Final Score:Â Presbyterian 58, College of Charleston 54
Location:Â Clinton, S.C.
Records:Â CofC (4-3, 0-0 CAA) Presbyterian (3-2, 0-0 Big South)
The Short Story:Â Despite The College's efforts to make a comeback late, the Cougars fell to the Blue Hose on the road to move to 4-3 on the season.
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QUICK FACTS
- Sophomore Tyler Collins led the Cougars in scoring with 13 points, while senior Deja Ford poured in 10 herself.
- Senior Baileigh Larson scored a season-high eight points, shooting 4/5 from the field in only 13 minutes played.
- Sophomore Latrice Perkins knocked in eight points while grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out five assists.
- Presbyterian committed 21 turnovers, compared to CofC's 14.
- The College was outrebounded by the Blue Hose 35-31.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- After going down 3-0 at the start of the game, a made free throw from sophomore Arynn Eady and a three pointer from Ford gave CofC the lead.
- The Blue Hose went up by as much as nine points, but three consecutive Larson buckets sparked a 14-1 run over the last 4:16 of the second quarter to give the Cougars a 31-27 lead at the half.
- The game was tied up at the 8:08 mark of the third quarter before the Blue Hose a 6-0 run to take the lead back.
- The College couldn't cut the lead to less than seven throughout the entire fourth quarter until Collins hit a deep three to cut the Blue Hose lead to 50-56 at the 1:21 mark.
- Collins hit another three at the 00:21 mark of the fourth to cut the Presbyterian lead to only two points.
- The Cougars fought hard to take the game back into their hands, but Presbyterian knocked down its free throws in the last 20 seconds of the game to seal the deal.
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HEAD COACH ROBIN HARMONY
"We had a very slow start. We didn't take care of the ball and had silly unforced turnovers. We need to be more consistent; you never know who is going to show up and play. We just need to keep getting better and play tough for 40 minutes each game."
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WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars return to action when they take on Winthrop in Rock Hill, S.C. on Sunday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. ET.
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