LAKEWOOD, N.J. (Nov. 15, 2022) - Georgian Court Women's Basketball plays two on their season-opening weekend.
Opponents
Kutztown Golden Bears (1-1, 0-0 PSAC)
Where
Lakewood, N.J. - GCU Wellness Center
When
Wednesday, Nov. 16 - 6 p.m.
How to Watch
• Wednesday's game will be available to watch on the Georgian Court portal pages of the CACC Network. Live stats are also available at GCULions.com
Previously vs. Kutztown
• These two teams last met in 2019 where the Lions fell 89-70 to the Golden Bears in PA.
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Savawn Hughes and
Tian Addison were the only two members of the Lions who played in that game. Hughes scored five points with five rebounds.
• Addison played 29 minutes off the bench, also scored five points with four assists and two steals.Â
• Kutztown got out to a large lead, scoring 49 in the first half to lead by 17.Â
• Casey Remolde led the team with a game-high 26 points.
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court's season got started this past weekend as they played two games in Connecticut.
• The Lions fell to Southern Connecticut State and New Haven.Â
• The Owls pulled away late for a 70-55 win and New Haven came back from trailing in the fourth to pull out a 78-71 win.
Who's Hot?
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Erika Aspajo led the Lions scoring 32 points in the two games. She shot 46% overall with a team-best six assists and four steals.
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Imani Gillette got her first taste of Lions basketball. She nearly averaged a double-double with 13 points and 9.5 rebounds. Gillette was 11-17 from the field and pulled down nine offensive rebounds.
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Precious Adediran was 2-2 from behind the arc.
Individual Milestones
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Savawn Hughes is four rebounds away from 150 in her career.
• With 26 more points,
Tian Addison will reach 600.
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Erika Aspajo needs 11 rebounds to get to 100.Â
• Georgian Court has the fifth-best field goal percentage in the CACC at 42.7.Â
Lions in the CACC
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Imani Gillette ranks fifth in the league in rebounds per game. She's also sixth in field goal percentage.Â
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Erika Aspajo's 32 points are sixth most in the CACC.Â
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Precious Adediran is third in the conference with 1.5 blocks per game.Â
About the Opponents
Kutztown Golden Bears
• Kutztown is off to a 1-1 start to their season. They took an overtime loss against Bowie State in the opener, then beat Fayetteville State 62-44.
• Last season, Kutztown finished 26-7 and 18-3 in the PSAC. They fell in the PSAC semifinals and were out in the first round of the NCAA Regional.
• The Golden Bears were picked to finish first in the PSAC East Division, taking all possible eight first-place votes. They also ranked 23rd in the preseason D2SIDA national poll.
• Casey Remolde was a PSAC East All-Second Team selection and Abbey Hearn the PSAC East Rookie of the Year last year.
• Hearn has led the Golden Bears thus far scoring 19 points per game with seven boards.Â
• Naia Pulliam is also in double-figures scoring 13 points per game.
• Kutztown is outrebounding their opponents 46-36.
• They have committed 39 turnovers though in two games.Â
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