leads the team with 6.0 rebounds per game.

A 1985 graduate of Louisiana Tech, head coach Rusty Cram is in his 12th season at the helm of the Lady Eagles and carries a 174-159 career and school record.

Wofford head coach Edgar Farmer, a 1994 graduate of North Carolina comes to Statesboro with a 33-66 slate in his fourth season with the Terriers.

The game will be called by Georgia Southern Radio Network’s Ryan Chambers on 94.9 FM, WHKN in Statesboro, or on the World Wide Web at www.GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com.

Category: Women's Basketball

Published on Friday, 11 January 2008 00:06