WBB Game Day Central: Campbell
2/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
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Liberty's Women's Basketball Game Notes
Today's Game
Riding a season-best seven-game winning streak, Big South co-leader Liberty (14-8, 11-2 Big South) will play host to Campbell (8-13, 3-9 Big South), Tuesday at 7 p.m. inside the Vines Center. The Lady Flames won their first meeting with the Lady Camels this season, 62-52, Dec. 29 in Buies Creek, N.C.
The "Starting Five" - Liberty's Top Storylines
1) Liberty has won seven games in a row and is 11-1 in its last 12 contests, moving into a tie with UNC Asheville for first place in the Big South standings. The Lady Flames have also won six straight home games overall and 20 consecutive home matchups versus Big South opponents.
2) Liberty Head Coach Carey Green is nearing a milestone, as he enters Tuesday's game with 397 career coaching victories. Campbell's most recent victory at the Vines Center came during Green's third game as head coach, on Nov. 29, 1999.
3) Campbell has not played a game for more than a week, with its last contest coming on Feb. 1. Conversely, Liberty will be playing for the second time in three days on Tuesday.
4) Ashley Rininger missed the Dec. 29 contest at Campbell due to injury. She averaged 17.7 ppg and 11.0 rpg in three meetings with Campbell last year, while shooting 65.8 percent (25-of-38) from the field. On Sunday, Rininger scored a game-high 16 points in just 20 minutes against Radford.
5) In Rininger's absence, Catherine Kearney tied her career high of 22 points at Campbell on Dec. 29, along with grabbing 10 rebounds and blocking three shots.
Liberty vs. Campbell at a Glance
Series History
Series Record: Liberty leads, 17-13.
Current Streak: Liberty has won four consecutive meetings.
Series Record at Liberty: Liberty leads, 9-4.
Current Streak at Liberty: Liberty has won four consecutive meetings.
Last Meeting Overall: Liberty 62, Campbell 52 (Dec. 29, 2015 at Campbell)
Last Meeting at Liberty: Liberty 64, Campbell 40 (Jan. 24, 2015)
Campbell's Last Series Victory: Campbell 61, Liberty 55 (OT) (Feb. 1, 2014 at CU)
Campbell's Last Series Victory at Liberty: Campbell 64, Liberty 59 (Nov. 29, 1999)
Coaching Matchup
Liberty Head Coach: Carey Green
Overall Record (Seasons): 397-136 (17th Season)
Record at Liberty (Seasons): Same
Record vs. Campbell: 10-2
Campbell Head Coach: Wanda Watkins
Overall Record (Seasons): 544-438 (35th Season)
Record at Campbell (Seasons): Same
Record vs. Liberty: 13-17
Notes and Anecdotes
• Catherine Kearney led Liberty to a 62-52 victory at Campbell on Dec. 29, tying her career high of 22 points, to go along with 10 rebounds and three blocked shots. Amanda Coffer paced the Lady Camels with 21 points and 11 rebounds.
• Campbell had recorded 11 or more conference wins in each of its first four seasons back in the Big South, but the Lady Camels are only 3-9 in conference play this year. Two of those Big South wins have come against Coastal Carolina.
• The Lady Camels boast the Big South leader in both assists (RaeChaun Edwards - 5.1 apg) and blocked shots (Amanda Coffer - 2.3 bpg) this season.
• Campbell has not played since suffering a 68-56 loss at Gardner-Webb on Feb. 1. Conversely, Liberty will be playing for the second time in three days on Tuesday.
• Campbell is seeking its first win at the Vines Center since a 64-59 triumph on Nov. 29, 1999. That was Carey Green's third game as Liberty's first head coach and his first home loss.
• Wanda Watkins, in her 35th season as Campbell's head coach, is the longest-tenured active women's basketball coach in the Big South. Tuesday's game will mark the 31st time she has faced Liberty, and her teams are 13-17 in the previous 30 matchups with the Lady Flames.
On This Date
Liberty is 10-3 all-time on Feb. 9, including 7-0 in Big South games.
Seven in a Row
The Lady Flames have won seven straight games, marking their longest winning streak of the season. Rebounding and defense have fueled the streak.
• Led by Katelyn Adams' 10.6 rpg, Liberty owns a +15.4 rebound margin during the streak. The Lady Flames' opponents are shooting 34.1 percent from the field.
One of Two
The Liberty men's basketball team has won six games in a row, making Liberty and New Mexico State the only NCAA Division I schools whose men's and women's basketball teams are both currently on winning streaks of six games or longer.
