Mountaineers Journey to Conway for Rematch with Coastal Carolina

BOONE, N.C. – The App State girls’s basketball group is ready to take part in its fourth Education Day sport of the 2025-26 marketing campaign because the Mountaineers conflict with Coastal Carolina in Conway, S.C. on Wednesday. Tipoff is ready for 11 a.m. and the sport shall be accessible for followers to stream on ESPN+. 
 
Last Time Out

The Mountaineers (11-14, 4-10 SBC) snapped a four-game drought on Feb. 14 with a 73-67 Pink Day & Alumni Day victory over Georgia State. Senior Elena Pericic sank a crucial 3-point bucket to drive additional time, the place the Black and Gold outscored the Panthers, 13-7, to solidify the win. Pericic drained 4-of-6 from past the arch in addition to 6-of-8 from the sector for a team-high 18 factors. Junior Daisia Mitchell netted 15 factors and mixed with seniors Emma Smith and Emily Hege for 15 of App State’s 21 assists, every meting out 5. Freshman Addie Biel grabbed a group and career-high 10 rebounds and netted 12 factors to register her first profession double-double. App State held Georgia State to a 3-point proportion of twenty-two.6% in addition to seven second likelihood factors. 
 
Rankings Report
Mitchell and Smith proceed to guide as App State’s prime scorers, averaging 11.0 and 10.0 factors per contest. Mitchell has netted double figures in 17 video games and has tallied a team-high 12 blocks this winter. Smith is App State’s prime rebounder, knocking down a mean of 6.1 boards per contest. She additionally leads the group in assists, meting out 3.7 per outing. In the Sun Belt rankings, Smith holds regular at second within the league in help to turnover ratio (1.56) for the yr.
 
The Mountaineers stay the Sun Belt’s chief in scoring protection, holding groups to a mean of 60.0 factors per sport. App State additionally continues to guide the league and ranks twenty third nationally in 3-point proportion protection, holding opponents to a mean of 6.2 3-pointers per sport. App State additionally ranks among the many Sun Belt’s prime 5 in assists per sport (14.4), subject purpose proportion (43.1%), rebound margin (5.0), help to turnover ratio (0.90), and defensive rebounds per sport (26.0). 
 
With 4 common season Sun Belt video games remaining, App State ranks third within the league in scoring protection, holding Sun Belt groups to a mean of 64.9 factors per sport. The Mountaineers additionally spherical out the league’s prime 5 in assists (13.93), rebound margin (1.4) and help to turnover ratio (0.83).
 
Last Time Against Coastal Carolina
App State and Coastal Carolina final met on Jan. 7 in Boone, the place the Mountaineers fell brief, 69-53 to the Chanticleers. Despite a gradual begin within the first 20 minutes of play, the Mountaineers outscored the Chants within the second half. Mitchell led the Black and Gold with 15 factors on the evening, adopted by Pericic, who registered a double-double with 13 factors and a team-high 11 rebounds. Additionally, Pericic knocked down two of App State’s triples and led the group in assists, meting out 4. 
 
Scouting Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina (12-15, 5-9 SBC) returns to Conway after splitting its weekend with a good seven-point victory over Old Dominion in Norfolk, Va. and a 67-56 loss to Georgia Southern in Statesboro, Ga. Since assembly the Mountaineers in early January, the Chants picked up wins over South Alabama (Jan. 17), Southern Miss (Jan. 24), and Texas State (Jan. 20). 
 
Four Chants common double figures, led by the scoring of junior ahead Tessa Grady and graduate pupil guard Kristin Williams, who common 14.3 and 13.3 factors per sport, respectively. Williams ranks second within the league and eleventh nationally in complete 3-pointers (78) in addition to seventeenth nationally in 3-pointers per sport (2.89). Grady joins Williams within the SBC’s prime three and the NCAA’s prime 30 in each classes with 76 3-pointers on the season, averaging 2.81 per contest. Williams additionally leads the Chanticleers in assists, averaging 3.3 per sport. Coastal Carolina’s prime rebounder is fifth-year senior ahead Tracey Hueston, who averages 6.3 boards per contest. Coastal Carolina leads the league and ranks among the many nation’s prime 45 in free throws made per sport (14.96) and 3-point proportion (34.8%). The Chanticleers additionally rank sixteenth nationally in 3-pointers per sport (8.9). 
 
Through 14 convention video games, Coastal Carolina ranks second within the SBC in 3-point proportion (34.4%) and third in made 3-pointers, averaging 8.1 per convention conflict. The Chants additionally rank third in defensive rebounds, averaging 26.9 per SBC sport. Grady and Williams spherical out the highest 5 in 3-point proportion and 3-pointers per sport in league-only motion. 
 
On the Horizon 
The Mountaineers will shut out their last common season street journey with a cease in Harrisonburg, Va. to tackle James Madison on Saturday. The sport is scheduled for two p.m. and shall be accessible to stream on ESPN+.