Cougars Finish Final Homestand With OT Win Over Huskies

Sunday, March 1

TD Arena

1:00 PM

College of Charleston

13-14, 6-10CAA

Northeastern

12-16, 8-9CAA

OT 1

Northeastern

Charleston

Photo by: AlSamuels.com

Cougars Finish Final Homestand With OT Win Over Huskies

3/1/2020 4:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Final Score: College of Charleston 66, Northeastern 61 (OT)
Location: Charleston, S.C. (TD Arena)
Records: CofC (13-14, 6-10 CAA) Northeastern (12-16, 8-9 CAA)
The Short Story: The College held on to win in overtime to earn consecutive wins to close out the final homestand of the season backed behind freshman Taylor Williams' career day.

QUICK FACTS

Freshman Taylor Williams notched her first double-double of her collegiate career with career-highs in both points (22) and rebounds (13).
Senior Baileigh Larson logged six points and a career-high 10 rebounds in her final game at TD Arena.
Sophomores Latrice Perkins and Tyler Collins poured in 14 and 10 points, respectively.
This win marks the first win over Northeastern since the 2014-15 season.
CofC forced 25 turnovers compared to the 22 it committed.
The College outrebounded Northeastern 50-45.
The Cougars shot a season-best 85% from the free throw line.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Each team traded a pair of buckets from deep before the Cougars went on a 12-2 run to take a double-digit lead with the help of consecutive triples from Ford.
Sophomore Tyler Collins made a nice move to the basket and made a tough layup at the 7:18 mark of the third to put CofC back up by five.
The Huskies retook the lead at the 2:00 mark of the second quarter but two made free throws by Williams tied the game going into the half.
Williams got the scoring started in the second half with a tough layup through some contact to give CofC the lead back.
Northeastern retook the lead at the 6:22 mark of the third before the Cougars finished the quarter on a 13-3 run with a nine-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Baskets from Collins, Perkins, Williams and Larson extended our lead to 15 points at the 5:09 mark of the fourth.
CofC went scoreless for nearly four minutes in the bottom half of the fourth quarter which led to the Huskies tying the game up, forcing overtime.
Back-to-back buckets by Williams in OT gave us the lead back with 3:26 left to play.
A tough jumper from the top of the key from Collins sparked an 8-2 to finish off the overtime period and gave the Cougars the win.

HEAD COACH ROBIN HARMONY
"It was nice to finish off the season at home with two wins this weekend. I'm glad the seniors went out on a good note. We played extremely well defensively but made too many mistakes near the end of regulation. Our kids fought hard and bounced back to get the win. Taylor Williams and Baileigh Larson played their butts off today and that goes to show the work they put in at practice. We're moving onto Delaware and Drexel before heading into the conference tournament."

WHAT'S NEXT
The College is set to hit the road for the last time this season as it faces off against Delaware on Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m.