Cougars Pounce Catamounts To Conclude Non-Conference Play

Monday, December 30

TD Arena

6:30 PM

College of Charleston

7-4

Western Carolina

2-12

Western Carolina

Charleston

Cougars Pounce Catamounts To Conclude Non-Conference Play

12/30/2019 9:26:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Final Score: College of Charleston 73, Western Carolina 62
Location: Charleston, S.C. (TD Arena)
Records: CofC (7-4, 0-0 CAA) WCU (2-12, 0-0 SoCon)
The Short Story: The College earned its second consecutive win and seventh win of the season against Western Carolina to conclude the non-conference schedule, backed behind senior Deja Ford's 16 points, five rebounds and five assists.

QUICK FACTS

Ford logged a team-high 16 points while also adding in five rebounds and five assists.
Sophomore Madison Taylor poured in a season-high 14 points on 4-9 shooting from deep.
Senior Cailin Dorsey knocked down three triples en route to a season-high nine points while only playing eight minutes.
The College knocked down a season-high 15 threes, shooting a season best 44.1%.
WCU committed 21 turnovers, compared to CofC's 17.
The Cougars outrebounded the Catamounts 39-33.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Cougars started off the game on an 8-2 run as sophomore Latrice Perkins, Ford and Taylor got on the board.
After the Catamounts tied the game at 16-16 at the beginning of the second quarter, Ford sparked a 9-0 run with a shot from deep, followed by Dorsey knocking down two three pointers of her own.
CofC caught fire beginning at the 4:17 mark of the second quarter as sophomore Tyler Collins, Dorsey, sophomore Arynn Eady and Ford netted in buckets to go on a 13-0 run.
The Cougars kept their momentum going after the break by going on an 8-2 run to give CofC a 17-point lead at the 7:14 mark of the third.
The Catamounts cut the Cougars' lead to just 10 before CofC closed out the quarter on a
10-4 run to lead by 18.
In three different occasions, the Cougars took their largest lead of the night at 19 points.
WCU fought hard in the fourth but CofC held on to take an 11-point win.

HEAD COACH ROBIN HARMONY
"I'm happy we got out of here with a win. It's been a while since we've been at home, so it's nice to come here and get a win and now we're 7-4. We start conference play on Friday, and we know it's going to be a tough road, but we just have to play hard for 40 minutes. I think our kids competed tonight. The game kind of got away from us at the end but that's just something we have to work on."

WHAT'S NEXT
The College will tip-off its CAA season with a home matchup against Drexel on Friday, Jan. 3 at 6:30 p.m. at TD Arena.