LAKEWOOD, N.J. (Nov. 29, 2022) - The first CACC game of the 2022-23 season is on deck for Georgian Court Women's Basketball.Â
Opponent
Holy Family Tigers (3-4, 0-0 PSAC)
Where
Lakewood, N.J. - GCU Wellness Center
When
Wednesday, Nov. 30 - 6 p.m.
How to Watch
• Wednesday's game will be available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Georgian Court portal page of the CACC Digital Network powered by HUDL. Live stats are also available at GCULions.com
Previously vs. Holy Family
• Last season, the team's split the home-and-home series with the host team winning each game.
• They last met Feb. 9, 2022 in Lakewood where GCU prevailed 71-62 in overtime.
• Holy Family rallied from down seven to start the fourth quarter to force overtime, but they ran out of gas as GCU outscored the Tigers 12-3 in the extra frame.Â
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Tian Addison scored six overtime points as a part of her 11 overall.
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Erika Aspajo had a double-double with 18 points and 10 assists.Â
Last Time Out
• The Lions concluded the Thanksgiving holiday at East Stroudsburg where the Lions fell to the Warriors 62-54.
• The Warriors overcame a 15-point second-half deficit to comeback on GCU. ESU outscored the Lions 32-9 in the final 12:36.
• Georgian Court shot well all around, connecting on 39% from the floor, 50% from three and 87.5% at the free throw line.
Who's Hot?
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Tian Addison has been in double figures in back-to-back games. She also has 12 rebounds during that span.Â
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Savawn Hughes scored a career-best tying 20 points at East Stroudsburg. She has at least 10 points in three straight games.Â
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Precious Adediran matched a season-best with six points against the Warriors going 2-4 from the field with a three.Â
Individual Milestones
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Tian Addison needs just two steals to get to 100 for her career.Â
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Andjela Kremenovic is 14 points shy of 150 for her career.Â
• With just five more minutes played,
Savawn Hughes will hit 1,000.Â
Lions in the CACC
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Imani Gillette leads the CACC and is 13th nationally grabbing 11.4 rebounds per game.
• Gillette and
Precious Adediran are each third in the league with seven blocked shots.Â
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Erika Aspajo is sixth in the CACC passing out 3.6 assists per game.
• As a team, the Lions are second in the conference blocking four shots per game.Â
• GCU is shooting 71.3% at the free throw line which is second-highest in the CACC and their 40.3% field goal percentage is fifth.Â
About the Opponents
Holy Family Tigers
• Holy Family loaded up the front of their schedule with seven games before the start of conference play. They're 3-4 to start the year having lost three of their last four games.
• The Tigers were picked to finish third in the CACC South Division in the Preseason Poll. HFU was 14-13 overall and 9-9 in the CACC last season.
• Holy Family is shooting 39% overall, 28% from three and 67% at the line. Opponents however are doing much better with a 44%/34%/72% slash line.
• The Tigers are led by freshman Skyler Searfoss. She's scoring 15.6 points per game, the only Tiger in double-figures this season. She was also the CACC Rookie of the Week this week after averaging 21.3 points per game and shooting 57.5%.Â
• Behind Searfoss, Lindsay Tretter is scoring 9.6 points and Ava Morrow is scoring 84.
• The Tigers have had the same starting lineup in all seven games this season.Â