Final Score: Elon 85, College of Charleston 57
Location: Charleston, S.C. (TD Arena)
Records: CofC (11-11, 4-7 CAA) Elon (11-11, 6-5 CAA)
The Short Story: Despite senior
Deja Ford's historical day joining the 1,000-point club, the Cougars couldn't overcome the Phoenix strong third quarter and move to 11-11 on the season.
QUICK FACTS
- Senior Deja Ford became the 28th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone as she recorded 11 points.
- Sophomore Tyler Collins poured in a team-high 18 points while she dished out four assists and logged three steals.
- Sophomore Latrice Perkins was the only other Cougar besides Ford and Collins to reach double-digit points with 12.
- The Phoenix outrebounded the Cougars 40-30.
- CofC logged 20 turnovers to Elon's 12. Elon scored 20 points off of the 20 Cougar turnovers.
- Elon scored 42 points in the paint compared to CofC's 18.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Cougars started the game on a 7-2 run with Collins scoring all seven points.
- Scoring went back-and-forth in the bottom half of the first quarter. The Phoenix tied it up at 13-13 before Collins punched in a left-handed layup to give CofC the lead by two at the end of the quarter.
- Ford knocked down a triple at the 8:03 mark of the second quarter to become the 28th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone.
- The Phoenix took its first lead of the game at the 1:11 mark of the second quarter and carried that lead into the half.
- Elon went on an 8-2 run to start the second half before Collins halted it with a made mid-range jumper.
- The Phoenix capped off a 30-point third quarter performance with a 17-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
- Despite three pointers from Collins in the fourth, the Phoenix kept knocking down shots to extend their lead and finished the game with their largest lead of the day at 28 points.
HEAD COACH ROBIN HARMONY
"I think that we played really good basketball for 25 minutes. Then, starting the third quarter, we missed two free throws, let them get behind us for a layup for a four-point swing, we made another mistake on offense and then they came down and hit a three. That was a seven-point swing right there and that was pretty much the end of it. It's disappointing because our kids really didn't fight. When they got popped again in the nose, they just went through the motions. They might not have gotten a call they thought they should have got, and they just pretty much just packed it in on us. That was the disappointing part. We have to learn from this and we have to get better. We're still young, though. We just need to get that fight back in us. It's just something we have to do to them in practice."
WHAT'S NEXT
The Cougars return to action as they trek north to face off against James Madison on Friday, Feb. 14 with tip-off scheduled for noon.
