CHARLESTON, S.C. - Facing the same team they opened the Big South season against, the CSU women's basketball team head to Clinton, S.C., on Monday to close out the regular season with a tilt vs. the Presbyterian Blue Hose on Monday. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at Templeton Arena.

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SERIES HISTORY
The Buccaneers will face the Blue Hose for the 13th time overall in 2011-12, but it will be just the fifth season in which the teams will play as part of Big South Conference season, with the Blue Hose starting their transition in the 2007-08 season. The Buccaneers hold the clear 10-2 advantage over PC in the all-time series, including both meetings in the 2010-11 season. CSU is 6-0 vs. PC since the Blue Hose joined the BSC, and picked up an earlier The Bucs last fell to Presbyterian in the 1989-90 season by a score of 68-53.

#1 vs. #1
It will be a battle of the best when the Blue Hose and the Bucs meet on Monday. Charleston Southern boasts the league's best scoring offense at 72.5 points per game, while Presbyterian brings with them the Big South's top defense, giving up just 55.8 points per game. In fact, CSU's 76 points in the first meeting between the two teams is the most given up by the Blue House all season.

CLOSING TIME
Monday's contest will mark the close of the regular season for CSU. Coincidentally, the Bucs will face the team in which they opened their conference season against. Since the 2002-03 season, Charleston Southern is 4-5 in the last game of the regular season. Even more interesting, the Bucs have never faced an opponent outside of the Palmetto State to end the season in that time frame.

LAST TIME THEY MET
Helen Terry's career-high 26-points led the Bucs to a 76-67 win in the opening weekend of conference play. Lakeitha Alston put up 13 points, while Shay Jones and Kiki Rutledge added in 12 each. The Bucs shot 53.2 percent in the game and sunk 12 3-pointers for the win.

1,000 POINT WATCH
Lakeitha Alston has the opportunity to close out the season with 1,000 career points. The junior forward boasts 967 career points thus far, needing just 33 to score her 1,000th.

FOUR TO SCORE
The Bucs boast four players who rank in the top-25 in the BSC in scoring (tied with Liberty and PC for most in the league). Rachelle Coward ranks second with 18.2 ppg, while Lakeitha Alston is also in the top five at 16.3 ppg. Despite missing time with injury, Erin Bratcher is 24th at 9.3 ppg while Anicia Dotson is 29th (8.3 ppg).