WASHINGTON (January 12, 2025) – Howard University women's basketball team faces Coppin State (CSU) Monday (Jan. 13) in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) showdown inside Burr Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m.
 
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GAME 18
 
PARTICIPANT: Coppin State (Eagles) vs Howard University (Bison)
DATE: January 13, 2025
PLACE: Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C.
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
 
LAST TIMEOUT
 
HOWARD
 
Saturday (Jan. 11), freshman guard Saniyah King (Washington) scored a game-high 23 points to lead four Bison in double figures as the HU won, 75-58, versus Morgan State at Burr Gymnasium.
 
COPPIN STATE
 
Coppin State (11-8, 2-1 MEAC) is coming off an 82-66 road loss at Norfolk State Saturday (Jan. 11) that snapped a two-game win streak and was its first conference loss of the season. The Eagles were led by Angel Jones with a game-high 29 points on 11-of-19 shooting from the floor.
 
SERIES RECORD
 
This is the 82^nd meeting between the two schools. The Bison defeated the Eagles, 76-73, on February 26, 2024, for its fourth straight victory. Coppin State last won, 53-58, on January 29, 2024.  Howard has won 14-of-the-last-16 to lead the series, 51-30.
 
THE COACHES
 
The Eagles are coached by Jermaine Woods (Norfolk State, '11), who is in his third season at the helm. Howard is led by Ty Grace (New Haven,'99), who is in her 10^th season.
 
PLAYERS TO WATCH
 
HOWARD PROBABLE STARTERS
 
No.      Name                                      2024-25 Stats                                                                        
1          Destiny Howell                         15.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg & team-leading 37 3FGM
22        Kaiya Creek                               6.1 ppg & 3.8 rpg
25        Nile Miller                                 5.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 30 steals & team-leading 14 blocks
0          Saniyah King                             10.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 26 steals & team-leading 84 assists
24        Zennia Thomas                        9.5 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 46-percent FG% & 53 offensive rebounds
 
HOWARD KEY RESERVES
 
No.      Name                                      2024-25 Stats                                                                        
23        Tyana Walker                          4.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg & 83-percent from FT% 
14        Vanessa Blake                          4.1 ppg, 2.6 rpg & team-leading 63-percent FG%
 
COPPIN STATE PROBABLE STARTERS
 
No.      Name                                      2024-25 Stats                                                                        
31        Laila Lawrence                        17.2 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 27 blocks & team-leading 52 steals
11        Angel Jones                             15.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg & team-high 59 assists                                                
2          Tiffany Hammond                  7.6 ppg, 3.5 rpg & 39 3FGM
5          Tyler Gray                                 5.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 32 steals & team-high 64 assists
33        Dani McTeer                           3.6 ppg, 3.0 rpg & 52-percent FG%
 
COPPIN STATE KEY RESERVES
                                                                                                                                     
No.      Name                                      2024-25 Stats                                                                                                                                                                                                           
1          Cire Worley                             6.9 ppg & 3.1 rpg
3          Arielle Vandrella-Belinga       3.4 ppg & 2.5 rpg
 
GAME NOTES
 
HOWARD
 
Graduate guard Destiny Howell (Queens, N.Y.) needs six points to move up to No. 16 on the all-time Howard scoring list…Howell has 1,221 points and counting…Howell has made 24-of-her-last-26 free throws and has recorded a made at least one three pointer in all but one game this season....Howell is having a career season in assists and blocked shots...King, the early season favorite for MEAC Rookie of the Year, has been named Rookie of the Week six times this season, leading the MEAC in assists (84)...King has recorded 26 assists and only 10 turnovers during the current four-game stretch, including an impressive nine assists and only one turnover in the win over Delaware State (Jan. 4)...King set yet another career-best with four steals in the win over Morgan State (Jan. 11)...The Bison are averaging 75 points while limiting their opponents to under 56 points during the current streak, having held their opponents to 64.2 points per game and 24-percent from three-point land...The Bison are averaging 3.4 blocks and 14.4 points off turnovers…Howard is averaging under 60 points and shooting under 24-percent from three-point distance...junior forward Nile Miller (Haddonfield, N.J.) has come on strong of late, making 17-of-her-last-33 shots and picking up six blocks and 13 steals during that period…redshirt sophomore Tyana Walker (Leawood, Kan.), one of the premier three-point shooters in the MEAC, came alive with her best performance of the season, connecting on 3-of-5 from the field, including a perfect 3-of-3 from downtown for a season-tying nine points in 12 minutes of play…Senior forward Vanessa Blake (Summerville, S.C.), a former starter, has given the Bison a nice boost at the right time, tallying 10 point and four rebounds off the bench in 16 productive minutes versus Morgan State (Jan. 11).
 
- COPPIN STATE
 
Coppin State has won five-of-the-last-seven using its defense to hold three of those opponents to an average of a little over 50 points during that stretch…The Eagles have found a formula of defense, turning the opponent over and taking advantage of steals and blocked shots where they rank among the MEAC best…Laila Lawrence, a candidate for MEAC Player of the Year, was limited to nine points in the loss at Norfolk State (Jan. 11) while Jones poured in a career-high 26 points versus the Spartans.
 
MEAC STATS
 
CSU
 
As a team, Coppin State leads the MEAC in three pointers made (6.3 per game), assists/turnover ratio and assists (14.0 per game).
 
Individually, Lawrence ranks first in rebounding (9.4), second in scoring (17.6) and steals, third in blocked shots, fifth in free throw shooting and sixth in field goal shooting (44-percent) and minutes played…Jones is third in minutes played, fourth free throw shooting (74-percent), scoring (14.7 ppg) and assists/turnover ratio, fifth in assists and 10^th in field goal percentage (41-percent)…Worley is fourth in three-point shooting…Tiffany Hammond ranks second in three pointers made per game (2.1), fifth in minutes played and seventh in three-point field goal percentage…Niyah Gaston is 10^th three pointers made…Tyler Gray leads the conference in assists/turnover ratio, fourth in assists and eighth in steals.
 
HOWARD
 
Howard is second in assists/turnover ratio, defense (62.8 ppg allowed) and three-point shooting defense.
 
Individually, Howell leads the conference in three-pointers made (2.2), third in free throw shooting (83-percent) and scoring and 10^th in assists…King leads the conference in assists (4.9 per game), second in assists/turnover ratio and ninth in minutes played…Miller is sixth in steals and blocked shots…junior forward Zennia Thomas (Cleveland) leads the MEAC in shooting percentage (46-percent) and fifth in rebounding (7.2 rpg).
 
NEXT UP
 
Howard travels to Norfolk, Va., to take on rival Norfolk State Saturday (Jan. 25) at 2 p.m.
 
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