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Bryanna Brady
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53
Presbyterian Presb 4-8,0-1 Big South
61
Winner Campbell Campb 6-6,1-0 Big South
Presbyterian Presb
4-8,0-1 Big South
53
Final
61
Campbell Campb
6-6,1-0 Big South
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Presbyterian Presb 8 11 11 23 53
Campbell Campb 8 17 27 9 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | PC Athletic Communications

Fourth Quarter Rally Comes Up Short in League Opener

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – The Presbyterian College women's basketball team used a 13-0 run to begin the fourth to mount a comeback in Thursday's league opener, but the host Campbell hung on for the 61-53 victory inside the Pope Convocation Center. Fifth-year senior Bryanna Brady led the Blue Hose with a double-double scoring 16 points and 10 rebounds in the defeat. 
 
FINAL SCORE: Campbell 61, Presbyterian 53
LOCATION: Pope Convocation Center (Buies Creek, N.C.) 
RECORDS: Presbyterian (4-8, 0-1) | Campbell (6-6, 1-0) 

Coach Sharp's Thoughts
"It's important for our team to build on how we played in the fourth quarter. We feel like those last ten minutes we played with a lot more grit and toughness which is what it takes to win on the road. We could have thrown the towel in down 20 but didn't quit and gave ourselves a chance to win. It's important for us to learn and keep growing as a group. I believe in this team and what we have on our sideline. I'm excited to see how we respond in our next game."
 
Scoring the Game
 - Campbell got a quick start on Thursday with an 8-2 burst in the opening five minutes to take the six-point edge with 4:29 to play in the opening frame. PC scored the game's following six points over the final 3:53 to even the game at eight after the first quarter. 
 - In the second quarter, the Blue Hose carried their momentum over with a 7-3 run in the opening four and a half minutes to push it to a 15-11 lead forcing a timeout from the hosts. Following the timeout, Campbell went on a 7-0 run to push it to an 18-15 lead and continued to keep the pressure up with a 7-2 burst in the final two minutes to make it 25-19 at the break. 
 - The hosts used the deep ball with three straight triples to extend to a 34-19 lead with 8:15 to play in the third quarter forcing PC to use an early timeout. The Blue Hose broke the spurt with a jumper from Brady before an 8-2 Campbell run made it a 42-23 lead at the media timeout in the third quarter. Aubrie Kierscht and Laila Grant pushed the Blue Hose deficit to 14, 42-28, before a 10-2 Campbell run made it 52-30 after three.
- The Blue Hose battled back to begin the fourth quarter with 13 straight points over the first four and a half minutes to cut the deficit to nine, 52-43, with 5:28 to play in the quarter. Following a Campbell layup, the two teams traded free throws before a 6-0 burst cut it to a five-point deficit at 56-51 with 2:07 to play. Paige Kindseth connected on a layup with 1:42 to go, but the hosts scored the game's final four points en route to a 61-53 victory. 
 
Players of the Game
 - Brady led the Blue Hose with her first double-double on Thursday, tallying 16 points and 10 rebounds. Tilda Sjökvist added 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting with two threes and a pair of assists. Kierscht came off the bench to total 13 points on 5-of-9 field goals, including three threes. Christina Kline led PC with three assists. Brittany Staves led Campbell with 14 points, including a 4-of-7 performance from beyond the arc. Svenia Nurenberg added 12 points and seven rebounds as Gianni Boone totaled 11 points. Christabel Ezumah led the Camels with nine rebounds, and Nurenberg had four assists and Audrey Fuller. 
 
Stats of the Game
 - The Blue Hose posted a 40.7% (22-of-54) from the floor on Thursday as Campbell recorded a 44% (22-of-50) from the field. PC buried five three-pointers as the hosts connected on 10 triples. The Blue Hose connected on 4-of-7 at the line as Campbell went 7-of-13. The hosts had a 37-27 edge on the glass as both teams totaled 10 steals. The Camels recorded 16 assists compared to 11 from the Blue Hose. The Blue Hose outscored Campbell 23-10 from bench points. 

Notables
 - Brady recorded her first career double-double with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds as she was 7-of-16 from the floor. It's the Blue Hose first points-rebounds double-double since Núria Cunill had 10 points and 10 rebounds at Florida.
- Kierscht added 13 points off the bench, which included seven points in the fourth quarter. 
- The reigning freshman of the week, Sjökvist tallied 14 points on 5-of-10 field goals, including connecting on a pair of threes. She also added two steals in the contest.
- Mara Neira tallied a season-high four steals, which is the most by a PC player throughout the 22-23 season.
- Thursday's game marked the third time this season that the Blue Hose have totaled 10+ steals, and the second straight game PC has hit this mark. 
 
Up Next
 - The Blue Hose have a quick turnaround as PC returns home on New Year's Eve for a 2 p.m. tip against Radford to close out the 2022 calendar year on ESPN+. 
 
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