Strong Fourth Quarter Powers Charleston Over Hofstra in CAA Opener

Friday, January 2

Charleston, S.C.

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

9-3,1-0CAA

Hofstra

2-10,0-1CAA

Hofstra

Col. of Charleston

Strong Fourth Quarter Powers Charleston Over Hofstra in CAA Opener

1/2/2026 10:05:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston women's basketball team (9-3, 1-0) began Coastal Athletic Association play with a 72-55 win over Hofstra (2-10, 0-1) at TD Arena Friday night.

Heading into the fourth quarter trailing by three, the Cougars outscored the Pride 26-6 en route to a 72-55 win Friday night.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After the teams traded buckets throughout the opening stanza, Sophia Tougas and Leah Philpotts combined for six straight Cougar points to put Charleston in front 15-10 after the first 10 minutes.
Hofstra reversed the score in the second quarter and the two teams headed into the breal deadlocked 30-all.
The Pride scored the first 10 points of the third to build a 40-30 advantage.
The Barbot twins scored six consecutive points to bring CofC back within four (40-36) with 6:43 left in the third quarter.
Starting the fourth quarter down 49-46, Charleston opened the final period with four straight points to take a 50-49 advantage and regain the lead for the first time since the second quarter.
A Leah Philpotts free throw put Charleston up 55-53 with 3:55 remaining.
From there, Tyja Beans and Taryn Barbot erupted for a combined 17 points in just under three minutes as Charleston went on to win the contest 72-55.

LEADING COUGARS

Junior Taylor Barbot had 17 points, six assists and three steals.
Junior Taryn Barbot scored a game-high 24 points while also adding seven rebounds and six assists.
Junior Tyja Beans tallied 12 points, including eight in the fourth quarter.
Junior Grace Ezebilo collected 11 rebounds and four steals.

KEY STATS

Charleston shot 45.2% from the field and held Hofstra to a 36.1% clip.
The Cougars forced 20 turnovers, collected 13 steals and scored 22 points off turnovers.
CofC outscored Hofstra 38-22 in the paint, and 13-2 on fast break points.
The Cougars outscored the Pride 26-6 in the fourth quarter.

OF NOTE

Taryn Barbot scored her 1,288th point as a Cougar and is now 16th on the Cougars all-time scoring list.
Charleston now has won six straight contests against Hofstra.

QUOTABLES

"I'm proud of our kids for keeping their composure and fighting the entire game," Head Coach Robin Harmony said. "We learned a lot from this game. We'll watch film tomorrow and prepare for Northeastern. We can't take anyone in the conference lightly and I'm proud of our team for getting a win tonight."

UP NEXT – Charleston will remain at home for a matchup against Northeastern Sunday afternoon. Tip-off is set for 1 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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