CLINTON, S.C. - Presbyterian College women's basketball dropped a 57-56 squeaker to North Carolina Central on Tuesday afternoon at the Templeton Center.  The loss drops PC to 5-19 on the season as PC's three-game home winning streak comes to an end.  Sophomore Kristen Stevens led the way for PC with 16 points.

The Blue Hose came out hot from the opening tip, outscoring the Eagles, 15-2 in the first seven minutes of the game.  Senior Lea Smith had four of her ten points in that stretch.  NC Central would rally to take their first lead of the game with 2:31 remaining in the stanza.  LaToya Bennett scored seven of her 13 points to bring the Eagles even. 

The Blue Hose went into the intermission, trailing by just one point, 29-28.

The Eagles took their lead to eight points on back-to-back three-pointers from Shenise Blanks.  Freshman Devin Fothergill provided the answer as she drained a trey and picked off a pass, taking it the other way for an easy two to cut the lead back to two points. 

The Blue Hose got the ball for their final possession with 31 seconds remaining in regulation.  The Blue Hose matriculated the ball down the floor and eventually to Amanda Mills who drove for a running jumper with three seconds left.  The ball rimmed out and fell to the Eagles as the final horn went.

Freshman Shonda Burnside matched her career high scoring with 12 points on the night.  She also matched fellow freshman Dria David's team high rebounding of six.  David also added five steals to go with her four points.  Freshman Mariah Pietrowski had six points in the game.

The Blue Hose return to conference play for the balance of the season.  The stretch run of six games opens on Saturday afternoon against Big South frontrunners Gardner-Webb.  The game starts at 3 p.m.