SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's basketball team came up short on Wednesday night in its road finale, falling to USC Upstate 61-56 inside the G.B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg, S.C… Bryanna Brady led the Blue Hose on Wednesday with 17 points and 12 rebounds for her third double-double of the season. 

FINAL SCORE: USC Upstate 61, Presbyterian 56  
LOCATION: G.B. Hodge Center (Spartanburg, S.C.) 
RECORDS: Presbyterian (12-16, 8-9) | USC Upstate (10-18, 7-10) 

Coach Sharp's Thoughts
"Tonight was a frustrating loss for our group. Our offensive rhythm wasn't there, and I thought Upstate did a good job of taking away our flow. Defensively I thought we did some nice things but gave up some big offensive rebounds late in the game. Our third quarter was solid, and it's unfortunate we couldn't carry that over into the fourth. We will regroup and clean some things up before our last regular season game.

Scoring the Game
- PC got out to the fast start on Wednesday with an 11-3 burst over the first five minutes, highlighted by three three-pointers from Mara Neira to get the Blue Hose to a quick start. The Spartans answered over the final four minutes of the quarter with an 8-4 run to cut PC's lead to 15-11 after one.
- USC Upstate carried its momentum into the second quarter scoring the first six points in the second to take its first lead of the night at 17-15 with 7:56 to play in the first half. Presbyterian responded quickly with a 5-0 burst from Brady and Christina Kline to push it to 20-17 Blue Hose with 6:33 to play before halftime. The two teams were held scoreless for the next four minutes before the hosts closed the half on a 7-1 run to take a 24-21 lead to the intermission. 
- The Blue Hose jumped out to a quick start with a 9-0 run and pushed in front by six, 30-24, with 6:43 in the third quarter. USC Upstate responded again in a big way with a 12-1 burst over the next two minutes to push in front by five, 36-31, with 4:30 to play in the third quarter. PC made a quick move with four straight points to cut it to one, 36-35, with 3:37 to play in the quarter. The Spartans connected on a pair of quick free throws to push it to a three-point lead before the Blue Hose closed on a 10-0 run to take a 45-38 lead to the fourth. 
- USC Upstate scored nine of the first 13 points in the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to two, 49-47, with 5:25 to play in the game on Wednesday night. Laila Grant pushed the lead to five, 52-47, with 4:17 to play, but the Spartans closed the game red hot on a 14-4 run to defeat PC 61-56 in Spartanburg. 

Players of the Game
- Brady led the Blue Hose on Wednesday night with 17 points and 12 rebounds for her third double-double of league play. Mara Neira added 10 points connecting on three three-pointers in the contest. Kline was also key on the glass for the Blue Hose with eight rebounds in the defeat. Neira led the Blue Hose with three assists. Trinity Johnson paced USC Upstate with a game-high 21 points as she also tallied six rebounds, a team-high five assists, and four steals. Rebekah Gordon finished with 14 points, and five rebounds as Isabella Geraci added 10 points and a team-high five steals. AC Markham tied Johnson with six rebounds on Wednesday. 

Stats of the Game
- PC finished with a 38% (19-of-50) from the floor as USC Upstate shot 38.9% (21-of-54) on Wednesday night. Presbyterian connected on eight threes compared to six from the Spartans. PC was 10-of-16 at the foul line compared to 13-of-21 for the hosts. PC won the rebounding battle by six, 38-32. The Spartans tallied 12 assists compared to nine by the Blue Hose. USC Upstate recorded 14 steals compared to seven from Presbyterian. USC Upstate outscored the Blue Hose in the paint 30-22 and on the fast break 20-2 on Wednesday. 

Notables
- Brady picked up her third double-double of the season with 17 points and 12 rebounds. She's scored double-figures in 12 Big South games, including each of the last four games. 
- Neira finished with 10 points for her 12th double-figure performance of the season. It's her 11th game this season with at least multiple triples.
- Brady tallied the first double-figure rebounding performance since Kline pulled down 10 against UNC Asheville a few weeks ago.
- Tilda Sjökvist became the first Blue Hose since 2019-20 to eclipse 100 assists in a season as she hit that milestone for PC tonight. She's the eighth player in PC's DI era to eclipse 100 assists in a season.
- With her four offensive rebounds, Brady moved into a tie for third in the Blue Hose DI single-season record book with 71 offensive boards. 
- As a team, PC got to 400 assists on the season, needing just 15 to set the team's DI single-season record for assists in a season. PC tallied 414 in the 2012-13 season, the current mark to beat. 
- PC now sits second in the team's DI record book for points in a season, tallying 1,815 points throughout the 28 games. PC needs 66 points to surpass the previous benchmark of 1880 set during the 2015-16 campaign.
- With the team's 30 defensive rebounds on Wednesday, the Blue Hose need just 11 defensive rebounds to eclipse the team's single-season DI record for defensive rebounds in a season. PC currently has pulled down 777 defensive rebounds this season. 

Up Next
- PC closes out the regular season on Saturday with a visit from Charleston Southern to Clinton for a 2 p.m. tip on the final day of the 2022-23 regular season.