Cobras Set for Conference Tourney Action

by Christian Stryker, SID Coker College
2/27/2009

Hartsville, S.C. - It's that time of year again, March Madness, and this year the Coker College Cobras are poised to make a run in the Conference Carolinas Basketball Tournament. Both Cobra teams will do something that has not happened in a very long time at Coker, they will host playoff games, with the first round of play starting this weekend.

The Coker men will be first to play as the 6th seed in the tournament, Coker will host the 11th seed Lees-McRae on Saturday, Feb. 28, in the Timberlake-Lawton Gymnasium at 7:00 p.m. Then on Sunday, March 1, the Lady Cobras will take to the floor, as the 8th seed they will host the 9th seed Pfeiffer Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Both games will be broadcast live, visit www.conferencecarolinas.tv to purchase the live video feed.

The Cobra men had success against the Lees-McRae Bobcats this season, winning both meetings; including a thrilling 80-72 overtime win at home back on January 24. On the women's side, the Lady Cobras split their season series with the Lady Falcons, defeating them at home 82-77 on January 10, while falling in overtime 95-88 on February 14.

The Cobra men are led by senior Josh Poston (Myrtle Beach, SC) and his team leading 16.6 points per game, along with junior Mason Ambler's (Atlanta, GA) 14.2 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game.

Leading the Lady Cobras is the junior Finish connection of Henna Koponen (Vantaa, Finland) and Lotta Aaltonen (Rauma, Finland). Koponen has scored 1105 career points as a Cobra, while averaging 18.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, with Aaltonen averaging 14.5 points per game.