Cougars Face Tough Test at Georgia Southern
The Chicago State women's basketball team will travel to Statesboro, Georgia to face Georgia Southern on Thursday, December 9 at 10 a.m. at the Hanner Fieldhouse. Chicago State enters the contest with an 0-10 record following an 76-66 loss to North Carolina Central at home last Saturday.
Georgia Southern is 5-1 and have not played since Nov. 30 and will have had eight days off between games by the time the Cougars get to town. Meanwhile, the matchup with Georgia Southern will be the Cougars fourth game in roughly the same time frame. Georgia Southern has an explosive offense, averaging just over 94 points per game (94.2), are outscoring their opponents by over 35 points per game (35.2) and eclipsed 100 points in their last two games, scoring 126 their last time out (at home vs. Agnes Scott, a 126-35 win).
Friday's game will be the first meeting between the two schools.
Last Time Out...
The CSU women's basketball team wrapped up a busy week with a 76-66 home loss to North Carolina Central last Saturday at the JCC. The Cougars trailed by seven going into the fourth quarter but UNCC started the fourth with a 5-0 run and CSU managed to get within five on a few occssions but ultimately suffered the 10-point loss. Five Cougars scored in double-figures as Josie Hill finished with 13, while Taylor Norris and Tae'lor Willard each scored 12, Ahlea Myers tallied 11 and Janiah Newell with 10.Â
Independent Status
Chicago State and Hartford are the only two Division I programs playing an independent schedule during the  2022–23 season. CSU left the Western Athletic Conference following the 2021–22 season while Hartford began a transition to Division III in the 2021–22 school year, and left the America East Conference in July 2022. Hartford has announced it will join the D-III Commonwealth Coast Conference in July 2023.
Before 2022, the last D-I independent school had been NJIT, which was forced to go independent when its then-current home of the Great West Conference collapsed in 2013 due to conference realignment. NJIT would eventually find a home in the ASUN Conference in 2015, and is now in the America East.
Here's where to watch and follow:
| Chicago State Cougars at Georgia Southern Eagles |
| Date | Time |
Friday, December 9 | 10 a.m. |
| Location |
Hanner Field | Statesboro, Georgia |
| Watch |
ESPN+ |
| Live Stats |
Live Stats |
| Game Notes |
Chicago State Game Notes |
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About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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