WASHINGTON (February 7, 2025) – Howard University women's basketball team hosts North Carolina Central (NCCU) Saturday (Feb. 8) inside Burr Gymnasium. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.
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GAME 21
PARTICIPANTS: North Carolina Central (Eagles) vs. Howard (Bison)
PROMOTION: Alumni Night
DATE: Saturday, February 8, 2025
LOCATION: Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C.
TIME: 2 p.m.
LAST TIMEOUT
HOWARD
Monday (Feb. 3), junior forward
Zennia Thomas (Cleveland) recorded a double-double (19 points & 10 rebounds) and graduate guard
Destiny Howell (Queens, N.Y.) added 13 points to lead the Bison to a 68-41 win over South Carolina State (SC State) at Burr Gymnasium.
NCCU
NCCU (6-15, 3-3 MEAC) is coming off an 88-52 road loss at Norfolk State Monday (Feb. 3). The Eagles were led by Kia Bryan with a team-high 15 points and Tierney Coleman (12 points) and Morgan Callahan (nine points & seven rebounds), respectively.
SERIES RECORD
On March 15, 2024, Howard defeated the Eagles, 69-56, in the MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) Tournament to snap a three-game losing skid to the Eagles. The Bison have won three-of-four and lead the series, 15-5, since 2011.
THE COACHES
The Eagles are coached by Terrence Baxter (Pfieffer, '01), who is his fourth season. 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 15.2 ppg, 4.4 rpg, team-leading 43 3FGM & 85-percent FT%
23
Tyana Walker 4.5 ppg & 2.3 rpg
25
Nile Miller 5.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, team-leading 21 blocks & 38 steals
0
Saniyah King 11.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, team-leading 99 assists & 33 steals
24
Zennia Thomas 9.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 48-percent FG% & 82 offensive rebounds
HOWARD KEY RESERVES
No. Name 2024-25 Stats
22
Kaiya Creek 5.3 ppg & 3.5 rpg
14
Vanessa Blake 4.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg, team-leading 62-percentFG%
NCCU PROBABLE STARTERS
No. Name 2024-25 Stats
4 Tierney Coleman 7.0 ppg, 2.7 rpg & 90-percent FT%
3 Morgan Callahan 13.0 ppg & 7.1 rpg
0 Aysia Hinton 6.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg & 37 3FGM
5 Kylan Bryant 14.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 76 assists & 80-percent FT%
12 Jada Tiggett 5.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg & team-high 35 blocks
NCCU KEY RESERVES
No. Name 2024-25 Stats
10 Shakira Foster 11.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg & 32 steals
1 Jada Creech 2.4 ppg & 1.1 rpg
GAME NOTES
BISON HOOVES
Howell is now 13
th on the all-time Howard scoring list with 1,256 points and needs 74 to move up to 10
th all-time in school history…Howell has made 31-of-her-last 33 from the charity stripe and has made at least one three-pointer in all but two games this season...Howell is on schedule to have a career season in assists...Howell has scored 20 points or more six times this season...Freshman guard
Saniyah King (Washington), the early season favorite for MEAC Rookie of the Year, has been named the league's Rookie of the Week eight times this season...King leads the MEAC in assists (99), making her just one shy of the century mark…King has dealt out 28 assists in the past five games and has reached double figures in scoring seven-of-the-past-eight games…Thomas has also been valuable to the team with five double-doubles this season…senior forward
Vanessa Blake (Summerville, S.C.), who now comes off the bench, has given the Bison a spark with 39 points and 24 rebounds in the past four games.
EAGLE NOTES
NCCU is allowing 84.5 points per game (ppg) while averaging 60.4 ppg…The Eagles' opponents are shooting 44-percent from the field…NCCU is shooting 28-percent from three and being outrebounded 10.8 boards per game…The Eagles are surrendering 26 points per game off turnovers…Morgan Callahan reached a personal milestone of 600 career rebounds in the loss at Norfolk State (Feb. 3)…The loss to the Spartans snapped a four-game win streak for NCCU.
MEAC STATS
HOWARD
Howard is third in scoring offense, scoring defense, field goal shooting (38-percent), field goal shooting defense (37-percent), turnover margin, assists/turnover ratio, assists (11.65) and blocked shots (3.55).
Individually, Howell is third in free throw shooting (85-percent) and three-pointers made per game (2.2), ninth in scoring and minutes played and 12
th in assists...King leads the MEAC in assists (5.0), third in assists/turnover ratio, seventh in minutes played, third in assists/turnover ratio, and 12
th in scoring...Thomas leads the MEAC in field goal percentage (48-percent) and fifth in rebounding (7.3)…junior forward
Nile Miller (Haddonfield, N.J.) is ranked sixth in blocked shots and seventh in steals and 11
th in rebounding.
NCCU
The Eagles rank second in blocked shots (4.1).
Individually, Bryant is third in assists, fourth in free throw shooting (80-percent), fifth in assists/turnover ratio, sixth in scoring (14.1) and first in minutes played…Callahan is second in minutes, sixth in rebounding, fifth in blocks and seventh free throw shooting…Hinton is fifth in three-pointers made per game…Tiggett is second in blocked shots.
NCAA STATS
HOWARD
King is ranked second in assists among all freshmen behind Liv McGill of Florida.
NEXT UP
Howard travels to Princess Anne, Md., to take the Hawks of Maryland Eastern Shore Monday (Feb. 10) at 5:30 p.m.
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