CLINTON, S.C. - The Presbyterian College women's basketball team earned its second win in a row with a road win over South Carolina State on Saturday night, 53-50.
PC improves to 2-2 on the year. South Carolina falls to 1-2.
Four PC players hit double-figures on the evening. Mariah Pietrowski (Elizabethton, Tenn.) and Dria David (Lawrenceville, Ga.) each led the Blue Hose with 12 points on the night. Kristen Stevens (Pickerington, Ohio) added 11 points and Sherece Smith (Clemson, S.C.) contributed 10.
Devin Fothergill (Somerset, Ky.) registered three steals in her second straight game and Karlee Taylor (Asheville, Ky.) also picked up four assists.
The Blue Hose fought off an 11-point Bulldog run to open the game and battled back from a 29-24 halftime deficit, taking the lead midway through the second half thanks to a 10-0 run. David hit a three-pointer to pull within two and a Smith layup brought the game back to even, 36-36.
PC's defense carried the squad down the stretch, limiting the Bulldogs to 25 percent shooting in the second half and 21 points in the final 20 minutes.
South Carolina State closed in on PC's lead and trailed by one with 40 seconds left after a pair of Trinese Fox free throws, but Pietrowski slammed the door with a layup to put PC ahead, 53-50, with 14 seconds remaining. The junior center converted the final two Blue Hose field goals to help seal the win.
Pietrowski had seven rebounds on the night and Stevens knocked down three three-pointers.
The Blue Hose next head to No. 17 North Carolina on Tuesday for a 4:30 p.m. tip-off in Chapel Hill, N.C.
