Cougars Use Dominant Second Half to Defeat Tigers

Friday, February 20

Towson, Md.

7:00 PM

College of Charleston

21-4,13-1CAA

Towson

14-12,7-7CAA

Col. of Charleston

Towson

2/20/2026 9:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

TOWSON, Md. – The College of Charleston women's basketball team (21-4, 13-1) used a dominant second half to defeat Towson (14-12, 7-7) by a final of 88-78 at SECU Arena on Friday night.

After trailing 45-33 at the break, the Cougars outscored the Tigers 55-33 en route to their 21st victory of the year.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Taryn and Taylor Barbot both scored six first quarter points, but Towson held a 29-20 advantage after the first 10 minutes.
Despite six second quarter points from Tyja Beans, the Tigers hit three triples in the second period and held a 45-33 lead at the break.
Led by 11 quick points from Taryn Barbot, CofC cut into the deficit and made it a 53-48 game in favor of the Tigers at the third quarter media timeout.
From there, five different Cougars combined to outscore the Tigers 16-7 in the rest of the third as CofC took a 64-60 lead into the final 10 minutes.
Charleston opened up a 13 point lead (76-63) with 6:06 left in the game thanks to eight early fourth quarter points from Taryn Barbot.
Towson cut Charleston's lead to six with a minute to play, but five Cougar free throws sealed the game as Charleston went on to defeat Towson 88-78 on Friday night.

LEADING COUGARS

Junior Taylor Barbot had 16 points, five rebounds and five assists.
Junior Taryn Barbot poured in a season-high 36 points as she reached the 30 point mark for the ninth time in her career. She also grabbed five rebounds and three steals against the Tigers.
Junior Tyja Beans tallied 13 points and seven rebounds.
Junior Grace Ezebilo earned a double-double for the fourth consecutive game with 19 rebounds and 15 points. Friday evening was Ezebilo's seventh double-double of the year and her 20th time collecting double digit rebounds this season. She also became Charleston's all-time single season rebounds leader (D1 era) with 310 total boards this year.

KEY STATS

Charleston made 24 free throws and shot 85.7% from the line.
CofC collected 50 boards compared to Towson's 32.
The Cougars dominated the paint, outscoring the Tigers 56-16 in the key.
Charleston shot 44.9% from the field an held Towson to a 36.8% clip.

OF NOTE

Junior Grace Ezebilo earned a double-double for the fourth consecutive game with 19 rebounds and 15 points. Friday evening was Ezebilo's seventh double-double of the year and her 20th time collecting double digit rebounds this season. She also became Charleston's all-time single season rebounds leader (D1 era) with 310 total boards this year.
Taryn Barbot scored her 1,536th point as a Cougar and is now eighth on Charleston's all-time scoring list. Tonight was Taryn's ninth career 30 point game and her third such game this season.
Charleston is now 8-19 against Towson.

UP NEXT — The Cougars will return to Charleston, S.C. for a contest against William & Mary on Friday, February 27. 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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