Charleston Southern University Athletics
10-4, 3-0BSC
Gardner-Webb
1-12, 0-3BSC
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | 36 | 27 | 63 |
| Gardner-Webb | 25 | 28 | 53 |
Bucs Knock Off Runnin' Bulldogs for Fourth Straight Win
1/7/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - Despite missing two starters, the Charleston Southern women's basketball team kept rolling in early Big South Conference play, picking up a 63-53 road win over Gardner-Webb at the Paul Porter Arena on Saturday night.
The win was CSU's fourth straight overall and improved the Lady Bucs to 3-0 in Big South play.
The win also marked the first time in school history the Bucs have won at Paul Porter Arena and the win was only the second-ever victory over Gardner-Webb, the defending BSC champions.
Sophomore Erin Bratcher helped the Bucs remain one of the nation's best 3-point shooting teams, sinking five from downtown on her way to a team-high 20 points. Reigning BSC Player of the Week Rachelle Coward also finished in double figures with 15 points and led the Bucs with six rebounds. Shay Jones battled through illness to put up eight points and a team-high four assists, while freshman Abby Wharton also finished the night with eight points as the Buccaneers shot 38.3 percent from the field and 30 percent from beyond the arc.
Catrina Green had a double-double to lead the Bulldogs with 21 points and 14 rebounds as GWU out-rebounded CSU 46-37. Kiki Smith also had 14 points for GWU as the Runnin' Bulldogs finished 18-of-66 from the field.
Bratcher's three-pointer midway throught first half gave CSU a 13-8 lead. Smith answered with a three to put the home team up by two, but another three from Bratcher started a 13-3 scoring and propelled CSU to a 36-25 halftime advantage.
Gardner-Webb cut the CSU advantage to five to open the second half before making it a one-possession game on a layup by Green with just over 10 minutes to play. Back-to-back 3-pointerin the paint to put it back in double-digits at 56-45. Jones went 4-for-5 at the free-throw line in the final 3:30 of the game to give the Buccaneers the 63-53 lead.
Charleston Southern will remain in North Carolina until Monday,
when they take on UNC Asheville in Asheville in a 7 p.m. BSC match
up.
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