A&T Wraps Up Non-Conference Home Schedule Against JWU

Women’s Basketball | 10/12/2022 7:48:00 AM

stream: Saturday’s contest will be broadcast live on FloHoops starting at 2pm. Donal Ware provides commentary, with North Carolina A&T Sports Hall of Famer Arlene Mitchell analyzing the action.

A&T Story in North Carolina

• head coach Tarell Robinson He is in his 11th season with 193 wins, making him the most winning coach in program history. He set a record for his 192nd win at South Carolina State University with his 68-49 win in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
• Robinson has a career record of 193-111 and has won three NCAA tournaments, three postseason WNITs, three conference tournaments, and four regular-season conference championships.
• Robinson aims to become the third A&T basketball coach to reach 200 wins with A&T, joining men’s basketball coaches Cal Irvin and Don Corbett.
• Additionally, he has a record of 100-27 at the Corbett Sports Center. Robinson achieved his 100th win at the Corbett Sports Center with the Aggies 89–38 victory over his Christian at mid-Atlantic on 15 November.
• Malia Bracone has scored in double figures in all seven games, making him the only Aggie to achieve that feat.
• Jordyn Dorsey Spent Career Day with Cincinnati. She led the team with her game-high 21 points on 15-for-9 shooting. She also had career-best field goals made and field goals attempted.
• The match against Johnson & Wales will be the last non-conference home game for the Aggies. A&T is 2-1 inside the Corbett Sports Center this season.

Johnson & Wales Wildcats Scout

• Johnson & Wales have won their last two games, including a 72-52 victory over Bob Jones last Thursday.
• The Wildcats started the season strong, winning their first two games against Morris and Virginia-Lynchburg before losing to Voorhees.
• Johnson & Wales faced Division I School Queens in an 89-61 exhibition loss before the start of the season.
• Thanaesia Dorsey leads the team with 17.1 points per game. She dropped her career-high 33 points on her 11-for-22 shooting against the Voorhees.
• Jordan Durant averaged 16.7 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. She scored her 18 and 17 points against Faith A&M in South Carolina on her November 15th.
• Gioia White leads the team with 10.6 rebounds per game. She has had her five double-digit rebounds this season.
• Jill Dunn is in his second season leading the Wildcats. Johnson & Wales went 19-5 overall and 9-1 in the conference, earning the second seed in the West last season.
• The Wildcats lost to No. 1 seed Clinton in the West in the semifinals.
• They also received a bid for the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) tournament, losing in the semifinals to Pennsylvania State Schuylkill 69–67 in overtime.

series

• Their only meeting came on 9 November 2019, when A&T beat Johnson & Wales 121-61. A&T led 63-18 at halftime.

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“I’m looking forward to playing another home game and recovering from a disappointing loss to Cincinnati.”

head coach Tarell Robinson