SC State Defeats Charleston Southern in Non-Conference Women’s Basketball Contest

Lady Bulldogs Wins Third Straight

Sr., Guard Tiara Knotts led SC State with 16 points in win over Charleston Southern

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Charleston, S.C.— SC State outscored Charleston Southern 44-25 in the first half to pick up the 73-57 non-conference win Wednesday night at the Buc Dome on the campus of Charleston Southern.

The win was the third straight for the Lady Bulldogs and their sixth in seven outings.

Senior Tiara Knotts scored a team-high 16 points including 4-of-7 from behind the arc to pace SC State. Knotts, pulled in six rebounds with two steals in the contest, is leading the team in scoring at 15.7 per outing.

The Lady Bulldogs had three players to score in double-digits as junior Brittany Cochran dropped in 12 and senior Paris Alston contributed 10 points coupled with a game-high nine rebounds in the win.

Charleston Southern was led by Erin Bratcher who scored a game-high 17 points and six rebounds.

After playing to 4-4 tie over opening two minutes, SC State took control of the contest. The Lady Bulldogs used a 7-2 run over the next four plus minutes to take a seven point lead, 6-13. Charleston Southern used an 11-6 run of their own to close the gap to two, 17-19, at the 9:02 mark. A jumper by Cochran at the 8:11 mark sparked an 8-0 run to help SC State pushed its lead to 10, 27-17, with 7:27 remaining in the half. The Lady Bulldogs closed the first half on a 17-8 run to enjoy a 19 point lead heading into intermission up 44-25.

SC State began the final period on a 10-5 run to build a 24 point lead, 30-54, with 16:14 remaining. Charleston Southern increase their intensity, using a 13-6 run to cut the deficit to 16, 44-60, with 10:51 left in the contest. Both teams offense was stagnant over the next three-plus minutes before a traditional three-point play by the Lady Bulldogs' Cherisha Floyd at the 7:24 mark broke the scoring drought and gave SC State the 19 point lead, 63-44. Charleston Southern managed to come within 14, 50-64, with just over four minutes remaining, but could not get any closer, eventually falling by 16, 73-57.

After hitting all five of their free-throws in the first half, SC State finished the game at 75 percent from the charity stripe (12-of-16) and 50 percent from behind the charity stripe (7-of-14).

The Lady Bulldogs will host Coastal Carolina next Tuesday, Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. before closing out the calendar year at the University of South Carolina (Dec. 21) and Old Dominion University (Dec. 29).

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