STATESBORO, GA. – College of Charleston shot 56 percent and scored 22 points in the first quarter but struggled the rest of the way in an 83-65 loss at Georgia Southern on Friday night.

Jaila Roberts scored 20 points to pace the Cougars, who saw their four-game winning streak come to an end. The Eagles won for the sixth straight time to improve to 8-1.

Alexis Andrews added 16 points, and Anika McGarity scored 11 to give Charleston (5-4) three players in double figures. Nicole Hemphill, making her first start of the season, had nine points and set a career-high with 10 rebounds.

The Cougars travel to Eugene, Ore., tomorrow ahead of a Sunday game against No. 16 Oregon. Game time is 3 p.m. (ET).

How it Happened

• The first quarter saw both teams shoot over 50 percent, featured eight lead changes and ended with Georgia Southern in front, 24-22.
• The Cougars pulled into a 30-30 tie when Hemphill scored five points and Roberts hit a 3 with 2:52 left in the second quarter.
• A layup and 3-pointer by Andrews capped a 13-4 run that gave the Cougars a 35-30 lead before settling for a 37-36 lead at halftime.
• Andrews scored 10 points, and Hemphill and Roberts both had nine in the first half.
• Roberts added nine more points in the third quarter, including two free throws that gave the Cougars a 50-49 lead late in the period.
• The Eagles responded with an 8-2 run over the final 2:44 of the period for a 57-52 lead through three.
• Andrews scored five straight points to make it 65-57, but an 8-0 run by the Eagles put the game out of reach.

Statistically Speaking

• Roberts scored 20 points to reach that plateau for the second time this year. 
• Andrews had 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals.
• McGarity hit three 3-pointers and scored 11 points.
• Hemphill had nine points, 10 rebounds and three steals in her first start this season.
• The Cougars shot 56.3 percent (9-of-16) in the first quarter but were just 15-of-59 the rest of the way.
• Charleston forced 24 turnovers, the fifth time this season an opponent has committed at least 20 miscues.

Game Notes

• The Eagles won both ends of the home-and-home series that began with a victory at TD Arena last year.
• The Cougars were held to almost 13 points below their CAA-leading 77.8 scoring average.
• Roberts also had a 20-point game vs. Tarleton when she scored a season-high 22.
• Andrews fell two shy of her season-high 18 points vs. Gardner-Webb.
• McGarity has scored in double figures in five straight games.
• Hemphill set a career high in rebounds, eclipsing the nine vs. UT Arlington while playing at Lipscomb.
• Jada Logan was held to six points, all in the first quarter, after beginning the night averaging 19.8 per contest.