Game 17

Coastal Carolina (5-11, 1-4) at UNC Asheville (11-7, 3-2)

UNC Asheville is coached by Betsy Blose, who is in her third year at Asheville. She has a 23-34 record at the school and a 137-109 career record.

Series vs. UNC Asheville

Coastal Carolina leads the season series with UNC Asheville 23-16. In the last meeting between the two teams, the Bulldogs defeated the Lady Chanticleers 68-41 Feb. 28, 2004. For a game story and stats from that game, please turn to page 5 of the game notes. Head Coach Alan LeForce is 10-5 all-time against UNC Asheville.

Brown, Young Crashing the Boards

Senior Courtney Brown (Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch) and junior Demaria Young (Memphis, Tenn./Walters State C.C.) both grabbed 10 rebounds in the 56-50 loss to Charleston Southern Jan. 29. Young made it her first career double-double, adding 14 points. It was also Coastal’s first double-double of the season. Young is averaging 9.3 points and 6.8 rebounds in her last four games.

Starters Not Fixed for Coastal

Coastal Carolina has used seven different starting lineups in the first 16 games. Junior Kim Turner (West Memphis, Ark./Hiwassee C.C.) is the only Lady Chant to start all 16 games. Freshman C.J. Ware (Decatur, Ga./Lakeside) made her first career start Jan. 29 against Charleston Southern and scored five points and had five rebounds in a 56-50 loss.

Charity is the Key

Coastal is 3-0 when it makes more free throws than its opponent, compared to 2-11 when it equals or is less than its opponents hits from the charity stripe. Against Coker Jan. 5, Coastal was 12-of-21 from the line, compared to 4-of-7 for the Cobras.

Chants Clean Up the Boards Against Radford

Coastal had a season high 45 rebounds in the 55-41 loss to Radford Jan. 17. Senior Courtney Brown (Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch) and junior Kim Turner (West Memphis, Ark./Hiwassee C.C.) had seven rebounds apiece, while sophomore Vanessa Laug (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) had six rebounds, all in the first half. The Lady Chants outrebounded the Highlanders 45-39 and it was the first time in the last eight contests that Radford has been outrebounded.

Coastal Keeps Liberty’s "O" in Check

Although Coastal Carolina lost 59-50 in its Big South Conference opener against Liberty, the Lady Chants defense held the Lady Flames to 35.9 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range. They also held All-America candidate Katie Feenstra to just 14 points, more than three below her season average. Last season, Feenstra averaged 26.0 points against Coastal in two games. The big difference of the game was that the Lady Flames had a 29-10 advantage on made free-throw attempts.

Lady Chants Fire Up Against Coker

Coastal Carolina had its best shooting performance in almost a year against Coker. CCU went 30-of-53 from the field for 56.6 percent. It was the first time this season that the Lady Chants went above 50 percent line and the first time since March 1, 2004, in a 67-43 win over Birmingham-Southern.

From the Land of Three...Amber Rose

Junior Amber Rose (Bloomington Springs, Tenn./Upperman) hit four three-pointers for the second consecutive game in a 79-41 win over Coker Jan. 5. Rose was an efficient 4-of-5 from three-point range for 12 points. Rose’s four treys were the most by a Coastal player this season. On the year, Rose is 19-of-56 (.339) from behind the line, but an elbow injury against Winthrop has sidelined the guard.

Coastal Charitable in Coker Win

Coastal had 20 assists in the 79-41 win over Coker Jan. 5, including five each from senior Lucia Popovici (Edmonton, Alberta/Jasper Place) and junior Amber Rose (Bloomington Springs, Tenn./Upperman). In fact, Popovici had all her assists in the first half. Coastal is averaging 12.7 assists per game, which is third in the Big South.

Big South Leaders

Coastal Carolina has several individuals in the latest Big South statistical rankings, out Feb. 3. Junior Kim Turner (West Memphis, Ark./Hiwassee C.C.) is second in the league in field-goal percentage (.517), third in blocked shots (1.38) and fourth in scoring (13.4). Sophomore Alisha Dill (Johnson City, Tenn./Science Hill) is eighth in the conference in assists (2.81). Junior Jasmine Tyler (Jacksonville, Fla./Okaloosa C.C.) is third in the Big South in steals at 2.50 a game. Junior Amber Rose (Bloomington Springs, Tenn./Upperman) is ninth in assists (2.64), and seventh in three-point field goal percentage (.339).

Turner Has a Block Party

Junior Kim Turner (West Memphis, Ark./Hiwassee C.C.) had three blocked shots for the third time this season against the College of Charleston Dec. 19. Turner has 22 blocked shots on the season and had four blocks against High Point Jan. 24.

Laug Makes Most of Her Chances

Sophomore Vanessa Laug (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) had a career high 15 points off the bench in a 73-45 win over Savannah State Dec. 16. She connected on five of her seven field-goal attempts and was 5-of-6 from the free-throw line. She is now averaging 4.1 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.