WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - DSU Travels to Play Coppin St.

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Delaware State University women's basketball team will look to knock down a hot-streaking Coppin State team Saturday afternoon as the Lady Hornets travel to Baltimore to take on the Eagles at 2 p.m. at the CSU Physical Education Complex.

Del State is currently 4-18 on the year and 1-8 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and have lost three straight contests while Coppin State is 13-10 overall and 8-2 in MEAC play.  The Eagles are amidst a six-game winning streak and have won 11 of their last 12 contests.

In their last game, DSU recorded season-lows in five categories as Hampton University routed the Lady Hornets, 72-33, Monday evening at Memorial Hall.  Del State tallied a season-low eight field goals on the night en route to a 23.5 shooting percentage on 8-for-34 on the floor.  The 34 field goals attempted is also a season-low.  For just the second time this season, the Lady Hornets went without a 3-point basket as they were 0-for-5 from behind the arc.  The five 3-point field goals attempted was also a season low, with their previous low of seven coming twice (vs. Robert Morris and NJIT).

For the first time in over 10 seasons, the Lady Hornets went without a single steal in a game.  Since the 2001-02 season, no Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference team recorded less than one steal in a game.  Additionally, the Lady Pirates committed a DSU opponent season-low of just five turnovers.  The Terps previously held this number with 10 turnovers.

Despite their team scoring woes, redshirt freshman Tierra Hawkins (Clinton, Md.) collected 17 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the floor and 7-for-7 from the free throw line.  Hawkins scored 13 of her 17 points in the second half.  The forward has scored in double figures in 18 of 22 contests this season.  Freshman Keyanna Tate (Beltsville, Md.) posted a game-high nine rebounds for the Lady Hornets.

The Eagles extended their season-best winning streak to six games with an 80-77 victory at Morgan State last Saturday.  Junior Shawntae Payne scored a career-high 18 points leading four players in double figures.  Senior Jeanine Manley, a one-time MEAC Player of the Week, leads Coppin State with an average of 14.0 points per game and is third in the conference with a .508 field goal percentage.  Fellow senior Crystal Whittington collects an average of 6.8 rebounds per game to lead the team.

Live video is available for tomorrow's contest via http://131.118.144.22:8080/vbrickvideo1 and can be seen only using Windows Media Player.  No lives statistics will be made available for this contest, but fans can follow the DSU women's basketball twitter feed at www.twitter.com/DSUwbb.