CONWAY, S.C. – The South Carolina State women's basketball team (0-8) returns to action on Wednesday (Nov.29^th) versus Coastal Carolina in an intrastate rival matchup at 5 p.m. at HTC Center.

HISTORY BETWEEN COASTAL AND SC STATE
 
The two teams have met 24 times dating back to the 1974-75 season with the all-time series tied at 12-12. The Chants currently own a five-game winning streak over the Bulldogs, including an 81-57 road win last season to even the all-time series.
 
LAST TIME OUT
 
Coastal dropped its fourth road contest of the season 76-61 versus the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in Winston-Salem, N.C., last Sunday.  Meanwhile, SC State is looking for the first win of the season after a tough back-to-back loses to University of San Francisco (57-77) and Tulsa (57-92) in the Holiday Thanksgiving Tournament.  
 
ABOUT SC STATE
 
The South Carolina Bulldogs return 10 players from the 2021-22 team that finished last season with a 4-25 record and went 4-11 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Nicole Gwynn leads the team with 10.9 points per game, while Nadia Reese and Lovely Sonnier have added 8.4 and 7.3 points per game, respectively.
 
Sonnier is the top rebounder for the Bulldogs this season with 7.8 boards per game, while newcomer Gift Sampson has grabbed 4.5 rebounds per game.  
 
As a team, S.C. State is averaging 41.6 points per contest while allowing 74.1 points per game. The Bulldogs have been outshot by their opponent's 30.6 percent to 41.9 percent from the floor. On the year, South Carolina State has grabbed 224 rebounds, while their opponents have grabbed 365 boards.


ABOUT COASTAL
 
CCU is averaging 69.6 points per game while shooting 41.3 percent from the field and 36.8 from three-point range. Defensively, the Chanticleers have allowed 71.0 points, while Coastal's opponents are shooting 46.8 percent from the floor. The Chanticleers are winning the rebound battle on the season at 187-173.
 
Coastal is led by Blount with 16.6 points per game, while fellow returners Arin Freeman and Angie Juste-Jean have chipped in with 10.4 and 10.0 points per game, respectively. Newcomer Anaya Barney, who has scored in double digits twice in the four games she has appeared, is averaging 9.0 points per game. Blount is the team's leading rebounder with 44 boards on the year, while Freeman and Recarte have grabbed 22 and 21 rebounds, respectively.
  
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