LAKEWOOD, NJ (Jan. 16, 2024) - Women's Basketball is back in the Wellness Center twice this week starting Wednesday evening. 

Opponent
Wilmington Wildcats (1-14, 0-5 CACC)

Where
Lakewood, NJ - GCU Wellness Center

When
Wednesday, Jan. 17 - 6 p.m.

How to Watch
• Wednesday's game is available to watch via a free to view broadcast on the GCU portal of the CACC Digital Network powered by HUDL. Links for videos and live stats can be found above and on the Lions Basketball schedule page.     

Ticketing
$8 - Adults (cash, $9 online/mobile payment)
$5 - Seniors 65 and over (cash, $6 online/mobile payment)
$5 - Children 12 and under (cash, $6 online/mobile payment)
Children under 5 - Free
GCU Students - Free

Gameday Promotion
• The first 50 Georgian Court students to attend will receive a free pretzel from Philly Preztel Factory (while supplies last, limit one per student). 

Previously vs. Wilmington
• Georgian Court and Wilmington have met 60 times in their history with the Lions all-time record standing at 32-28.
• GCU has won seven straight and are 8-2 in the last 10 games.
• The last time Wilmington defeated the Lions came in February of 2019.
• The Lions got a pair of wins last year in two low-scoring games. In Delaware the Lions escaped with a 54-51 win, helped out by a 19-6 third quarter after trailing by eight at the half.
• Savawn Hughes hit a three with 15 seconds to play to give the Lions the lead for good. 
• In the return trip to Lakewood, Georgian Court put things away in the second half, outscoring Wilmington 37-23.
• A'nyah Barker led GCU scoring 12 points on 6-10 shooting.

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court was on the road at Dominican and hung with the Chargers for a while before coming up short, 81-66.
• At halftime, GCU trailed by just one, 34-33 and shot better than 50% in the half.
• The sharp shooting didn't last for the Lions and Dominican scored 47 in the second half to pull away.
• Four Lions were in double-figures led by Safiatu Kolliegbo's 18.
• Imani Gillette picked up another double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. 

CACC Leaders
• The Lions are seventh in steals per game with 8.5.
• GCU is also seventh with 12.9 offensive rebounds per contest.
• Staying on the defensive end of the floor, the Lions 2.8 blocks per game has them eighth in the CACC. 
• In CACC games this season, Imani Gillette and Safiatu Kolliegbo are in the top-10 in scoring. Gillette is fourth with 18 points per game and Kolliegbo's 14.3 points rank ninth. 
• Gillette, Marta Guilera and Niyell McCargo are both shooting better than 50% in conference games and all three are inside the top-10 in the league. 

Who's Hot?
• Niyell McCargo has scored 10+ points in five of her last six games and three straight. She's also got eight assists in her last two. 
• Imani Gillette has scored in double-figures in four straight games and has double-doubles in three of those four. 
• Safiatu Kolliegbo scored 18 against Dominican, her highest output since scoring 24 against Kutztown in November. 
• Marta Guilera is averaging nearly nine points in her last five games and has at least eight points in five straight. 

Individual Milestones
• Imani Gillette will reach 200 points with 12 more. 
• Niyell McCargo and Marta Guilera need five points to get to 100. 
• Jada Jacobs is one point shy of 50.
• Erika Aspajo is one three-pointer away from 50. 

About Wilmington
• Like Georgian Court, Wilmington has just one win on the season. 
• The Wildcats are 1-14 and still in search of their first CACC win at 0-5 in league play.
• Scoring has been the issues for the Wildcats once again this season. They are scoring the fewest points of any team in Division II at 43.3.
• The Wildcat's 26.2% field goal percentage is also the lowest in Division II. Wilmington is nearly shooting as well from three at 24.1% and they take a lot of them. Wilmington leads the CACC with nearly 25 three-point attempts per game this season. 
• Amber Washington leads Wilmington scoring nine points per game this season. She actually is shooting better from three this season. She's shooting 28% overall and 30.4% from distance.
• Trinity Brittingham has proven to be a solid rim protector. She has 25 blocks this season which is second in the CACC.
• In addition to scoring, holding onto the ball has been difficult for the Wildcats as they're committing a league-high 23.2 turnovers per game.