Box Score
Box score
HIGH POINT, N.C. - The Charleston Southern Buccaneers fell to
the High Point Panthers at a score of 68-54. The loss drops CSU to
an overall record of 10-13 (4-6, BSC). High Point improves their
record to 11-12 (5-5, BSC). Leading the Bucs was senior guard Katie
Tull who had 19 points on the night.
The loss takes the Buccaneers out of a tie with High Point for
fourth in the Big South conference standings, and moves them into
fifth place alone.
Tonight's contest was a closer game than the final score might
lead one to believe. The Buccaneers started off well by jumping out
to a 6-0 lead in the early going, in a first half that saw five
lead changes.
Charleston Southern would go into the locker room with a
five-point deficit at a score of 30-25.
To start the second half, HPU would go on a 15-6 run that would
stretch their lead to its apogee of 14 points.
A layup from Kiki Rutledge would bring Buccaneers margin down to
eight points with eight minutes to play, but that would be as close
as they would get.
The Bucs had two players to score in double-figures.The Big
South's leading scorer Tull led all scorers with 19 points on
5-of-17 shooting from the field.
Despite battling through foul trouble sophomore forward Lakeitha
Alston also scored in double figures. She scored 17 points on
7-of-11 shooting as well as pulling down eight boards for CSU. Her
foul trouble forced Charleston Southern Head Coach Coach Julie
Goodenough to limit her starting forward's minutes throughout the
contest.
The Panthers played excellent defense in this afternoon's game.
HPU blocked a total of 11 shots and shots that were not blocked
were contested, making it tough for CSU's shooters to get open
looks both on the perimeter and in the paint.
High Point held the Big South Conference's third leading
scorer Kelsey Wasmer scoreless for the night. This was the first
game in Wasmer's illustrious career at Charleston Southern in which
she failed to make a mark in the scoring column.
HPU also got a good contribution from their bench scoring 24
points compared to only four points for Charleston Southern.
The Bucs' opposition had four players score in double figures.
Leading the Panthers was Jurica Hargreaves who had 14 points in
only 18 minutes of playing time.
The Buccaneers will play the second leg of their three game road
swing next Saturday when they will travel to Asheville, N.C. to
take on the Bulldogs of UNC Asheville who the Bucs defeated earlier
this season at Buccaneer Field House at a score of 85-74.
