Sunday will be a big day for seniors Faith Suggs and Sofia
Roma as they look to guide Duke (13-14, 5-10 ACC) to a regular season finale
win against North Carolina (17-12, 8-7 ACC) in Durham.
Tipoff will take place at 12 p.m. at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Season Stat Leaders
North Carolina Duke
Points
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| Photo Credit: North Carolina Athletics Janelle Bailey (17.0 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: Duke Athletics Haley Gorecki (17.4 per game) |
Rebounds
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| Photo Credit: North Carolina Athletics Janelle Bailey (8.9 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: Duke Athletics Haley Gorecki (7.1 per game) |
Assists
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| Photo Credit: North Carolina Athletics Shayla Bennett (4.0 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: Duke Athletics Haley Gorecki (3.9 per game) |
Steals
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| Photo Credit: North Carolina Athletics Paris Kea (2.1 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: Duke Athletics Haley Gorecki (2.7 per game) |
Blocks
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| Photo Credit: North Carolina Athletics Stephanie Watts (1.0 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: Duke Athletics Onome Akinbode-James (1.3 per game) |
Team Notes
North Carolina
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North Carolina is 8-7 in ACC play.
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The Tar Heels lost their last game against NC
State 74-69 on February 24.
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Player of the Game: Paris Kea (32 pts, 2 rebs, 5
asts, 4 stls)
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North Carolina is currently the No. 8 seed in
the ACC Tournament.
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Janelle Bailey
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Top-10 finalists for the Lisa Leslie Award.
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Scored in double-digits in 27 games this season
with 11 of them as the leading scorer.
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ACC Statistics
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No. 4 in rebounding (8.9 per game)
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No. 5 in scoring (17.0 per game)
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Paris Kea
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Named this week’s ACC Player of the Week.
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Her 32 points against NC State were a season
high.
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Needs 10 points to move up to No. 20 on the
program’s all-time scoring list. She currently has 1,553 career points.
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ACC Statistics
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No. 5 in steals (2.1 per game)
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No. 6 in scoring (16.7 per game)
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No. 13 in assists (3.8 per game)
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No. 14 in assist/turnover ratio (1.4)
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No. 15 in free throw percentage (.770)
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Stephanie Watts
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ACC Statistics
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No. 1 in 3-point field goals made (3.0 per game)
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No. 9 in steals (1.9 per game)
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No. 12 in scoring (15.2 per game)
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Taylor Koenen
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ACC Statistics
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No. 17 in rebounding (7.0 per game)
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Shayla Bennett
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Scored 16.0 points and grabbed 5.4 boards in
North Carolina’s previous five games.
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ACC Statistics
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Tied at No. 8 with Florida State’s Valencia
Myers and Nicki Ekhomu in free throw percentage (.800).
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No. 9 in assists (4.0 per game)
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No. 12 in assist/turnover ratio (1.5)
Duke
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Duke is on a two-game winning streak.
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The Blues Devils won their last game against
Clemson 63-59 on Thursday.
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Player of the Game: Haley Gorecki (21 pts, 9
rebs, 3 asts, 2 stls, 1 blk)
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Duke garnered season highs in both steals and
blocks in the victory at Clemson. The team recorded 21 in both categories.
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The Blue Devils are currently tied with Virginia
Tech and Virginia at No. 10. Will stay in that spot if they win against North
Carolina and both Virginia Tech and Virginia lose on Sunday.
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Haley Gorecki
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Recorded eight blocks in Duke’s previous eight
games.
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Scored 20+ points in 11 games this season.
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31 points, nine rebounds and two steals away
from becoming the third player in program history to have recorded 500 points,
200 rebounds, 100 assists and 75 steals.
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ACC Statistics
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No. 3 in steals (2.7 per game)
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No. 4 in scoring (17.4 per game)
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No. 12 in assists (3.9 per game)
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No. 15 in rebounding (7.1 per game)
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Leaonna Odom
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55 points away from joining the program’s 1,000
points club.
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ACC Statistics
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No. 15 in field goal percentage (.500)
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No. 26 in scoring (13.0 per game)
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Miela Goodchild
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No. 5 in the NCAA in three-point field goal
percentage (.459).
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Named this week’s ACC Freshman of the Week.
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Scored 68 triples this season with 42 of them in
ACC play.
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ACC Statistics
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No. 2 in 3-point field goal percentage (.459)
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No. 6 in 3-point field goals made (2.5 per game)
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Onome Akinbode-James
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Currently scoring 6.0 points and grabbing 6.5
rebounds per game.
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Her 14 rebounds in Duke’s win at Clemson matched
her career high.
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Also recorded a career-high six blocks at
Clemson.
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ACC Statistics
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Tied at No. 8 with Syracuse’s Emily Engstler in
blocked shots (1.3 per game).
