Howard Bison
MEAC (24-8, 14-2)
Big Wins: 11/19 vs Detroit (60-58), 12/18 at Wake Forest (63-59), 2/11 Florida A&M (68-61)
Bad Losses: 11/18 at Akron (63-64), 11/27 at Loyola MD (56-62), 1/23 Hampton (39-52)
Coach: Niki Reid Geckeler (4 seasons at Howard)
Probable Starters:
Cheyenne Curley-Payne, Junior, Guard, 6.5 ppg, 5.1 apg, 4.3 rpg, 2.8 spg
Tamoria Holmes, Junior, Guard, 18.4 ppg, 2.5 apg 2.5 spg
Kara Smith, Junior, Forward, 4.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Saadia Doyle, Junior, Forward, 17.1 ppg, 8.4 rpg, 2.1 spg
Nicole Deterville, Junior, Center, 2.0 ppg, 6.1 rpg
Key Roleplayers:
Zykia Brown, Senior, Guard, 8.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Portia Deterville, Junior, Center, 1.3 ppg, 2.8 rpg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 59.3 (225th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 53.5 (25, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 36.6 (273, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.6 (166, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.7 (260, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: na
Free-Throw Percentage: 75.3 (25, 1)
Rebound Margin: 0.1 (165, 7)
Assists Per Game: 12.0 (207, 6)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.1 (9, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
Howard 2001 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Iowa State
Howard 1998 NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina
Howard 1997 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Stanford
Howard 1996 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Connecticut
*all team stats through 3/1
