Women's Basketball Stumbles at Monmouth

Sunday, February 15

West Long Branch, N.J.

2:00 PM

College of Charleston

20-4,12-1CAA

Monmouth

16-8,9-4CAA

Col. of Charleston

Monmouth

2/15/2026 4:27:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – The College of Charleston women's basketball team (20-4, 12-1) fell 69-57 to Monmouth (16-8, 9-4) at the OceanFirst Bank Center on Sunday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Tyja Beans poured in eight first quarter points as the Cougars and the Hawks headed to the second period tied 18-all.
Monmouth scored the first six points of the second stanza and held a 33-24 advantage with 3:35 left in the half.
The Hawks then increased their lead to double digits as they held a 38-27 edge at the break.
Charleston scored the first four points of the second half, but Monmouth responded with an 8-2 run to take a 46-33 lead.
The Hawks held a 51-40 lead after the third quarter, and Charleston was never able to get within 10 in the final frame as Monmouth won the contest 69-57.

LEADING COUGARS

Junior Taylor Barbot had seven points, six rebounds and three assists.
Junior Taryn Barbot totaled 10 points.
Junior Tyja Beans tallied 10 points and four rebounds.
Junior Grace Ezebilo earned her sixth double-double of the season as she totaled 10 points and 11 rebounds. She collected double-digit rebounds for the 19th time this year.
Sophomore Leah Philpotts contributed 10 points and went a perfect 6-for-6 from the charity stripe.

KEY STATS

Monmouth shot 49% from the field compared to Charleston's 33.9%. The Hawks also shot 44% from beyond the arc, while the Cougars shot 18.8% from deep.
The Hawks outrebounded the Cougars 40-26.
Charleston forced 21 Monmouth turnovers.

OF NOTE

Grace Ezebilo earned her sixth double-double of the season as she totaled 10 points and 11 rebounds. She collected double-digit rebounds for the 19th time this year.
Taryn Barbot scored her 1,500th point as a Cougar and is 10th on Charleston's all-time scoring list.
Charleston is now 1-5 all-time against Monmouth

UP NEXT — Charleston will head to Towson, Md. for a contest at Towson Friday, February 20. 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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