Cougars Finish Non-Conference Play with Dominant Win Over Janes

Saturday, December 20

San Juan, Puerto Rico

12:15 PM ET

College of Charleston

8-3,0-0CAA

114

UPR Mayaguez

0-6,0-0DII Independent

Col. of Charleston

114

P.R.-Mayaguez

Anilys Rolon shoots a three at the Puerto Rico Clasico

Cougars Finish Non-Conference Play with Dominant Win Over Janes

12/20/2025 3:56:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The College of Charleston women's basketball team (8-3) wrapped up its non-conference slate with a dominant 114-40 win over UPR Mayaguez (0-6) at the Puerto Rico Clasico Saturday Afternoon.

After being picked as the Coastal Athletic Association preseason favorites, the Cougars will head into conference play with the best record in the league, 8-3.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Barbot twins got the scoring going as Taylor and Taryn began the game with three buckets before Anilys Rolon and Tyja Beans scored to put CofC up 13-0.
From there, four more Cougars added their names to the stat sheet as Charleston held a 34-9 lead after 10 minutes.
Aubrey Stevenson scored her first career points, but UPR Mayaguez won the second quarter as the game headed to the half with Charleston holding a 46-25 edge.
Charleston scored the second half's first 14 points as the Cougars won the quarter 33-6 and held a 79-31 advantage after the third quarter.
The Cougars held the Janes to single digits in the fourth quarter as they scored 35 points in the final stanza en route to a 114-40 win.

LEADING COUGARS

Junior Taylor Barbot dished out a game-high seven assists, scored 15 points and recorded four steals.
Junior Taryn Barbot scored 17 points, grabbed five boards and recorded three steals.
Junior Tyja Beans tallied 11 points, six rebounds and four assists.
Senior Marissa Brown recorded her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Junior Grace Ezebilo collected her third double-double of the season as she tallied 16 points and 11 boards. She also tabbed three steals.
Sophomore Leah Philpotts posted a career-high with 17 points and tied her career-best with four steals.
Freshman Anilys Rolon set a career-high with 16 points.

KEY STATS

Charleston shot 54.5% from the field and held UPR Mayaguez to a 30.8% clip.
The Cougars forced 29 Jane turnovers, collected 22 steals and scored 40 points off turnovers.
CofC dominated the paint, outscoring UPR Mayaguez 58-22.
Charleston scored 19 second chance points and 32 fast break points.

OF NOTE

Seven Cougars scored in double figures and a total of 10 Charleston players scored in the game.
Charleston's 68 second half points is tied for the second most in a half.
CofC's 114 points are the fourth most in the Division I era.
Saturday afternoon was the 10th instance since 1991 that the Cougars have scored 100 points in a game.
The 74-point margin of victory is fifth largest in school history.
The Cougars' 22 steals is tied for the sixth most in program history.
Charleston's 35-point fourth quarter is tied for the seventh best scoring quarter in school history.
Grace Ezebilo eclipsed the 600 point mark for her career.
Taryn Barbot scored her 1,264th point as a Cougar and is 17th on the Cougars all-time scoring list.
Freshman Aubrey Stevenson scored her first career points.
Leah Philpotts' 17 points set a new career-high.
The 16 points from Anilys Rolon was her career-best.

UP NEXT

The Puerto Rico Clasico wraps up the Cougars' non-conference schedule. Charleston will be back in action at home Friday, January 2nd for the conference opener against Hofstra at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on FloCollege and a link to the stream as well as live stats can be found on the women's basketball schedule page at cofcsports.com.

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