Women’s Basketball Welcomes Georgian Court Saturday

Women’s Basketball Welcomes Georgian Court Saturday

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – The Concordia College New York women's basketball team returns to the Meyer Athletic Center on Saturday, Jan. 19 to host Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) foe Georgian Court University. Originally scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., tip-off has been pushed up to 12 p.m. due to impending weather.

Match Information: Georgian Court
Date: 
Saturday, January 19, 2019 | 12:00 p.m.
Location: 
Bronxville, N.Y. | Meyer Athletic Center
All-Time Series: Georgian Court leads 9-6
Last Time: Georgian Court, 66-55 (Jan. 10, 2018)
Media Coverage: 
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About the Clippers
Concordia (3-13, 1-6 CACC) returns home after falling at CACC North Division leader Dominican College (N.Y.) 80-49 on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The Clippers average 58.7 points on a .351 field goal percentage with 34.9 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 8.2 steals and 1.9 blocks.

Sophomore guard Cameron Corbett (Staten Island, N.Y.) leads a trio of Clippers that average double-digit scoring with 12.8 points, adding 3.4 assists per game that matches sophomore guard Saundra Cleckley (Queens, N.Y.) for the team lead and tie for ninth within the league. Junior guard Nicole Nicholson (Staten Island, N.Y.) sparks the defense behind 2.2 steals, good for the fifth-best average in the conference, on top of 10.8 points while sophomore forward Sabrina Clement (Queens, N.Y.) pulls down a team-best 6.4 rebounds after a career-high 14 at Dominican with 9.7 in league action that places second in the CACC. Junior center Amiya Rankins (Somerset, N.J.) records 0.8 blocks per game to go with 11.0 points.

About the Lions
Georgian Court (4-11, 4-3 CACC) treks to Bronxville after falling at Jefferson University 64-35 on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The Lions lead the league in assists and blocks with averages of 15.8 and 4.7 that ranks 24th nationally on top of 66.5 points on a .425 clip, 36.8 rebounds and 9.4 steals

Jada Atchison leads a pair of Lions that rank in the top-10 of the CACC in scoring with 14.9, sitting fifth entering Saturday, followed by Destiny Thompson who places seventh with 14.2. Ivona Kravic boasts 1.9 blocks, second-best average in the league, while Carna Prokic ranks second in the CACC with 2.5 steals on top of a 3.7 assists per game rate that places fourth within the conference. Safiyyah Lee pulls down a team-best 6.7 rebounds while chipping in 10.3 points, 2.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.4 blocks that ranks fourth in the league.

Up Next
The women's basketball team hosts Nyack College on Tuesday, Jan. 22 in a 5 p.m. CACC contest.

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