ACC Team Stat
Comparison
Points
North Carolina: No. 4 (75.9 per game)
Duke: No. 12 (63.7 per game)
Rebounds
North Carolina: No. 11 (37.5 per game)
Duke: No. 15 (35.9 per game)
Assists
North Carolina: No. 5 (15.7 per game)
Duke: No. 12 (12.6 per game)
Steals
North Carolina: No. 9 (7.9 per game)
Duke: No. 5 (9.1 per game)
Blocks
North Carolina: No. 12 (3.6 per game)
Duke: No. 9 (3.8 per game)
Last Meeting
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Duke beat North Carolina 85-69 on February 7,
2018 in Chapel Hill.
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Players of the Game
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Duke: Haley Gorecki (28 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts, 2
stls, 1 blk)
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North Carolina: Janelle Bailey (23 pts, 8 rebs,
3 asts, 1 stl, 1 blk)
Seniors Doniyah Cliney, Bianca Cuevas-Moore, Alexis Jennings
and Nelly Perry will look to lead No. 14 South Carolina (21-7, 13-2 SEC) to a
final home victory against No. 5 Mississippi State (26-2, 14-1 SEC).
Tipoff will be at 1 p.m. at Colonial Life Arena
Season Stat Leaders
Mississippi State South
Carolina
Points
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| Photo Credit: Mississippi State Athletics Teaira McCowan (17.3 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: South Carolina Athletics Te'a Cooper (12.2 per game) |
Rebounds
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| Photo Credit: Mississippi State Athletics Teaira McCowan (13.3 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: South Carolina Athletics Alexis Jenning (6.1 per game) |
Assists
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| Photo Credit: Mississippi State Athletics Jazzmun Holmes (5.3 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: South Carolina Athletics Tyasha Harris (5.4 per game) |
Steals
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| Photo Credit: Mississippi State Athletics Jazzmun Holmes (2.1 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: South Carolina Athletics Tyasha Harris (1.6 per game) |
Blocks
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| Photo Credit: Mississippi State Athletics Teaira McCowan (2.4 per game) |
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| Photo Credit: South Carolina Athletics Mikiah Herbert Harrigan (2.0 per game) |
Team Notes
Mississippi State
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Mississippi State moved up to No. 5 in this
week’s AP Rankings.
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The Bulldogs are on a four-game winning streak.
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Mississippi State won its last game against LSU
76-56 on Thursday.
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Player of the Game: Teaira McCowan (25 pts, 13
rebs, 3 asts, 2 stls, 2 blks)
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The Bulldogs have won all nine Sunday games this
season.
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Mississippi State is currently seeded No. 1 in
the SEC tournament.
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Head Coach Vic Schaefer was recently nominated
for the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year Award.
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Teaira McCowan
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SEC Statistics
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No. 1 in rebounding (13.3 per game) and field
goal percentage (.648).
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Tied at No. 1 with Georgia’s Caliya Robinson in
blocks (2.4 per game).
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No. 4 in scoring (17.3 per game)
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No. 11 in free throw percentage (.748)
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Anriel Howard
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Scoring 15.9 points and grabbing 8.3 boards per
game.
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Finished 12 SEC games in double-digit scoring
this season.
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SEC Statistics
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No. 4 in field goal percentage (.522)
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No. 7 in rebounding (8.2 per game)
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No. 9 in scoring (16.0 per game)
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No. 14 in free throw percentage (.726)
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Tied at No. 21 with Kentucky’s KeKe McKinney and
Arkansas’s Kiara Williams in steals (1.2 per game).
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Tied at No. 23 with Arkansas’s Chelsea Dungee
and Alabama’s Shaquera Wade in blocks (0.5 per game).
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Tied at No. 24 with Missouri’s Haley Troup in
3-point field goals made (0.8 per game).
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No. 36 in assists (1.5 per game)
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Jordan Danberry
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Averaging 13.4 points per game.
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SEC Statistics
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No. 5 in field goal percentage (.492)
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Tied at No. 6 with Auburn’s Crystal Primm in
steals (1.9 per game).
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No. 8 in assists (3.5 per game)
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No. 17 in scoring (13.4 per game)
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No. 23 in free throw percentage (.658)
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Tied at No. 26 with Arkansas’s Alexis Tolefree,
Missouri’s Sophie Cunningham, Ole Miss’s La’Karis Salter and LSU’s Ayana
Mitchell in blocks (0.4 per game).
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Andra Espinoza-Hunter
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SEC Statistics
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No. 10 in 3-point field goals made (1.8 per
game)
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No. 45 in scoring (8.4 per game)
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Jessika Carter
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SEC Statistics
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No. 9 in blocks (1.1 per game)
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Tied at No. 37 with Georgia’s Jenna Staiti and
Auburn’s Crystal Primm in rebounding (3.9 per game).
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Myah Taylor
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SEC Statistics
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Tied at No. 27 with Vanderbilt’s LeaLea Carter
and Tennessee’s Meme Jackson in assists (1.9 per game).
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Jazzmun Holmes
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SEC Statistics
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No. 2 in assists (5.4 per game) and free throw
percentage (.868)
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No. 5 in steals (2.1 per game)
South Carolina
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South Carolina dropped to No. 14 in this week’s
AP Rankings.
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The Gamecocks are on a two-game winning streak.
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South Carolina won its last game at Auburn 73-66
on Thursday.
