CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Blue Hose women's basketball team dropped the their next to last game of the 2009-10 season on Friday night to Charleston Southern, 53-41.   

Junior Amanda Mills led the way for Presbyterian College (5-24, 3-12 BSC) in the game with 11 points.  Senior Lea Smith added nine points while freshman Dria David posted seven for the Blue Hose.  Chelsea Wright matched her career high on the boards with 15 rebounds.

Charleston Southern (16-12, 8-7 BSC) was led by LeChell Rush's 20 points.  Kelsey Wasmer added 10 while Tina DeCarvalho had eight rebounds.

The Blue Hose were 7-for-26 in the first half from the field but went 0-for-4 from downtown as Smith led the way in the first 20 minutes with eight points. 

PC was down four coming out of the intermission, but Amanda Mills drained a three-pointer just 13 seconds into the period to cut the lead down to one.  However, a 13-2 CSU run took the lead out to 12 points. 

The visitors cut the lead back to five points at 15:02 when Parker drained a jumper.  But, it was as close as PC would get on the evening. 

Down the stretch, the Buccaneers ran the lead out to as many as 15 points with 3:56 before ultimately claiming the 12-point win.

Ultimately, PC shot 29 percent (15-of-51) from the field and 21 percent (3-of-14) from the three-point line.  PC out-rebounded the Bucs, 38-to-36 in the game to mark the 12^th time this year that the Blue Hose won the rebound battle.

Big South Freshman of the Year Candidate Mariah Pietrowski missed her first game of the season.

The Blue Hose close the season on Monday night at Coastal Carolina.  PC will look to sweep the season series with a game starting at 7 p.m.