ORANGEBURG, SC—The South Carolina State men's and women's basketball team will host Coppin State in a crucial Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference doubleheader at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center. The Lady Bulldogs for the third straight season will support the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) fight against breast cancer. This year the team will wear pink shoelaces in support of the effort during Saturday's contest versus Coppin State. Tip-off for the women's game is 2 p.m., with the men following at 4 p.m.

        SC State is among approximately 1,100 schools that have joined forces with the WBCA during the Pink Zone^® week (February 11-20, 2011) in an effort to bring more awareness to the fight against breast cancer.
        Coach Doug Robertson Lady Bulldogs are led in scoring by senior guard/forward Whitney Wiley with 11.5 ppg and a team-leading 40 steals. Newcomer and junior forward/center Fannie Goodwin adds depths in the post with 7.5 ppg and 5.8  rpg, while sophomore guard Tiara Knotts chips in 7.0 points per contest., who enters his third season at the helm of the SC State women's (6-14 overall, 2-8  MEAC) basketball program, will take on a scrappy and talented Lady Eagle team of Coppin State.

              Meanwhile, South Carolina State (6-17, 2-8 MEAC) dropped a tough  65-53 defeat to Howard on Monday.  SC State is led in by senior guard/forward Darnell Porter with 11.4 ppg and 3.9 rpg, while junior guard Brandon Riley is second with 9.7 points per contest, junior's Omar Sanders and Joe Ikhinmwin and sophomore guard is chipping in a little over 7.1 per outing.