Game Notes

Scouting SC State: The SC State women's basketball team enters the 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament as the No. 5 seed with a 16-11 overall record. The Lady Bulldogs went 9-7 in conference play this season. They have won three of their last four games, including a 57-56 victory against Bethune-Cookman last Thursday. Second Team All-MEAC pick Kourtney Williams leads the team in scoring with 16.9 points per game, while Jasmine Coleman grabs a team-best 6.9 rebounds per game.
 
Game Coverage: All preliminary round games of the 2015 MEAC Tournament will be telecast live on ESPN3.com. The games will also stream live on MEACSports.com. The Championship games will be telecast live beginning with the men's game, Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.  The women's game will begin thirty-minutes following the men's game and will air live on ESPN3 and telecast taped-delayed on Sunday, March 15 at 11:30 a.m. on ESPNU. 
 
Last Time Out: Junior forward Toni Grier hit a pair of free throws with four-tenths of a second left to give the South Carolina State women's basketball team a 57-56 win over Bethune-Cookman on Thursday evening at Moore Gymnasium.
 
Helpful Additions: Newcomers Amber Howard, Toni Grier, Jazzmine Johnson and Ashleigh Outler have all played a part in SC State's success this year. Howard, the Lady Bulldogs starting point guard, runs the offense well and is a serious scoring threat behind the arc. She leads the team in 3-pointers made and attempted (59-157) and 3-point percentage (37.6 percent).
 
Toni Grier recently became a starter after proving that she can play well on both sides of the ball. She gives the offense an additional scoring option and rebounds well. She also is fairly consistent at the free throw line, hitting 77.2 percent of the free throws she attempts.
 
Jazzmine Johnson brings her previous playing experience from Seton Hall to SC State. She is third on the team in scoring (8.0 ppg) and leads the team with 48 steals in 26 games this season.
 
True freshman Ashleigh Outler has seen increased playing time in the last few games because of her offensive success. She is third on the team in made 3-pointers (22) and has hit a few clutch treys in recent games.