Coker's Season Comes to a Close in NCAA Round of 32
The 17th-ranked Coker women’s basketball team, the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Southeast Regional, had their season come to an end on Saturday evening as they fell to 18th-ranked and second-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne, 54-45.
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16 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 45 |
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10 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 54 |
Team Stats
#18 Lenoir-Rhyne
| Game Statistics | #17 Coker | #18 Lenoir-Rhyne |
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| Field Goals | (16-65) | (21-69) |
| Field Goal % | 24.6% | 30.4% |
| Rebounds | 45 | 40 |
| Assists | 6 | 7 |
| Turnovers | 18 | 12 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 10 | 8 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 8 | 11 |
| Pts in the Paint | 18 | 28 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 7 | 16 |
| Bench Pts | 6 | 18 |
HARROGATE, Tenn. – The 17th-ranked Coker women's basketball team, the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Southeast Regional, had their season come to an end on Saturday evening as they fell to 18th-ranked and second-seeded Lenoir-Rhyne, 54-45, in the round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament Saturday afternoon at Lincoln Memorial's "Tex" Turner Arena.
BY THE NUMBERS:
#17 Coker 26-7 (17-5 SAC) | #18 Lenoir-Rhyne (26-5, 20-2 SAC)
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Coker's 26 wins are the second most in a single season in program history, trailing only last year's 29 victories.
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Kamari Thompson pulled down a career-high 21 rebounds to finish the season with 944 career boards. That moved her into second place on Coker's all-time rebounding list.
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Shawnteanna Tillman finished her career with 1,411 points, the second most in Coker women's basketball history.
TOP PERFORMERS:
Kamari Thompson: 9 points, career-high 21 rebounds,
Dasia Ferguson: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks
Shawnteanna Tillman: 12 points, 6 rebounds
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Coker built an early lead and held a 16-10 advantage at the end of the first quarter. The Cobras then used an 8-0 run to extend the margin to 25-13 with just over six minutes remaining in the second quarter. Coker carried a 27-22 lead into halftime.
The Cobras pushed the lead back to eight early in the third quarter, but Lenoir-Rhyne University chipped away and took the lead for good in the final minute of the period. The Bears pulled away in the fourth quarter and secured the victory to advance to the NCAA Southeast Regional final.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Coker's highly successful season came to an end on Saturday, but not before the Cobras put together one of the most accomplished campaigns in program history. Coker captured its first-ever South Atlantic Conference Tournament championship, returned to the NCAA Tournament, and appeared in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 in all 15 polls this season — a feat the program had never achieved before.