WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WINS BOUNCE-BACK GAME AT LIMESTONE

Hartsville, SC – A big win comes on the road for the Coker Women's Basketball team as they handle business in a 75-62 win against Limestone!

By The Numbers:

Final Score: Coker 75, Limestone 62
Records: Coker 22-2 (18-2 SAC), Limestone 13-11 (9-11 SAC)
Location: Gaffney, SC | Timken Center

Top Performers

Shawnteanna Tillman: 18 points, 4 rebounds
Kamari Thompson: 13 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 blocks
Mya Wasswa: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists
Kristynn Knight: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals

How It Happened:

The first three minutes were very back-and-forth by both teams, with neither team gaining true separation. A Wasswa lay-up got the scoring going for the Cobras, but was followed by a big run by the Saints to head up 14-6 with under three minutes to go in the first quarter. A McKaylee Allen free throw brough it back to within four with 35 seconds left in the quarter before Limestone scored again to hold a six-point lead heading into the second period of play.

A Thompson jumper got us going in the second, drawing it back to a four-point differential at 20-16. Limestone then started clicking to go on another run, heading up 27-18 with under seven minutes remaining. Free throws by both Mariah Mitchem and Dasia Ferguson brought the score closer, then a Wasswa jumper closed the gap to just three at 27-24 with 5:24 remaining in the quarter. After back-and-forth play for the remainder of the quarter, the Cobras found themselves down six at the half at 37-31.

At the beginning of the third, Limestone stretched the lead to ten points at 41-31 before the Cobras mounted a huge comeback. Tillman sparked the run with a three to make it 41-34, so it was fitting that a Tillman three also capped the run off as they scored a whopping nineteen unanswered points to go up 50-41 in the contest. After a tight end to the third, it was the Cobras up ten at 58-48 headed into the fourth.

Cayanna Stanley gave the Cobras their largest lead of the night at 13 with a three-pointer to make it 63-50. That three prompted a timeout by Limestone, and they came out of that timeout trying to cut into the lead. That short-lived Saints run proved to be too little too late and the Cobras walk away unscathed from Gaffney, winning on the road by a final score of 75-62.

Notables

• Thompson was 6-7 from the floor in her double-double performance
• The Cobras secured 41 rebounds to Limestone's 33, and especially outrebounded them on the offensive end (14 to 5)

Up Next

The Cobras will come back to Hartsville after the week on the road, facing off against Newberry on Wednesday night. Tip-off for that contest is scheduled for 5:30 PM ET.