Women’s Basketball Travels To Chestnut Hill Sunday

Women’s Basketball Travels To Chestnut Hill Sunday

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – The Concordia College New York women's basketball team heads to the Keystone State for the first time this season on Sunday, Jan. 27 to take on Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opposition Chestnut Hill College in a 1 p.m. matchup. 

Match Information: Chestnut Hill
Date: 
Sunday, January 27, 2019 | 1:00 p.m.
Location: 
Philadelphia | Sorgenti Arena
All-Time Series: Chestnut Hill leads 7-2
Last Time: Chestnut Hill, 80-64 (Jan. 27, 2018)
Media Coverage: 
Live Stats | Live Video

About the Clippers
Concordia (4-14, 2-7 CACC) hits the road after besting visiting Nyack College 80-63 on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The Clippers average 60.0 points on a .357 field goal percentage with 34.8 rebounds, 13.4 assists, 8.4 steals and 2.1 blocks. 

Sophomore guard Cameron Corbett (Staten Island, N.Y.) leads a trio of Clippers that average double-digit scoring with 13.7 points, 10th-highest within the CACC, adding 3.3 assists per game that also sits 10th in the league and second on the team behind sophomore guard Saundra Cleckley (Queens, N.Y.) whose 3.4 average ranks ninth. Junior guard Nicole Nicholson (Staten Island, N.Y.) sparks the defense behind 2.1 steals, tied for the fifth-best average in the league, on top of 10.8 points while sophomore forward Sabrina Clement (Queens, N.Y.) pulls down a team-best 7.1 rebounds that ranks eighth and leads the CACC with 10.2 boards in conference play. Junior center Amiya Rankins (Somerset, N.J.) records 0.8 blocks per game to go with 10.7 points while her 23.1 points per 40 minute average ranks fourth in the conference.

About the Griffins
Chestnut Hill (4-12, 2-6 CACC) begins a three-game homestand after defeating Wilmington University (Del.) on the road 92-62 on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The Griffins average 66.6 points on a .386 field goal percentage with 39.9 rebounds, 14.4 assists, 5.0 steals and 2.8 blocks.

Jaeda Wildgoose powers the Chestnut Hill offense with 13.4 points on a .523 clip, the fourth-best field goal percentage in the league, and ranks second in the CACC with 8.1 rebounds while adding a team-best 0.9 blocks. Mary Trossi dishes out a team-leading 3.8 assists that sits fourth in the conference to go with a team-high 0.9 steals while Lauren Crim and Cassie Sebold chip in 11.6 and 11.4 points.

Up Next
The women's basketball team returns to the Meyer Athletic Center on Wednesday, Jan, 30 to conclude the home-and-home CACC North Division series with Bloomfield College. Tip-off is slated for 5 p.m. 

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