WASHINGTON (January 28, 2024) – Howard University women's basketball team wraps up its brief two-game road swing in Baltimore against Coppin State. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m., inside PEC Arena.
 
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LAST TIMEOUT
 
Saturday (Jan. 27), the Bison trio of fifth-year guard Iyanna Warren (Accokeek, Md.), sophomore forward Nile Miller (Haddonfield, N.J.) and redshirt freshman Tyana Walker (Leawood, Kan.) each reached double figures and scored their team's last five points to lead the team to a 54-51 win over Morgan State University in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) clash at the Hill Field House.
 
Warren, who missed the last game with an injury, led the team with 12 points and four assists. Miller, who continues to make a strong bid for MEAC Defensive Player of the Year, registered her second double-double of the season (11 points & 10 rebounds) to go along with four steals and two blocked shots.
 
Walker, a candidate for MEAC Rookie of the Year and coming off a career-best 24 points in the win over Norfolk State (Jan. 20), added 10 points in the victory.
 
MATCHUP PREVIEW
 
SERIES RECORD
 
Coppin State won, 52-41, in Baltimore last season (February 18, 2023) to snap a 13-game losing streak to the Bison, who lead the series, 18-8, since 2006.
 
HOWARD
 
Howard (6-12, 3-1 MEAC) is coming off a 54-51 road win over Morgan State Saturday.
 
The Bison are led by Warren (12.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 44 total assists, 20 total steals & 81-percent from the free throw line), Walker (11.0, 3.0 rpg & team-high 30 three pointers made), junior forward Vanessa Blake (6.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg & 52-percent shooting from the floor), Miller (6.9 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 44 total steals [team-high] and 19 total blocks [team-high]), senior guard Kaiya Creek (5.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg & nine total blocks) and senior guard Kaniyah Harris (24 total steals & team-high 45 total assists).
 
COPPIN STATE
 
Coppin State (6-12, 3-1 MEAC), which is coming off a 61-53 road loss at Norfolk State Saturday (Jan. 27). It was the surprising Eagles' first conference loss of the season that snapped a three-game win streak.
 
Coppin State is led junior forward Laila Lawrence (13.6 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 19 total blocks & 46-percent from the field), redshirt junior guard Faith Blackstone (12.1 ppg & 4.3 rpg), sophomore guard Angel Jones (10.7 ppg & 3.7 rpg), redshirt junior guard Tiffany Hammond (6.6 ppg & team-high 34 three pointers made) and redshirt senior guard Mossi Staples (6.1 ppg, team-high 43 total assists & 25 total steals).
 
MEAC STATS
 
HOWARD
 
The Bison lead the MEAC in field goal percentage defense (35-percent) and second in blocked shots (3.4 pg), and defensive scoring (60.0 ppg) and blocks.
 
Individually, Warren leads the conference in free throw shooting (81-percent), third in assists and seventh in scoring.
 
Walker second in three-point shooting, eighth in three-point shooting percentage (32-percent) and ninth in scoring (11.1 ppg).
 
Miller is second in steals, third in blocks and eighth in rebounding (5.7 per game).
 
Harris is sixth in assists and Creek is 10^th in blocked shots.
 
COPPIN STATE
 
The Eagles are second the MEAC in three-point field goal percentage defense, fourth in free throw shooting (61-percent) and third in three pointers made (5.3 per game).
 
Individually, Lawrence is third in field goal percentage (47-percent), scoring and rebounding.
 
Blackstone ranks sixth in free throw shooting (68-percent), eight in scoring and ninth in blocked shots.
 
Jones leads the MEAC in three-point shooting (40-percent), fourth in field goal percentage (44-percent) and ninth in scoring.
 
Staples is ninth in assists and Hammond is 10^th in three pointers made.
 
BISON NOTES

• Walker has entered the conversation for MEAC Rookie of the Year consideration after scoring 62 points in the past four games.
• Miller, a strong candidate for MEAC Defensive Player of the Year, has had back-to-back outstanding performances. In the absence of scoring, it has been Miller, creating havoc on defense with her ball hawking and shot blocking and on the offensive end with timely baskets including some offensive stick backs.
• During the current win streak, Howard has limited its opponents to an average of 52 points and under 30-percent shooting from the field.
• Howard and Norfolk State's win along with Coppin State loss has created a three-way tie for first through the first four league games.

 
NEXT UP
 
Howard returns home to take on the Hawks of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Saturday (Feb. 3) at 2 p.m.  The game will feature the 50^th Anniversary celebration of Howard women's basketball program and its rich legacy.
 
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