CLINTON, S.C. - The Presbyterian College women's basketball team was unable to keep league leading Gardner-Webb in check on Monday night, falling 80-39 to the Bulldogs at home.  Freshmen Shonda Burnside and Dria David each scored eight points to lead the Blue Hose in scoring.  Burnside paired it with a career high 11 rebounds. 

During the game, PC's coaches, administration and game management personnel worked barefoot as part of the Big South's "Barefoot for Bare Feet" initiative to raise awareness for Samaritan's Feet, an organization that raises money to give shoes to children in need.  For more information, please visit www.samaritansfeet.org.

Gardner-Webb (17-3, 6-1 BSC) came out of the gates shooting well, draining two-of-three from downtown and three-of-six from the field in the first five minutes of the game to go out to a 12-4 lead.  PC (2-16, 1-5 BSC) was two-of-four and none-for-one from outside the same span with five turnovers.

The Blue Hose failed to find the basket until the 9:56 mark when Chelsea Parker drained a three to cut the GWU lead to 20-7.  The basket ended a 16-0 run which lasted 7:07.  The three-pointer ended a 38:13 drought for the Blue Hose from behind the arc.

The teams went into the halftime break at 41-12 after GWU sparked a 19-3 run over the half's final 8:02.  The Bulldog's Monique Hudson was the game's high scorer with ten at the break.  Burnside led the Blue Hose with four at the intermission.  Turnovers (19) plagued the Blue Hose in the opening 20 minutes while the hosts only shot 5-17 (29 percent) from the field.

Coming out of the intermission, the Bulldogs didn't slow down with a 15-5 run in the second half's first 6:28.  The Blue Hose worked the lead down to 35 points at 9:28 before the Bulldogs worked it to their largest lead of 42 at 2:03.     

The Bulldogs shot 12 points over their season average scoring of 68.4 points per game while holding PC to seven points below their season average of 46.3.  The scoring was a season low for the Blue Hose at home.

 The hosts finished the game with 29 turnovers.  Parker closed the night on seven points, matched by fellow freshman Mariah Pietrowski.

Presbyterian College will return to action on Saturday afternoon when Charleston Southern comes to the Templeton Center for the opener of a PC-CSU doubleheader starting at 5 p.m.  The women's game will be followed by a 7:30 p.m. men's game against the Bucs.  Gardner-Webb will visit Coastal Carolina on Saturday night starting at 4:30 p.m.

Next weekend will be the annual "Coaches Verseus Cancer" weekend when all Division I coaches will wear basketball shoes to support the Jimmy V Foundation.