WBB Game Day Central: Coastal Carolina
1/17/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Liberty's Women's Basketball Game Notes
Game Time:
7 p.m.
Video Streaming Coverage:
Big South Network
Radio Coverage:
Liberty Flames Sports Network – Radio
WQLU 90.9 FM The Light
Play-By-Play Broadcaster: Jamie Hall
Today's Game
Liberty (8-8, 5-2 Big South) will begin a two-game road swing at Coastal Carolina (7-9, 2-5 Big South), Tuesday at 7 p.m. inside The HTC Center. Both teams enter their 62nd all-time meeting coming off of impressive victories on Saturday.
The "Starting Five" - Liberty's Top Storylines
1) Liberty bounced back from its 60-42 loss at Presbyterian with a 77-61 home victory over Winthrop on Saturday, recording its fifth win in six games. The Lady Flames are currently part of a four-way tie for second place in the Big South standings at 5-2 and can claim a share of first place with a win on Tuesday.
2) Liberty has won 44 straight matchups with Coastal Carolina, which is tied for the second-longest active winning streak against a conference opponent in NCAA Division I women's basketball. The Lady Flames are also 10-1 all-time at The HTC Center and 57-8 when playing in South Carolina under Carey Green. Meanwhile, the Chanticleers are 0-3 in Big South home games this season.
3) Liberty Head Coach Carey Green, a 1979 graduate of Coastal Carolina, is 36-0 coaching against his alma mater.
4) Jaymee Fisher-Davis has connected on 10 of her 16 three-point attempts (62.5 percent) during the last three games. In the process, she has moved into seventh place on Liberty's all-time list with 107 career triples.
5) Mickayla Sanders scored a team-high 14 points against Winthrop to become one of Liberty's top 50 career scorers. The junior averaged 14.5 ppg in two meetings with Coastal Carolina last season, including five three-pointers.
Liberty vs. Coastal Carolina At a Glance
Series History
Series Record: Liberty leads, 54-7.
Current Streak: Liberty has won 44 consecutive meetings.
Series Record at Coastal Carolina: Liberty leads, 24-3.
Current Streak at Coastal Carolina: Liberty has won 19 consecutive meetings.
Last Meeting Overall: Liberty 78, Coastal Carolina 64 (Feb. 7, 2015 at Liberty)
Last Meeting at Coastal Carolina: Liberty 66, Coastal Carolina 47 (Jan. 8, 2015)
Coastal's Last Series Victory: Coastal 70, Liberty 55 (Feb. 19, 1996 at CCU)
Coastal's Last Series Victory at Home: Same
Coaching Matchup
Liberty Head Coach: Carey Green
Overall Record (Seasons): 391-136 (17th Season)
Record at Liberty (Seasons): Same
Record vs. Coastal Carolina: 36-0
Coastal Carolina Head Coach: Jaida Williams
Overall Record (Seasons): 34-43 (Third Season)
Record at Coastal Carolina (Seasons): Same
Record vs. Liberty: 0-4
Notes and Anecdotes
• Liberty has won 44 consecutive games in the head-to-head series against Coastal Carolina, which is tied for the second-longest active winning streak against a conference opponent in NCAA Division I women's basketball.
• The Lady Flames are 10-1 all-time at The HTC Center, including 3-0 against the Chanticleers. Liberty won Big South titles at the facility in both 2013 and 2015.
• Liberty is 57-8 when playing in South Carolina under Carey Green, but 0-1 this season.
• Liberty Head Coach Carey Green, a 1979 graduate of Coastal Carolina, is 36-0 coaching against his alma mater.
• Coastal Carolina picked up its second Big South win of the season on Saturday, winning 73-62 at Charleston Southern. Both of the Chanticleers' conference victories have come on the road (also at Gardner-Webb), and Coastal Carolina also recorded an early-season win at Clemson.
• However, the Chanticleers are 0-3 in Big South home games this season and have dropped five straight games to conference foes at The HTC Center dating back to 2014-15.
• Coastal Carolina's roster features seven transfers.
On This Date
Liberty is 6-3 all-time on Jan. 19, including 5-0 in Big South games. The Lady Flames have won six straight Jan. 19 contests.
44 Straight
Liberty has won 44 consecutive games against Coastal Carolina, which is tied for the second-longest active winning streak against a conference opponent in NCAA Division I women's basketball. Here is a look at the top four.
1) Stanford vs. Washington State - 59 (Pac-12)
2T) Liberty vs. Coastal Carolina - 44 (Big South)
2T) Duke vs. Wake Forest - 44 (ACC)
4) Tennessee vs. Alabama - 41 (SEC)
Bombs Away!
Although not typically known as a three-point shooting team, the Lady Flames have hoisted 47 three-point attempts in the last two games, making 18 for 38.3 percent.
• Liberty hit a season-high 11 triples against Winthrop on Saturday, tying the most it has ever made at the Vines Center and shooting 50 percent from long range on the day.
• Jaymee Fisher-Davis has made 10 of her last 16 three-point tries (62.5 percent), while Sadalia Ellis is 9 of her last 18 (50 percent).
Shaking Things Up
Head Coach Carey Green has used eight different starting lineups during this season's first 16 games. The Lady Flames have eclipsed the number of starting lineups they used during the entire 2014-15 season (7), and 11 different players have started this year.
A Look Back at the Lady Flames' 77-61 Victory Over Winthrop
• Liberty hit 50 percent of its three-point attempts during Saturday's matchup with Winthrop at the Vines Center, finishing with a season-high 11 made triples.
• The hot outside shooting propelled the Lady Flames past the Eagles, 77-61, giving Liberty a 16-point victory in its 16th game of the season on the 16th day of 2016.
• Liberty equaled the most three-pointers it has ever made at the Vines Center and posted a season-high for points.
• Mickayla Sanders, who nailed three triples, paced the Lady Flames' balanced scoring attack with 14 points.
• Catherine Kearney chipped in 13 points and a team-high seven rebounds, while all of Sadalia Ellis' 12 points came on four triples, tying her career high for three-pointers in a game.
• The Eagles lost their eighth game in a row despite 22 points from Erica Williams and 18 points, six assists and six steals by Aliyah Kilpatrick.
• Liberty enjoyed a 28-5 advantage in bench points, led by nine tallies from Jaymee Fisher-Davis. The senior went 3-of-4 from three-point range. She climbed into seventh place in program history with 107 career triples.
