PREVIEW: Women’s Basketball faces SAC road test at league-leader Wingate

Wingate, N.C. —- The Catawba College women's basketball team travels on the road for the first time in 2025 on Wednesday, facing league-leader Wingate in a matchup between two of the top four teams in the South Atlantic Conference.

THE MATCHUP

- Who: Catawba (9-5, 7-3 SAC) at Wingate (9-4, 8-1 SAC)

- Where: Cuddy Arena, Wingate, N.C.

- When: Wednesday, Jan. 8, 5:30 p.m.

- How to follow: FloSports ($) | Live stats

THE HISTORY

- Wingate leads the series 66-43

- The Catawba Indians are 17-34 in Cuddy Arena against the Bulldogs

- McCutcheon is 6-3 against Wingate as Catawba's head coach; his first career game was the 59-48 win over the Bulldogs in February 2020

JANIYA IS THE FOS-KEY

- Janiya Foskey was named the WePlayed Sports SAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week after scoring a career-high 28 points in the win over Mars Hill on Saturday

- She shot 7-for-10 from the field and 14-for-17 from the free throw line in the win

- Foskey has recorded three 20-point games to this point this season, her first 20-point games in her collegiate career; the 28-point outing is the most points scored by a Catawba player in a game this season

FAB FRESHMAN

- Freshman Bailee Goodlett enters the Wingate game with a seven-game active streak of scoring in double figures

- Goodlett currently ranks as the second leading scoring freshman in the SAC, just 0.7 points per game behind Anderson's Rose Gravel

- The Salisbury native's 53.8 percent from three-point range is good for best in the league

LONG-STANDING SAC FOES

- Wingate is Catawba's most-played opponent in program history

- Despite all the games played and the teams being successful around the same time, the two have never met in the NCAA Tournament

- The programs have combined to win each of the last three SAC regular season titles

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS

- Wingate is 8-1 in SAC play, but have the meat of their league schedule ahead of them – the Bulldogs have played just two games against SAC opponents with a .500 or better win percentage in conference play

- One of many breakout players in the SAC this year, Lia Anderson leads the team with 15.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game

- Just last season, Anderson started in just two games for the Bulldogs, averaging 5.3 points per game

UP NEXT

- The Catawba Indians are off this weekend, returning to action next Wednesday on the road against the other team tied atop the SAC standings in Coker at 5:30 p.m.