TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Charleston Southern women's basketball team opened the 2023-24 season on Monday night, falling on the road to No. 18 Florida State Seminoles by a 99-63 score.
 
Alba Garcia was the leading scorer for the Bucs (0-1) with a career-high 19 points. The sophomore came off of the bench and played a career-high 21 minutes as well. Kennedi Jackson was the second leading scorer with 11 points, and Catherine Alben had nine.
 
Charleston Southern won the rebounding battle against Florida State (1-0) 47 to 41. Madison Adamson led the team with eight rebounds, while Shimei Muhammad was right behind her with seven.
 
The Bucs started off slow, as the Seminoles jumped out to an 11-2 lead and pushed their lead to 12 with 5:41 left in the first quarter. The run ended with four-straight points from Charleston Southern capped off with a three by Muhammad.
 
The Seminoles pushed their lead to 25 before Garcia came back with two-straight three pointers to trim the lead; however, FSU kept attacking, pushing their lead to 33 points at the half.
 
Florida State continued their momentum out of the half, starting the third quarter with a 7-0 run to take a 40-point lead before a jumper from Jackson ended the run; however, their lead changed to 43 points with 5:50 left in the third quarter at 70-27.
 
After the media timeout, the Bucs went on their own 10-0 run with two free throws from Adamson and two from Jordan Berry. The Seminole lead got to as high as 40 in the fourth quarter, ending in a 36-point loss for the Bucs.
 
Charleston Southern was 17-22 from the free throw line, which is a 77% free throw percentage. That is one percent below their season-high of 78% from the line against Longwood in the Buc Dome on January 28^th of last season.
 
Up Next
The Bucs wrap up their tour through the ACC this Friday, when they head to Clemson on to take on the Tigers. The game will stream on ACC Network Extra starting at 6 p.m.