WBB hosts Coastal Carolina Nov 15 @ 2 PM

The Ladies host the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers today at 2 PM. Another ACC Network extra broadcast. Bailey Angle and Mack McCarthy on ACCN; Evan Hughes on Hokie Sports. ESPN gives the Hokies 96.1% chance to win. Another game which should not be competitive.

The Chanticleers are 2-2, losing their first two games and winning the last two.

Coastal Carolina is a mature team. They will start a 3 juniors, #2 Grady 6'2" F, #15 Harris 5'10" F , and #23 Jimenez 5'8" G ; a grad student, #5 Williams 5'8" G and a fifth year student #7 Bradley 5'10" G. Williams led the Sunbelt last year with 52 made threes. They have 3 freshmen and 7 transfers on a squad that is picked to finish 6th in the Sunbelt this year.

The Chants shoot 37.6% overall and 32.8% from three, making 10 3's per game. They only shoot 65.6% from the line. #2 Grady and #5 Williams score 16 and 11 ppg; both are threats to shoot beyond the arc. Both have more attempts from three than from inside the arc(Grady 42 to 14, Williams 26 to 13). #23 Jimenez averages 14 ppg; but has only played in two games.

Fouls could be an issue with Williams (3.0), Bradley (3.3), and Hueston (3.5) averaging over 3 fouls per game.. They average 19 TO's and 14 assists per game. They have outrebounded their opponents 45 to 40 per game; but they may not fare as well against the aggressive Hokie defense. Since their tallest player #2 Grady prefers to shoot from beyond the arc, I expect the Hokies dominate the defensive rebound battle.

This should be another game for Coach Duffy to give everyone playing time and experiment with different groupings.

LET'S GO HOKIES!