Women's Basketball Comes Away with Gritty Win at William & Mary

Friday, January 9

Williamsburg, Va.

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

11-3,3-0CAA

William & Mary

8-6,1-2CAA

Col. of Charleston

William & Mary

Women's Basketball Comes Away with Gritty Win at William & Mary

1/9/2026 10:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The College of Charleston women's basketball team (11-3, 3-0) gutted out a 62-60 road win over William & Mary (8-6, 1-2) at Kaplan Arena Friday night.

In a game that saw 16 lead changes, the Cougars came up with crucial offensive rebounds and second chance points in the fourth quarter as they improved to 3-0 in CAA play.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After both teams struggled to score early on, Taryn Barbot and Sophia Tougas gave the Cougars a 10-7 lead as they hit back-to-back threes with 3:34 left in the first quarter.
The Tribe would hit a triple of their own at the end of the period to take a 17-16 edge into the second quarter.
Another slow start to a quarter had the Tribe up 22-18 at the second period media timeout.
From there, Charleston regained the lead off a 5-0 spurt, but William & Mary would take a 28-25 advantage into the break.
CofC went on a 13-4 run to open the second half as the Cougars took a 38-32 lead, but seven straight points from the Tribe gave them a 39-38 advantage with 3:14 left in the third quarter.
Charleston closed the stanza with a Taryn Barbot triple and a Marissa Brown layup to take a 47-42 edge into the final ten minutes.
William & Mary continued to fight, regaining the lead 53-52 with 6:23 left in the game, but a Grace Ezebilo mid-range jumper on the ensuing possession, followed by three straight points from Taryn Barbot put CofC up 57-53 with 5:22 left in the contest.
An offensive rebound and a pair of points from both Taryn Barbot and Grace Ezebilo gave the Cougars a 61-56 advantage with 2:06 to play.
After the Tribe pulled within one (61-60) with 41 seconds left, the Cougars got two stops in the final 10 seconds, including a huge block from Grace Ezebilo as CofC won the contest 62-60 and improved to 3-0 in conference play.

LEADING COUGARS

Junior Taylor Barbot had 12 points, seven assists and three rebounds. She also connected with Marissa Brown for her 300th career assist Friday night.
Junior Taryn Barbot scored 15 points while adding seven rebounds and two assists.
Junior Tyja Beans added 10 points and two rebounds in the win.
Junior Grace Ezebilo earned her 12th double-digit rebounding game of the year as she dominated the glass and collected a game-high 17 rebounds, including six offensive boards. She also scored eight points and had four steals.

KEY STATS

Charleston dominated the glass, collecting 21 offensive boards and outrebounding William & Mary 43 to 33.
The Cougars forced 22 turnovers, tabbed 10 steals and scored 24 points off turnovers.
CofC outscored the Tribe 38-24 in the paint.

OF NOTE

Taryn Barbot scored her 1,332nd point as a Cougar and is 13th on the Cougars all-time scoring list.
Grace Ezebilo recorded her 12th double-digit rebounding game as she collected 17 boards.
Taylor Barbot dished out her 300th career assist Friday night.

UP NEXT – Charleston will stay in Virginia for road contest at Hampton 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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