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Player of the Game: Mikiah Hebert Harrigan (18
pts, 5 rebs, 1 ast, 2 stls)
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The Gamecocks are currently the No. 2 seed in
the SEC tournament.
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Te’a Cooper
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Has been out with an injury the last two games.
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SEC Statistics
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No. 10 in free throw percentage (.791)
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Tied at No. 20 with Florida’s Delicia Washington
in assists (2.5 per game).
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Tied at No. 22 with LSU’s Jaelyn Richard-Harris
in steals (1.2 per game).
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Tied at No. 23 with Arkansas’s Raven
Northcross-Baker, Vanderbilt’s Brinae Alexander and Kentucky’s Jaida Roper in
3-point field goals made (0.9 per game).
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No. 27 in scoring (12.2 per game)
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Alexis Jennings
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Scored 15.0 points and grabbed 7.0 rebounds in
South Carolina’s
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SEC Statistics
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No. 13 in blocks (1.0 per game)
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No. 19 in rebounding (6.1 per game)
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Tied at No. 26 with Georgia’s Maya Caldwell in
steals (1.0 per game).
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No. 29 in scoring (11.2 per game)
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Tyasha Harris
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Recorded three double-doubles and averaged 10.2
assists in South Carolina’s previous four games.
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Ten assists away from joining the top five on
the program’s career assist list.
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SEC Statistics
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No. 3 in assists (5.2 per game)
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No. 10 in steals (1.6 per game)
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Tied at No. 16 with Arkansas’s Malica Monk,
Missouri’s Amber Smith and Auburn’s Robyn Benton in 3-point field goals made
(1.1 per game).
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Tied at No. 27 with teammate Nelly Perry, Texas
A&M’s Kayla Wells and Alabama’s Cierra Johnson in blocks (0.3 per game).
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Tied at No. 34 with Tennessee’s Zaay Green in
scoring (10.3 per game).
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No. 38 in rebounding (3.7 per game)
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Mikiah Hebert Harrigan
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SEC Statistics
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No. 2 in blocks (2.0 per game)
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Tied at No. 25 with Vanderbilt’s LeaLea Carter
in rebounding (4.9 per game).
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No. 39 in scoring (9.4 per game)
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Bianca Cuevas-Moore
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SEC Statistics
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Tied at No. 15 with Texas A&M’s Kayla Wells
and Tennessee’s Evina Westbrook in 3-point field goals made (1.3 per game).
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Tied at No. 19 with Texas A&M’s Chennedy
Carter in steals (1.4 per game).
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No. 43 in scoring (8.9 per game)
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Lele Grissett
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SEC Statistics
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Tied at No. 22 with Tennessee’s Kasiyahna
Kuskituah and Auburn’s Abigayle Jackson in blocks (0.5 per game).
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No. 31 in rebounding (4.3 per game)
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Destanni Henderson
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SEC Statistics
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Tied at No. 18 with Auburn’s Brooke Moore in
3-point field goals made (1.1 per game).
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No. 38 in assists (1.4 per game)
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Nelly Perry
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One point away from joining the program’s 1,000
points club.
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SEC Statistics
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Tied at No. 27 with teammate Tyasha Harris,
Texas A&M’s Kayla Wells and Alabama’s Cierra Johnson in blocks (0.4 per
game).
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Victaria Saxton
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SEC Statistics
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No. 8 in blocks (1.3 per game)
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Bianca Jackson
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SEC Statistics
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Tied at No. 26 with Arkansas’s Bailey Zimmerman
and Florida’s Emanuely de Oliveira in 3-point field goals made (0.7 per game).
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Doniyah Cliney
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Averaged 8.4 points in South Carolina’s previous
five games.
SEC Team Stat
Comparison
Points
Mississippi State: No. 1 (86.9 per game)
South Carolina: No. 2 (75.7 per game)
Rebounds
Mississippi State: No. 2 (39.3 per game)
South Carolina: No. 6 (34.5 per game)
Assists
Mississippi State: No. 1 (16.5 per game)
South Carolina: No. 5 (13.5 per game)
Steals
Mississippi State: No. 4 (9.1 per game)
South Carolina: No. 6 (8.5 per game)
Blocks
Mississippi State: No. 3 (5.6 per game)
South Carolina: No. 1 (6.2 per game)
Last Meeting
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Mississippi State beat South Carolina 89-74 on
January 17, 2019 in Starkville, Mississippi.
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Players of the Game
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Mississippi State: Teaira McCowan (26 pts, 24
rebs, 2 blks)
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South Carolina: Te’a Cooper (27 pts, 5 rebs, 6
asts, 2 stls, 1 blk)
Results
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Duke beat North Carolina 62-44.
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Players of the Game
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Duke: Leaonna Odom (22 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts, 1
stl)
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North Carolina: Paris Kea (16 pts, 4 rebs, 3
asts, 1 stl)
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Mississippi State beat South Carolina 68-64.
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Players of the Game
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Mississippi State: Teaira McCowan (18 pts, 17
rebs, 1 stl, 4 blks)
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South Carolina: Tyasha Harris (20 pts, 4 rebs, 3
asts, 4 stls, 1 blk)
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