Columbus, GA - Columbus State withstood a barrage of three-point shots and dominated the boards in taking a 74-69 win over Tusculum in the CSU Women's Holiday Classic here Friday. CSU moves to 7-3 on the season with the win, while Tusculum sees its three-game win streak snapped and falls to 8-2 overall.
Cherwonna Walker and Shanrika Hardeman each posted a double-double for the Lady Cougars in the game. Walker led all scorers with 25 points to go with 10 boards, while Hardeman tallied 11 points, but pulled down a phenomenal 20 rebounds. CSU held a 62-21 advantage on the boards for the game.
Tusculum put up 39 three-point attempts in the game - over half of its total shot attempts - but made good on only 12 of those bombs for 30.8 percent. The Pioneers used the three-point shot to build as much as nine point lead in the first half, but each time TC made a run, CSU answered.
Trailing 18-11 after a Ashli Olive triple, the Lady Cougars mounted a 12-0 run to take the lead by five at 23-18. Erin Holder capped the run with a three-pointer - ironically the only trey of the game for CSU - at the 8:46 mark. Tusculum answered right back, however, running off on a 16-2 run to take its biggest lead of the game. Diana Neves scored 11 of her team's 16 points during the run with nine of those coming via the three-pointer. Her layup with 4:31 left in the half made it 34-25. CSU closed the half with a 12-2 run and took a 37-36 lead into the break. The Pioneers committed four turnovers down the stretch to allow CSU to claw its way back on top.
The Lady Cougars out-scored TC 16-7 over the first seven-plus minutes of the second half to take the first - and only - double-digit lead by either team in the contest. A Hardeman layup with 12:37 left made it 53-43 at that point. Tusculum could never get closer than four points the rest of the way as the perimeter shots would not fall. The Pioneers went 4-15 in the second half from long range and shot just 36.4 percent overall in the period.
In addition to Walker and Hardeman, CSU got 16 points, five rebounds, three assists, and three steals from Tamara Petersen on the night. The Lady Cougars made up for poor shooting from the floor (36.1 percent) and the foul line (21-37, 56.8 percent) by dominating the boards and forcing 15 turnovers.
Tusculum will face Georgia College & State University on Saturday at 1 PM in its final game of the CSU Holiday Classic. CSU faces Tuskegee in the final game of the women's side of the classic at 3 PM.
Source: Columbus State University Sports Information
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