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Scoreboard

Trinity Johnson
(c) Shawn M. Knox
53
Winner Campbell Campb 12-5,7-1 Big South
47
Presbyterian Presb 5-11,1-6 Big South
Winner
Campbell Campb
12-5,7-1 Big South
53
Final
47
Presbyterian Presb
5-11,1-6 Big South
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Campbell Campb 16 13 13 11 53
Presbyterian Presb 11 14 9 13 47

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Thad Palmer

Campbell Sinks PC with Three-Point Barrage

Camels' Speight hits eight threes

Clinton, S.C. – Campbell's Kianna Speight scored a game-high 24 points, aided by eight three pointers, to lead the Camels to a 53-47 win over the Presbyterian College women's basketball team on Saturday afternoon at the Templeton Center. Trinity Johnson had 11 points, six rebounds and three steals to lead the Blue Hose.

Final Score: Presbyterian – 47  Campbell – 53
Location: Templeton Center (Clinton, S.C.)
Records: Presbyterian (5-11, 1-6 Big South) Campbell (12-5, 7-1 Big South)

Scoring The Game
After trading baskets early, the game turned into a series of runs. Shamani Stafford sank a three to cap a 6-0 run by PC and give the Blue Hose their first lead of the game, 11-8, with 3:21 to play in the first. The Camels replied with an 8-0 run, including threes from Luana Serranho and Hayley Barber, to hold a 16-11 lead after ten minutes.

Johnson scored five consecutive points and tied the game, 16-16, with a three pointer at 7:30. After a 4-0 run gave Campbell a 20-16 lead, PC replied with a 5-0 run capped this time by a layup from Bria Gibbs at 4:07 to regain the lead at 21-20. Speight then hit three threes to spark a 9-4 run for Campbell headed into the half and gave the Camels a 29-25.

Speight sank her fifth, sixth and seventh threes of the game over a 9-2 run for Campbell that saw the visitors take a 42-32 lead with 3:04 remaining in the third. A pair of free throws from Gibbs made it an eight-point game, 42-34, headed into the fourth.

Tess Santos sank all four free throws on a pair of trips to the charity stripe in just a six-second span to make it a two-possession game, 49-43, with 1:39 to play. The junior also scored PC's last basket of the game, a jumper at 14 seconds, to cut the deficit to four, 51-47. However, Campbell sank four free throws in the final minute to hang on for a 53-47 victory.

Player of the Game
Kianna Speight was 8-12 (.750) from three and scored a game-high 24 points for Campbell.

Notables
- Shamani Stafford scored eight points and played a season-high 27 minutes.
- Speight's eight threes were the most allowed by PC to an opponent since Belmont's Darby Maggard went 6-12 (.500) on December 1, 2017.
- Kacie Hall scored a layup in the game's final minute to increase her career point total to 994 points.
- Tionna Carter recorded a season-best three steals to go with five points, three rebounds and two assists.

Stats of the Game
Campbell shot an identical 38% from the floor (15-40) and from behind the arc (11-29). Presbyterian shot 33% (14-42) from the floor and struggled hitting just 20% (3-15) from distance. PC held an edge in the paint, 14-4, and recorded twice as many steals, 10-5.

Up Next
Presbyterian travels to High Point on Tuesday, January 21, for a 7 pm matchup at the Millis Center. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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