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82
Winner Gardner-Webb GW 20-4,12-0 Big South
56
Presbyterian Presb 9-14,5-7 Big South
Winner
Gardner-Webb GW
20-4,12-0 Big South
82
Final
56
Presbyterian Presb
9-14,5-7 Big South
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Gardner-Webb GW 23 22 23 14 82
Presbyterian Presb 8 19 11 18 56

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

Blue Hose Upended by Visiting Runnin' Bulldogs

CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College women's basketball team couldn't overcome a slow start as first-place Gardner-Webb tallied the 82-56 victory over the Blue Hose on Saturday afternoon in the Templeton Center for the visitors' 12th consecutive league win. Fifth-Year senior Bryanna Brady led the Blue Hose with 20 points as freshman Aubrie Kierscht added 17 points. 
  
FINAL SCORE: Gardner-Webb 82, Presbyterian 56 
LOCATION: Templeton Center (Clinton, S.C.) 
RECORDS: Presbyterian (9-14, 5-7) | Gardner-Webb (20-4, 12-0) 
 
Coach Sharp's Thoughts
 "I am disappointed in the result and honestly most of the game I thought the pressure bothered us early, and it got us back on our heels, which affected everything else we did. I didn't think we defended with the intensity level we've seen in practice. That's what's frustrating to both the team and our coaching staff is that we've had great practices for two weeks and we're just unable to get that carried over into games right now, and obviously, it's hard to simulate Gardner-Webb in practice. They're a really good basketball team. Alex does a really good job. I expected us to play with a little more grit and fight than we did, especially on the defensive end." 

Scoring the Game
- Gardner-Webb opened the game fast with the game's first six points before Kierscht connected on a jumper to get PC on the board. The two teams traded quick bursts, with the Runnin' Bulldogs maintaining an 11-6 lead with 4:21 to play in the opening frame. The guests closed the quarter on a 12-2 run over the final four minutes to take a 23-8 lead after one. 
- The two teams traded four-point runs to begin the quarter, making it 27-12 with 6:17 to play in the half. After both teams connected on a pair of free throws, the Runnin' Bulldogs extended it to 32-14 before a Brady jumper made it 32-16 with 4:48 to play in the first half. Tilda Sjökvist connected on a quick three before the guests' 7-2 run pushed it to 39-21 with 2:26 to play in the opening half. The two teams scored six apiece in the final two minutes to make it 45-27 at the intermission. 
- PC and Gardner-Webb opened the third quarter with four-point bursts before a quick 8-0 run from the Runnin' Bulldogs pushed it to 57-31 with 3:55 to play in the quarter. Gardner-Webb continued the pressure on PC throughout the quarter's final minutes, scoring 11 of the final 18 points in the frame to take a 68-38 lead to the last 10 minutes. 
- Gardner-Webb continued to push the issue on Saturday with six of the first 10 points to 74-42 with 7:46 to play. The Blue Hose answered with a 6-2 burst, quickly answered by a 6-2 run by the guests before Kierscht made six straight at the line over the final three minutes as Gardner-Webb tallied the 82-56 win on Saturday. 
 
Players of the Game
- Brady tallied her fourth 20-point game of the season with a team-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting and made all four free throws. Kierscht added 17 points which included a career-high 10-of-11 at the foul line. Freshman Ashley Carrillo pulled down a team-high five rebounds on Saturday. Carrillo, along with Christina Kline, each distributed three helpers. Layken Cox led Gardner-Webb with 19 points as Alasia Smith tallied 17 points, pulled down nine rebounds, and recorded eight steals. Jhessyka Williams finished with a double-double totaling 14 points and 12 rebounds. Ki'Ari Cain finished with 12 points, as Lauren Bevis added 10 points. Williams led the guests with five assists. 
 
Stats of the Game
- Gardner-Webb shot 51.6% (33-of-64) from the floor as the Blue Hose shot 38.8% (19-of-49) in the contest. GWU connected on six threes compared to just two from the hosts. Both teams were effective on Saturday at the foul line, with the Runnin' Bulldogs going 10-of-12 (83.3%) and the Blue Hose connecting on 16-of-22 (72.7%) at the line. GWU had a 36-30 edge on the glass. Gardner-Webb tallied 14 assists compared to seven from PC. The guests had a 38-32 edge in points in the paint and an 18-8 advantage in steals. Both teams scored 10 points in the paint. 
 
Notables
- Brady recorded her fourth 20+ point performance on Saturday with a team-high 20 points. She's had two of those four occur against the Runnin' Bulldogs, as she had a career-high 29 in the first meeting at Gardner-Webb.
- Kierscht finished one off her career-high with 17 points as she made a career-best 10-of-11 free throws to lead the team at the charity stripe.
- Carrillo totaled a career-high with three steals and finished one off her career-high with five rebounds on Saturday.
- With her eight field goals, Brady climbed to eighth in the DI single-season record book for PC with 129 made field goals this season. 
- Brady's two blocks also moved her into a tie for third in the single-season record book for blocks with 26 on the season.
- The 16 made free throws on Saturday, marking a season-high for the Blue Hose, surpassing the 15 recorded on 12/31/22 against Radford. 

Up Next
- The Blue Hose continue this home swing on Wednesday night with a 6:30 p.m. start against Longwood from the Templeton Center on ESPN+. 
 
 
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