CHARLESTON, S.C - The Charleston Southern women's basketball team gutted out a win at home in dramatic fashion against the Presbyterian Blue Hose at a score of 52-47. The win improves the Buccaneers' record to 8-9 (2-2 BSC) and drops the Blue Hose to 4-11 (1-3 BSC).

Charleston Southern came out flat today and shot 3-of-19 in the first ten minutes. Despite shooting so poorly the Bucs were still in the lead at a score of 11-10.

The Blue Hose were shooting the ball well from deep in the early going, connecting on 5-of-8 from beyond the arc in the first half.

The shooting percentage discrepancy continued to widen throughout the first half. The half ended with CSU shooting 26%. The Blue Hose doubled up the Bucs by shooting 52% in the first half.

The score remained close throughout the first half with a total of ten lead changes and the highest lead for either team being the Blue Hose' half time lead of seven points at a score of 30-23.

The Bucs shooting woes seemed to only worsen at the start of the second half. The Blue Hose extended their lead to ten but the game never seemed to be out of reach if a few shots fell for the Bucs.

Despite their poorest shooting performance of the year, the Bucs were still hanging around and a deep three from Katie Tull would bring the Bucs within three points with six minutes to play. Despite all their shooting woes the Bucs still had a chance to win the game.

Tonight's game seemed to turn on a single play. The biggest play of the game came at the 2:37 mark when Kelsey Wasmer set a screen for Helen Terry who faded and knocked down a deep three. Simultaneously a foul was also called on the Blue Hose for fighting through the screen that sent Wasmer to the line for two shots. She connected on both from the charity stripe for an extremely rare five point play.

That play was a huge change in momentum for the Bucs that got the crowd back into the game. Charleston Southern had taken their first lead since the 5:05 mark in the first half.

The two team's roles had seemed to be reversed. Presbyterian went completely cold on the offensive end. The Blue Hose in fact did not connect on a single field goal in the final 9:49 of tonight's contest.

The 19-4 run to finish the game was enough to log an important Big South victory at home.

Leading the all scorers was CSU senior guard Kelsey Wasmer who had 19 points and six boards. Also in double figures was Katie Tull, who had 14 points in the game.

The shocking win brings the Bucs back to .500 in the conference and a single win from having a .500 overall record.

Charleston Southern's next contest comes on Monday with a home game against Big South opponent UNC Asheville. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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