BOONE, N.C. - App State University women's basketball (0-4) will play six of its next seven games on the road starting with North Carolina A&T (1-2) on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in Greensboro at the Corbett Sports Center
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About the Mountaineers
Last Time Out
The Apps are coming off a tough 59-57 defeat to Davidson on Sunday where the Wildcats' Justine Lyon hit a jumper with 6.7 seconds left to give the visitors the lead. App had time to get off a shot, but failed to do so.
Lainey Gosnell shined in her first-career start as she scored a career-high 20 points and grabbed a personal-high nine rebounds. Gosnell scored 14 of her points in the second half including nine in the fourth quarter, which all were behind the arc. She hit two trifectas in a 16-second span to tie the game at 57-all in the final 1:41 of the contest.
Kaila Craven registered a season-high 15 points off the bench, shooting 4-for-8 from the floor and 6-of-7 from the charity stripe. It's the most points she's scored since returning from injury.
Bayley Plummer posted a personal-high 16 boards, which is the highest rebounding performance in the Sun Belt thus far. Her 13.5 rebounding average tops the Sun Belt and is in the top 15 in the nation.
What to Watch for
• The Mountaineers got off to a slow start going down 18-8 in the opening quarter on Sunday to the Wildcats before outscoring Davidson in the final three periods by eight points. NC A&T has been outscored by an average of 21.3-8 in the opening frame over its first three games. See if the Black and Gold can get off to a better start on Tuesday.
• App State has assisted on 30 of its 39 field goals (77 percent) over the last two games after posting just 11 helpers on 27 buckets (40 percent) in the first two contests of the season. Anticipate on the Black and Gold to continue the excellent ball movement.
• The Mountaineers have pushed the pace with a tempo of 76 in the last two games after failing to reach 70 in the first two games of the season. Watch if the Mountaineers can continue to push the tempo against the Aggies.
• The App defense allowed its fewest points per possession at .787 against Davidson on Sunday. See if the defense can continue to make it tough for opponents on the defensive end of the floor
.
Scouting North Carolina A&T
• The Aggies are coming off back-to-back losses to Elon
and Auburn in their last two outings.
• Three players average double-figures with Cinia
McCray
turning in 13.7 points per game.
• Alexus Lessears
is grabbing a team-high 7.7 rpg while Shantell
Bostick
's 10 assists are a team best.
• NC A&T's defense have forced opponents to turn the ball over an average of 24.7 times in the first three games.
• The Aggies were picked third in the Preseason MEAC
Poll, while Lessears
was a Second Team All-MEAC
Preseason selection.
• NC A&T has the sixth-highest pace in the MEAC
at 79.5, averaging nearly 80 possessions per game.
• The Aggies are allowing opponents to score .846 points per trip on offense, while scoring just .754 points per possession.
Series History
• Appalachian has won seven of the eight matchups against North Carolina A&T including the previous two games between the two foes.
• The Mountaineers defeated the Aggies, 71-58, last season at home thanks to Madi
Story's 31 points.
What's Next
The Mountaineers will make the trek to Charleston, S.C. to face College of Charleston on Sunday, Nov. 26 at 2 p.m.
