Fire Look to Earn TSC Wins in Peach State

LAKELAND, Fla.- The No. 2 Southeastern University women's basketball team is set to continue Sun Conference play. The Fire opened up TSC play last Saturday at home with a resounding 105-50 win over the St. Thomas University Bobcats. SEU now heads to The Peach State to take on Coastal Georgia and Thomas in a pair of Sun Conference contests.

GAMES:
Coffin Gym, Brunswick, Ga.
Thursday, 5:30 p.m. at College of Coastal Georgia Mariners (3-3, 1-0 TSC)
TU Gymnasium, Thomasville, Ga.
Saturday, 2:00 p.m. at Thomas University Night Hawks (0-3, 0-1 TSC)

COVERAGE:
WATCH/LIVE STATS: CCG   TU

FIRE FOCUS:

• Junior forward Taylah Simmons set a single-game program record for points scored with 35 points totaled against STU. Simmons earned Sun Conference Player of the Week distinction for her performance.
• Simmons is averaging a team-best 21 points per game this season and is shooting 55.4% (51-92) from the interior.
• The Fire shot an impressive 60.6% (40-66) from the field against the Bobcats.
• SEU also scored 34 points of 23 St. Thomas turnovers. The Fire are averaging 25.5 points scored off of an average of 22 turnovers forced per game this season.
• Sophomore guard Raegan Linster has shot 42.9% (12-28) from three-point range over her last three contests.
• Southeastern has won 63-straight games against Sun Conference opponents.
• The last time the Fire lost to a TSC team was February 10, 2016 against Thomas (70-64).

FIRE ALL-TIME:

• The Fire and the Mariners have met six times in their history with Southeastern taking all six of the matchups.
• Since the 2013-14 season, the Fire and the Night Hawks have met 13 times. Of the 13 meetings, SEU has taken 11 of them. In the seven competitions that have been played in Lakeland, Southeastern is 7-0 against Thomas.

THE MARINERS:

• Coastal Georgia returned just two of their five starters from last season's Sun Conference Tournament Runners-Up squad.
• CCG earned a 83-55 win over Thomas in its Sun Conference opener last Saturday.
• Junior center Quira Porter has successfully stepped into the starting rotation for the Mariners after appearing in 32 contests off the bench last season, averaging a team-leading 12.2 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per contest.
• Junior guard Solrun Gisladottir is shooting 40% (12-30) from three-point range to start off the season.

THE NIGHT HAWKS:

• Thomas is looking to get into the win column for the first time this season after a 10-19 2018-19 campaign in which they finished seventh in The Sun Conference.
• The Night Hawks have yet to exceed 65 points scored in a contest this season.
• Senior guard Samantha Gilbert has been an offensive catalyst for TU thus far, averaging 16 points per game.
• The Night Hawks have been out-rebounded on average 40-25.5 boards per contest.

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