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Talia Davis and the Aggies head into conference play against Elon on Friday.

Women's Basketball

Women's Basketball Returns to Competition, Faces Elon In First-Ever CAA Game

The Aggies and the Phoenix have played 15 times previously.

THE GAME North Carolina A&T (6-5, 0-0 CAA) vs. Elon (4-7, 0-0 CAA)
LOCATION East Greensboro, N.C.
DATE Dec. 30
TIP-OFF 6 p.m.
STREAM FloHoops

STREAM: Friday's contest will be streamed live on FloHoops starting at 6 p.m. Donal Ware will provide the play-by-play, and Walter Johnson will analyze the action.

NORTH CAROLINA A&T AGGIES STORYLINES 

  • It will be a historic night for North Carolina A&T women's basketball, albeit against a familiar opponent and someone from the Piedmont neighborhood. 
  • The Aggies will play their first-ever Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) conference game on Friday. The Elon Phoenix will make the 25-minute drive to East Greensboro to face A&T for the 16th time in history, but the first as conference foes.   
  • Head coach Tarrell Robinson is in his 11th season and is the program's all-time winningest coach. He set the record against South Carolina State after a 68-49 victory in Orangeburg, S.C., for his 192nd win.
  • Robinson has a 195-113 overall record and has made three NCAA tournament appearances, three postseason WNIT appearances, and won three conference tournament championships and four regular-season conference championships.
  • Robinson is looking to become the third A&T basketball coach – men or women – to reach 200 wins, joining men's basketball coaches Cal Irvin and Don Corbett.
  • In addition, he has a 101-27 record in Corbett Sports Center. The Aggies 89-38 win against Mid-Atlantic Christian on Nov. 15 gave Robinson his 100th win in Corbett Sports Center, the first women's coach to reach the milestone.
  • Robinson comes into the game with a 3-3 record against Elon. 
  • Graduate center Jazmin Harris leads the Aggies in scoring (15.1 per), rebounding (8.8 per), blocked shots (1.8 per), double-doubles (3) and shooting (.538). In addition, she leads the CAA in shooting and ranks fourth in blocked shots per game. 
  • Harris recently reached the 1,000-point plateau in her collegiate career. She scored 611 points with the Charlotte 49ers in 76 games played and 519 with the A&T Aggies in 38 games. She goes into the Elon game with 1,130 career points. In addition, she has eight career double-doubles, three with Charlotte and five with A&T. 
  • In the last five games, Jordyn Dorsey is averaging 15.2 points with three games of 19-plus points.
  • Four Aggies have recorded their first collegiate start this season. Redshirt freshman Chaniya Clark and freshman Taliya Council started against Johnson & Wales (Dec. 10). 
  • Meanwhile, sophomore Laila Acox started against Cincinnati (Dec. 1), and Keona Curtis received her first start at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) (Dec. 21).
  • The Aggies have a 590-576 record and need 10 wins for 600 in program history. They need how many? 

SCOUTING THE ELON PHOENIX

  • Elon is on a five-game losing streak following a four-game winning streak in which they defeated High Point University, UNC Greensboro, Old Dominion and NCCU.  
  • The Phoenix is coming off a 64-46 loss at Central Florida on Dec. 21. Elon shot 25.4 percent from the field, and Lenaejha Evans was the only player to score double figures with 10.
  • CAA voters picked the Phoenix to finish fourth in the league in the preseason poll, and they selected Evonna McGill as a preseason second-team performer. But McGill has only scored 12 points in her last four games. 
  • Raven Preston leads the team in points (13.4) and rebounds per game (7.2). She also leads the team in steals (15) and ranks second with 14 assists. Evans is the only other Phoenix averaging double figures (11.8)  
  • Charlotte Smith enters her 12th season leading the Phoenix. She has a 190-149 record at Elon, passing Brenda Paul (172-225) to become the winningest coach in program history.  
  • She led the Phoenix to four straight postseason appearances from 2015-18, with WNIT appearances (2015-16) and two NCAA tournament appearances (2017-18).

THE SERIES

  • Elon holds a slight 8-7 advantage against the Aggies, but A&T has won six of the last nine meetings.
  • A&T leads the series 6-3 at Corbett and has won four of the previous five games in Corbett.
  • Last season, Elon came away with a 76-66 victory at Elon.

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Players Mentioned

Chaniya Clark

#33 Chaniya Clark

C
6' 4"
Redshirt Freshman
Jordyn Dorsey

#21 Jordyn Dorsey

G
5' 9"
Sophomore
Jazmin Harris

#40 Jazmin Harris

C
6' 3"
Graduate Student
Laila Acox

#0 Laila Acox

F
6' 0"
Sophomore
Taliya Council

#2 Taliya Council

F
6' 0"
Freshman
Keona Curtis

#32 Keona Curtis

F
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Chaniya Clark

#33 Chaniya Clark

6' 4"
Redshirt Freshman
C
Jordyn Dorsey

#21 Jordyn Dorsey

5' 9"
Sophomore
G
Jazmin Harris

#40 Jazmin Harris

6' 3"
Graduate Student
C
Laila Acox

#0 Laila Acox

6' 0"
Sophomore
F
Taliya Council

#2 Taliya Council

6' 0"
Freshman
F
Keona Curtis

#32 Keona Curtis

6' 1"
Freshman
F