Georgia Southern women's basketball head coach Rusty Cram will be looking for some offensive punch when the Lady Eagles meet Western Carolina at 3 p.m. today at Hanner Fieldhouse in the seventh annual "Pack The House in Pink" game.
    The Eagles (6-12 overall, 2-7 Southern Conference) scored only 35 points against College of Charleston on Wednesday night but it was enough to snap a four-game losing streak as the Cougars could manage only 34 against the SoCon’s top defense.
    The Lady Catamounts (6-11, 1-7) have lost three straight games, and are winless on the road this season.
    Facts and Figures: WCU head coach Karen Middleton holds the South Carolina school record for 3-pointers with 317. She graduated in 1991, and was an assistant at Stanford for 10 years, and Illinois for two, before taking the Western job.
    Players to Watch: GSU — 5-10 G Meredyth Frye, 10.4 ppg., 5.2 rpg; 5-9 G MiMi DuBose, 8.3 ppg.; 5-10 G Anna Claire Knight 5.4 ppg., 2.8 rpg. WCU — 5-8 G Kaila’Shea Menendez 12.3 ppg., 2.8 rpg.; 5-7 G Rene Wakama 8.5 ppg., 2.7 rpg.
    The Series:  Georgia Southern leads, 31-14, and has won the last four meetings at Hanner. Western has won the last two, the second coming in the SoCon tourney.
    Notable:  Cats’ Kaila’Shea Menendez needs 17 points to reach 1,000 for her career. She missed WCU’s last game with Elon due to an injury.
    The Coaches:  GSU — Rusty Cram 237-220, 15th season; WCU — Karen Middleton 22-57, third season.