
The Coppin State women's basketball team will open its 2009-10 season on Friday (Nov. 13) by hosting West Virginia State in the Coppin State Classic.

The Coppin State women’s basketball team has been selected to finish third in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference preseason poll as voted upon by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.

Liz Repella scored 27 points leading four players in double figures and West Virginia defeated Coppin State 70-40 in an opening round game of the Women's National Invitation Tournament on Thursday at the West Virginia Coliseum.

The Coppin State women's basketball team will travel to West Virginia in the opening round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament on Thursday (March 19) to face the Mountaineers.

Deidra Jones scored 21 points and Florida A&M outscored Coppin State 44-19 in the second half on its way to a 64-43 victory over the Eagles in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinal game on Wednesday in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Coppin State senior Whitney Cunningham was named the 2008-09 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year as well as being named first team all-conference at the MEAC awards banquet at the Benton Convention Center on Monday.