Women's Basketball; Cougars Go to Second Place Chattanooga State

The Cleveland State women's basketball team travels down the road to Chattanooga State today.

This is the second straight road game for the Cougars (5-13, 3-8), winning this past Saturday 57-54 at Jackson State (10-6, 5-6). The Tigers (13-7, 8-3) come in on a three-game winning streak winning their last game on Monday in a non-conference meeting against the Milligan University Junior Varsity team.

Cleveland comes into the contest averaging 50 points on 32.3% shooting from the field, 22.6% from behind the three-point line and 54 percent at the free throw line per game. The Cougars bring down 40.1 rebounds with 18.3 of those from the conference leader Mar'Nazha Houston. The team as a whole averages 8.1 assists per game and 6.9 steals. Here you can find the Cougars player's statistics throughout the season.

Chattanooga puts in 61.9 points each game on 40.1% shooting and 30.4 percent from beyond the arc with Alicia Polk coming in at third in the conference from three-point distance at 47.1% per game. The team shoots 72.8 percent from the free throw line and brings down 33 rebounds. The team averages 12 assists and 10.6 steals per contest. Here you can find the Tigers player's statistics throughout the season.

This is the second meeting between the two teams with Chattanooga State taking the first game in Cleveland 73-42. Tip off is set for today at 5:30 p.m. and can be seen live on the Tigers live stream.

Edwin Bear
Cleveland State Community College
Sports Information/Media Relations