Strong Shooting Powers Charleston Past Hampton

Sunday, January 11

Hampton, Va.

1:00 PM

College of Charleston

12-3,4-0CAA

Hampton

7-8,1-2CAA

Col. of Charleston

Hampton

1/11/2026 3:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

HAMPTON, Va. – Powered by the third best shooting performance in program history, the College of Charleston women's basketball team (12-3, 4-0) earned an 88-75 road win at Hampton (7-8, 1-2) at the Convocation Center Sunday afternoon.

With the win, the Cougars improved to 4-0 in CAA play for the first time in program history. The 4-0 start is tied for the best start to conference play in program history. Charleston previously began conference play 4-0 in both the 1996-97 season (TAAC) and the 2009-10 season (SoCon).

HOW IT HAPPENED

Led by Sophia Tougas' five early points, CofC jumped out to an early 13-9 lead at the first media timeout.
Back-to-back Cougar triples from Jami Hill and Leah Philpotts put Charleston up 10 with 3:13 left in the first period.
Still holding a double-digit advantage at the start of the second quarter, CofC opened the period on a 12-4 spurt to take a 38-20 advantage with 4:51 left in the half.
The squads traded buckets for the remainder of the half as Charleston took a 48-31 edge into the locker room.
Opening the second half where they left off, the Cougars scored 18 points by the third quarter media timeout as they increased their lead to 23 (66-43).
CofC held a 70-53 advantage with 10 minutes to play.
Hampton went on a 6-0 run to make it a 13 point game (79-66) in favor of Charleston with 5:03 to play.
In the final five minutes, the Pirates came within 11, but the Cougars went on to win the contest 88-75 as they improved to 4-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2009-10 season.

LEADING COUGARS

Junior Taylor Barbot dished out a season-high 11 assists to go along with nine points.
Junior Taryn Barbot scored 12 points while adding five rebounds and four assists.
Junior Tyja Beans set a new career-high with 24 points as she went 10-for-11 (.909) from the field. She also added six rebounds and scored her 700th career point Sunday afternoon.
Junior Grace Ezebilo collected her 900th career rebound as she grabbed six boards and scored six points against Hampton.
Junior Jami Hill went 3-for-5 from beyond the arc as she contributed nine points.
Sophomore Leah Philpotts added 13 points, three rebounds and two assists.
Redshirt senior Sophia Tougas added 11 points with three triples. She also collected her 100th career assist.

KEY STATS

CofC shot 59% from the field and 45.8% from beyond the arc, while Hampton shot 51.8% on the game and just 33.3% from three.
Charleston outrebounded Hampton 29-25.
The Cougars outscored the Pirates 40-34 in the paint.
CofC made 11 triples compared to Hampton's five.

OF NOTE

Tyja Beans set a career-high with 24 points and scored her 700th career point.
Grace Ezebilo collected her 900th career rebound.
Charleston shot 59% from the field, which is tied for the third best shooting performance in program history.
CofC is now 4-2 all-time against Hampton, and the Cougars have won four in a row against the Pirates.

UP NEXT – Charleston will head home for a contest against Drexel at TD Arena Friday, January 16th. Tip-off is set for 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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