NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Charleston Southern women's basketball team got back in the win column on Wednesday night, as they won handedly over the Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs by a final score of 83-61 inside The Buc Dome.
 
Two players on Charleston Southern (5-11, 2-1 in conference) scored 20+ points on the night, as Kennedi Jackson set a career-high with 27 points, and Catherine Alben scored 23 points. On the boards, Madison Adamson set a career high with 17 rebounds. She also led the Bucs with four steals on the defensive end. Maya Robinson tied a career-high with 11 points off the bench.
 
Charleston Southern pulled down 43 boards including 14 on the offensive end, while Gardner-Webb (1-14, 0-2 in conference) had 24 on the night. They had nine steals on the night and forced 20 turnovers while giving the ball away 18 times.
 
In a low-scoring first quarter, the Bucs began the game on a run, as they jumped out to a 7-0 lead with 6:34 left; however, the Runnin' Bulldogs came storming back, taking a  12-8 lead. Charleston Southern took the lead in the second quarter and kept it, with Alben pushing the lead to 32-24 with 2:18 left in the first half.
 
It was a strong third quarter that gave the Buccaneers a comfortable lead, as they came out of halftime with a 32-29 lead. The Bucs began the second half on a 12-3 run capped off by a two-point shot from Alben that finished with a free throw as well forcing the Runnin' Bulldogs to call a timeout.
 
Out of the timeout, the Bucs continued their momentum, as they pushed their lead to as high as 19 points with an 8-0 run to close out the third quarter. In the final quarter, both teams traded baskets to start out, but Jackson made it a 20-point game with a jump shot in the paint with 6:54 left to take a 67-47 lead.
 
For the second time in four games, Charleston Southern shot over 50% from the field, as was 32/61 from the field on the night. Defensively, they allowed Gardner-Webb to shoot 40% from the field and forced them to take 32 three point shot attempts. This was the highest scoring game for the Bucs since 2019 
 
Next Up
The Bucs hit the road this weekend, as they go to Spartanburg, S.C. to take on USC Upstate at 4 p.m. on ESPN+. They look to pick up their first win in Spartanburg for the first time since 2019.