Smith, King Power Cougars Past Phoenix - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

Saturday, January 8

Elon, NC

4:30pm

College of Charleston

Elon

Smith, King Power Cougars Past Phoenix - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

1/8/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

#articleRelated { display: none !important; } Erika Smith and Rachel King knocked down 12 points each as the College of Charleston staved off Elon 57-47 in a Southern Conference women's basketball battle Saturday night at Alumni Gym.

Smith canned six of her 12 attempts from the field en route to her career-high point total and King hit four of seven shots from the floor as the Cougars (5-5 overall, 2-3 Southern Conference) fired 38.3 percent (23 of 60) for the game.

Brianne Gray, Kitara McMoore and Shashonna Moore each pulled down a contest-best eight rebounds as the Phoenix (1-12, 0-7) won the battle of the boards 41-34, but could not overcome a 19-30 turnover disadvantage. Gray posted a team-high 10 points as Elon bounced back from 27.3-percent marksmanship (six of 22) from the field in the first half to shoot 38.8 percent (19 of 49) for the night.

Charleston used a 27-6 run to transform a 7-4 deficit into a 31-13 advantage on a post move by Emilee Terry with 1:59 remaining in the first period before settling for a 31-16 halftime lead. Early in the second stanza, the Phoenix reeled off seven consecutive points to pull within 36-27 on bucket inside by Sade Jordan with 14:38 to play.

The Cougars responded by scoring 14 of the game's next 20 points to build a 50-33 advantage on a basket in the paint by Eliza Kucharska with 7:20 left. Elon went on a 9-2 run to draw within 52-42 on a jumper by Moore with 3:52 remaining, but could inch no closer.

CofC fashioned advantages in points off turnovers (27-16) and bench points (18-15) to negate Elon edges in points in the paint (32-26) and second chance points (11-6).

The Phoenix will return to action Monday when Georgia Southern visits Alumni Gym at 6 p.m. while the Cougars visit UNC Greensboro at 7 p.m. that same night.