WBB: Hofstra Hosts Charleston On Sunday In Home Finale

Hempstead, N.Y. – Hofstra will cap the regular season home schedule on Sunday at 2 p.m. when the Pride takes on the College of Charleston at the Mack Sports Complex.

Fans can purchase tickets by visiting HofstraTickets.com, where it is now possible to print their tickets at home. In addition fans can also call (516) HOF-TIXX or visit the Hofstra Athletics Box Office in the Mack Sports Complex for more ticket information.

Pride Productions free live video and audio will also be available as well as live statistics. The Pride Productions audio only broadcast, which will start pregame coverage at 1:30 p.m., can also be heard via the portal and on the WRHU mobile app as well as on 88.7 FM in the local area.

Hofstra (20-7, 11-5 CAA) is coming off a 61-54 win over Drexel as the teams remain locked in a battle for second-place in the CAA standings with two regular season games remaining. After hosting Charleston (9-17, 4-11 CAA) Hofstra will travel to Northeastern on Wednesday. The Pride and Dragons have identical conference records and split the regular season matchup.

Before Sunday's game, Hofstra will honor Jakelle King-Gilchrist, Dee Thomas-Palmer, Darius Faulk, Anjie White and Asia Jackson in a pregame Senior Day ceremony that will take place approximately 10 minutes before the contest's scheduled start time.

Charleston can finish as high as seventh in the conference and will be one of four teams that will compete in the CAA Championship's first round on March 9 at the Show Place Arena. The Pride cannot mathematically finish as one of the bottom-four teams and thus will start the conference tournament in the quarterfinals on March 10.

Hofstra and Charleston played a close game in the first meeting on Jan. 10 at TD Arena with the Pride coming away with a 62-58 victory. Jackson came off the bench to score a career-high 24 points in that contest and the Pride out-scored the Cougars, 23-15, in the fourth quarter. Hofstra trailed by as much as nine in that contest before registering the come-from-behind victory.

Breanna Bolden was averaging 14 points for the Cougars entering the week to rank in the top-four. Jackie-Luna-Castro, who scored 23 points against the Pride last month, is averaging 10.2 points.

Charleston lost to Northeastern, 78-66, in Boston on Friday. The Huskies shot 50.8 percent from the field against Cougars.

The game will feature two of the CAA's top-four players in field goal-percentage entering Friday. Sophomore forward Ashunae Durant is averaging 48.3 percent for third place and Luna-Castro is at 47.7 percent. Durant is coming off one of the best games of her career with a 17-point, 17-rebound effort against the Dragons.

Faulk tied a career high with 10 assists versus Drexel and added eight rebounds in 40 minutes. Fellow guard Krystal Luciano, a junior, scored 15 points in also playing 40 minutes.

Hofstra is 3-2 in the all-time series against Charleston, which started in 2013-14 when the Cougars first joined the CAA. Charleston won both meetings in the first season, but the Pride responded by posting the season sweep in 2014-15. Hofstra will now be going for a second consecutive series sweep.

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Players Mentioned

#2 Ashunae Durant: F; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#12 Darius Faulk: G; 5' 8"; Senior

#1 Asia Jackson: G; 5' 5"; Senior

#21 Jakelle King-Gilchrist: G; 5' 9"; Senior

#11 Krystal Luciano: G; 5' 5"; Junior

#24 Dee Thomas-Palmer: F; 6' 0"; Senior

#20 Anjie White: F; 6' 2"; Redshirt Junior

Players Mentioned

#2 Ashunae Durant
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: F

#12 Darius Faulk
: 5' 8"; Senior
: G

#1 Asia Jackson
: 5' 5"; Senior
: G

#21 Jakelle King-Gilchrist
: 5' 9"; Senior
: G

#11 Krystal Luciano
: 5' 5"; Junior
: G

#24 Dee Thomas-Palmer
: 6' 0"; Senior
: F

#20 Anjie White
: 6' 2"; Redshirt Junior
: F

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Players Mentioned

Players Mentioned