A Look Back at the Lady Flames' 67-53 Victory Over Radford
• Defense, rebounding and a balanced scoring attack pushed Liberty past Radford, 67-53, Sunday afternoon inside the Vines Center.
• Liberty limited Radford to 40.4 percent (21-of-52) field goal shooting and posted a decisive 40-23 advantage in a battle between the Big South's top two rebounding teams.
• Ashley Rininger (16 points), Sadalia Ellis (12 points), Mickayla Sanders (12 points) and Katelyn Adams (10 points, 11 rebounds, 4 blocks) all reached double figures for the Lady Flames, who shot 51 percent (26-of-51) for the game, including 63.6 percent (14-of-22) after halftime.
• The Lady Flames extended several winning streaks on Sunday, as they have now won six straight home games, 11 straight meetings with Radford and 20 consecutive home games against Big South opponents.
• The Lady Flames improved to 103-1 under Carey Green when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. They were aided by 38 points in the paint.
• Liberty attempted a season-low seven three-pointers, making two of them for 28.6 percent.
• Adams' double-double was her second in a row and her fourth of the season.
Comeback Kids
Liberty has won the last three times it has trailed at halftime, improving to 4-8 when trailing at halftime this season.
The Lady Flames have recovered from a deficit of eight points or greater three times in the last six games (versus Coastal Carolina, Longwood and Charleston Southern).
Shaking Things Up
Head Coach Carey Green has used eight different starting lineups during this season's first 22 games. The Lady Flames have eclipsed the number of starting lineups they used during the entire 2014-15 season (7), and 11 different players have started this year.
Winning the Battle of the Boards
Liberty has outrebounded 18 of 22 opponents this season, including nine in a row.
The Container is Half Full
The Lady Flames are 103-1 under head coach Carey Green when making at least 50 percent of their field goals, including 3-0 this season. Liberty has won the last 30 times it has shot 50 percent or better, since an 83-77 loss to Kentucky in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship (March 20, 2010).
The Container is Half Empty
Liberty had held 69 straight opponents below 50 percent shooting from the field before No. 16/15 California shot 51.9 percent (28-of-54) against the Lady Flames on Nov. 28 in Las Vegas. Most recently, the Lady Flames' last 13 foes have each been held below the 50 percent mark.
Player Trends
#1 Mickayla Sanders
• Has hit a three-pointer in 10 straight games and needs four triples to become the 11th Lady Flame with 100 career three-pointers made
#2 Candice Leatherwood
• Leatherwood has tied for the most free throw attempts among the Lady Flames during the final 5:00 of games this season, going 17-of-26 for 65.4 percent in those situations.
#3 Sadalia Ellis
• At Campbell (Dec. 29), finished with 16 points (14 in the first half), a career-high nine rebounds, a team-high five assists and three steals
• Has made 14 of her 16 free throw attempts (87.5 percent) during the last two games, taking over the Big South lead at 83.1 percent for the season
• Has recorded 19 assists and only nine turnovers in the last five games
#10 Jaymee Fisher-Davis
• Has made multiple three-pointers in 11 of 22 games this season
• Has hit 34 of her last 36 free throw attempts, boosting her career free throw percentage to 88.4
• 76 percent (111 of 146) of her career made field goals have been three-pointers
#21 Mikal Johnson
• Nearing a pair of career milestones, as she is one point shy of 500 and eight three-pointers away from 100
#23 Brooke Alexander
• Averaging 5.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 2.4 apg and 1.6 spg since joining the starting lineup, helping Liberty go 7-0 in those games
• Has recorded a 28-to-18 assist-to-turnover ratio over the last 10 games
#34 Katelyn Adams
• Averaging 9.0 ppg and 11.3 rpg over her last six contests
• Notched her second straight double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds), Sunday versus Radford. It was Adams' fourth double-double of the season and the 13th of her career.
• Adams has tallied six or more rebounds in 18 of 22 games in 2015-16, including nine 10+-rebound efforts. She leads the team in rebounding and ranks second in the Big South.
#44 Catherine Kearney
• Posted a career high for points (22) for the second straight game, Dec. 29 at Campbell, while adding 10 rebounds and a career high-tying three blocks
• Has hit 27 of her last 29 free throw attempts (93.1 percent), including her last 11 in a row
#55 Ashley Rininger
• Averaged 17.7 ppg and 11.0 rpg in three meetings with Campbell last year, while shooting 65.8 percent (25-of-38) from the field
• Has totaled 34 points, 18 rebounds and 4 blocks in 54 minutes since returning from injury, including a game-high 16 points against Radford on Sunday
