Charleston Bested by Cleveland State

Friday, December 19

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1:15 PM ET

College of Charleston

7-3,0-0CAA

Cleveland State University

11-2,2-1Horizon

Col. of Charleston

Cleveland St.

12/19/2025 5:18:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The College of Charleston women's basketball team (7-3) fell to Cleveland State (11-2) 67-61 at the Puerto Rico Clasico Friday afternoon.

The two teams traded leads 14 times throughout the contest, but a late run and a crucial three from the Vikings, who are ranked 21st in the most recent College Insider Mid-Major poll, propelled them to victory at Ruben Rodriguez Coliseum.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Cleveland State scored the first four points of the game before Jami Hill and Anilys Rolon combined for seven straight points to give Charleston an early 7-4 advantage.
Anilys Rolon hit her second three of the quarter to put CofC up 12-10 with 3:21 left, but the Vikings went on a 7-0 run of their own as they held a 17-14 edge after the first stanza.
The two teams traded buckets before Jami Hill and Sophia Tougas hit back-to-back threes to tie the game 26-all with 4:04 left in the half.
Cleveland State doubled up the Cougars in rest of the half and took a 34-30 lead into the break.
Coming out of the locker room, Grace Ezebilo and Sophia Tougas scored seven straight points to put Charleston up 37-34 three minutes into the third.
Charleston continued to hold a three point advantage after Taryn Barbot drilled her second triple of the quarter with 1:17 left, but Cleveland State scored the final five points of the period to take a 47-45 lead into the last 10 minutes.
A layup from Grace Ezebilo and two-straight buckets from Marissa Brown put Charleston in front 55-52 with 5:40 left in the contest.
Anilys Rolon hit a three to give the Cougars a four point lead (58-54), but Cleveland State went on a 9-1 run to take a 63-59 edge with 1:22 remaining.
Grace Ezebilo brought Charleston within two with a minute to play, however the Vikings would hit a three and get a stop to seal the game. A late free throw from the Vikings made it a 67-61 final in favor of Cleveland State.

LEADING COUGARS

Senior Marissa Brown totaled nine points on a .571% clip.
Junior Grace Ezebilo led Charleston with 10 points and nine boards.
Freshman Anilys Rolon tied her career-high with nine points and hit three triples.
Redshirt senior Sophia Tougas added nine points.

KEY STATS

The Vikings shot 49% from the field and 50% from three, while the Cougars shot 34.8% from the field and 26.7% from beyond the arc.
Cleveland State held the edge in points in the paint (32-26) and fast break points (10-6).
The Vikings won three out of the four quarters.

OF NOTE

Taryn Barbot scored her 1,247th point as a Cougar and is 17th on the Cougars all-time scoring list.
Taryn Barbot grabbed her 500th career rebound.

UP NEXT

Charleston will face off against UPR Mayaguez tomorrow at 12:15 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on Facebook live, and a link to the stream can be found on the women's basketball schedule page at cofcsports.com. Tomorrow's contest will not have live stats.

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