Charlotte Women's Basketball 2013 NIT Tournament Capsule

Charlotte 49ers
Atlantic 10 (24-5, 13-1)

 

Big Wins: 11/17 FGCU (79-60), 2/3 Duquesne (63-54), 2/10 at St. Joseph’s (71-66)
Bad Losses: 11/24 Kansas State (63-67), 12/29 vs Toledo (66-76), 1/13 Fordham (56-59)
Coach: Cara Consuegra

Probable Starters:
Ny Hammonds, Junior, Guard, 10.3 ppg, 6.7 apg
Hillary Sigmon, Sophomore, Guard, 9.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Jai Forney, Senior, Guard, 9.8 ppg, 2.7 apg, 4.0 rpg
Jennifer Hailey, Senior, Forward, 15.0 ppg, 11.7 rpg, 2.6 bpg
Amanda Dowe, Senior, Forward, 10.8 ppg, 11.6 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Ayanna Holmes, Sophomore, Guard, 3.4 ppg, 1.5 apg
Alexis Alexander, Freshman, Forward, 3.4 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Kira Gordon, Freshman, Guard, 2.7 ppg, 1.7 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 66.5 (86th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 55.6 (52, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.2 (31, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.6 (63, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.1 (314, 15)   
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 65.6 (270, 12)
Rebound Margin: 8.1 (13, 1)
Assists Per Game: 14.2 (77, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 16 (102, 7)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012    NIT        First Round loss to Wake Forest
2011    NIT        Round of 32 win over South Carolina
2011    NIT        Regional Semifinal win over Florida
2011    NIT        Regional Final win over Virginia
2011    NIT        National Semifinal loss to Toledo
2011    NIT         Round of 64 win over Liberty
2010    NIT        Round of 64 win over Gardner-Webb
2010    NIT        Round of 32 loss to North Carolina A&T
2009    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Purdue
2008    NIT        First Round loss to VCU

*all team stats through 3/7

 

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