UNCG Women’s Basketball to Host Coastal Carolina in Midweek Contest
GREENSBORO, NC – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) women’s basketball team will host Coastal Carolina on Wednesday, Nov. 29 for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
Game Info
Where: Greensboro, N.C. | Fleming Gymnasium
When: Wednesday, Nov. 29 | 7 p.m.
Watch: Live Stats | ESPN+
Tickets
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LAST TIME OUT FOR THE SPARTANS
UNCG most recently claimed a 64-47 victory over Gardner-Webb on Sunday to stay undefeated at home.
The Spartans never allowed the Runnin’ Bulldogs to lead in the game.
Ayanna Khalfani and Jayde Gamble led the Spartans in scoring with 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Khalis Cain was three points shy of a double-double after capturing seven points and 10 rebounds.
Khalfani tied Cain with 10 boards.
Nasia Powell led the Spartans by going 3-for-4 from behind the arc.
Gamble recorded a new career game high of two blocks and added five dimes and three steals.
SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
The Spartans come into Wednesday’s matchup 5-2 overall and are undefeated at home.
The last time UNCG started off a season 4-0 at home was in 2018-19.
The 5-2 start to the season marks one of four times the Spartans have had this great of a beginning in the past 25 years
UNCG stands at second place in The Southern Conference (SoCon) over its non-conference slate, trailing Chattanooga by one victory.
As a team, the Spartans lead the SoCon in eight different statistical categories including in assist/turnover ratio, field-goal percentage defense, scoring defense, scoring margin, steals per game, three-point percentage defense, turnover margin and turnovers forced per game.
Gamble is ranked 10th nationally with 22 steals this season.
Khalfani is third in the conference with two double-doubles this season, while Cain is second in offensive rebounds per game with a 4.0 average.
Khalfani leads the Spartans this season with 83 points, 35 field goals and 21 assists.
UNCG stands out from behind the arc with four Spartans already posting seven three-pointers.
Cain and Antoniette Emma-Nnopu stand out on the defensive end with five blocks apiece.
The Spartans were picked to finish sixth in the 2023-24 SoCon Preseason Coaches’ Poll, trailing ETSU, Chattanooga, Mercer, Wofford and Furman and coming in front of Samford and Western Carolina.
Isys Grady was named the 2023-24 SoCon Preseason All-Conference Team after her efforts in the 2022-23 season.
SCOUTING THE CHANTICLEERS
Coastal Carolina heads to Greensboro with a 4-2 overall record, on a four-game winning streak.
The Conway, S.C., squad has competed against one other SoCon opponent by claiming a 78-72 victory over Furman earlier this season.
The Chanticleers most recently dominated in a 73-59 trip up the road to UNC Wilmington.
Graduate student Makaila Cange led the team with 24 points and went 11-for-11 from the floor and 2-for-2 at the free-throw line in the team’s matchup to the Seahawks.
Cange leads her team in scoring this season with 76 points, producing 30 field goals.
Deaja Richardson stands out with range with nine three-pointers.
As a team, the Chanticleers are ranked second nationally with 19.8 offensive rebounds per game. In first, is their Sun Belt conference opponent, Georgia Southern.
The Chanticleers’ national ranking in offensive rebounds, is brought on mostly from Alanica Ramsey, who leads the country with a 6.5 offensive rebounds per game average.
Riley Stack leads the Sun Belt in blocks and blocks per game with 13 and 2.17, respectively.
Cange leads the conference with a 56.6 field goal percentage.
SERIES HISTORY
The Spartans lead in the overall series against the Chanticleers at 13-9. Coastal Carolina has won the last three games against UNCG. The last time the two teams met was in the 2021-22 season in Conway, S.C., when the Chanticleers claimed a 53-41 victory over the Spartans. Current junior Isys Grady posted her first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the team’s last meeting, during her freshman season.
TICKETS
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UP NEXT
The Spartans will turn their attention to a trip to Chapel Hill, N.C., to take on No. 18 North Carolina on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Carmichael Arena.
Courtesy of Emma White
Strategic Communications Coordinator
UNC Greensboro