Salisbury, N.C. —- The Catawba College women's basketball team puts its four-game South Atlantic Conference win streak on the line on Saturday inside Goodman Arena, hosting 10th-ranked Carson-Newman for the teams' second matchup in three weeks to complete the season series.
THE MATCHUP
- Who: #10 Carson-Newman (8-1, 6-1 SAC) at Catawba (7-3, 5-2 SAC)
- Where: Goodman Arena, Salisbury, N.C.
- When: Saturday, Dec. 14, 2 p.m.
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THE HISTORY
- Catawba leads all-time series 43-37
- The Catawba Indians are 25-13 against the Eagles inside Goodman Arena
- Catawba has won the last two matchups with C-N at home
THE _ANIYA SHOW
- Catawba extended its SAC and overall win streak to four games on Wednesday, defeating Tusculum on the road 88-77, out-scoring the Pioneers 24-11 in the fourth quarter
- Saniya Wilson and Janiya Foskey set and matched career highs in points respectively, combining for 46 points and 16 rebounds in the victory
- Wilson more than doubled her previous career-best outing of 11 points with a 26-point explosion, including a precise 12-for-13 from the foul line
- Foskey recorded her first 20-plus point, 10-plus rebound game with a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds
STREAK ON THE LINE
- Catawba enters Saturday as the winners of each of their last 33 regular season games inside Goodman Arena; their last loss came in then-Goodman Gym in February 2022
- SAC opponents are winless in 23 tries in regular season games in that span
- Under McCutcheon, the Catawba Indians are 54-5 at home
LAST MEETING
- Saturday's matchup is the final scheduled meeting between Catawba and Carson-Newman this season, as the teams square off for the second time in three weeks
- The Eagles came away with a 92-80 win in Holt Fieldhouse on Nov. 23
- C-N grabbed 17 offensive rebounds, leading to 19 second-chance points in the first meeting
- Sydney Gueterman led the team in points for the second straight game with 14 on 5-of-11 shooting with two three-pointers
SCOUTING THE EAGLES
- Carson-Newman stands atop the SAC standings heading into Saturday and is ranked the top team in the Southeast region per the D2SIDA media poll
- The Eagles are ranked 10th in the WBCA coaches poll and fifth by the media
- Carson-Newman returns to Goodman Arena for the first time since reaching the regional final in March, falling to Georgia Southwestern in the regional title game
- Despite losing all-time leading scorer Braelyn Wykle, the Eagles still return double-digit scorers Campbell Penland, Tori Rutherford and Lindsey Taylor
- Their leading scorer, however, is newcomer Jennifer Sullivan, who transferred to C-N after two years at Division I Tennessee Tech
- Sullivan is averaging 17 points per contest on nearly 56 percent shooting from the field and 39 percent from three-point range
UP NEXT
- Catawba completes action at Goodman Arena in the 2024 calendar year, facing Southeast Regional contender North Georgia at 11 a.m. on Monday
