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WBB Huddle
Brian Duane - Iona Athletics
44
Iona Iona 2-1,0-0 MAAC
75
Winner Col. of Charleston CC 3-0,0-0 CAA
Iona Iona
2-1,0-0 MAAC
44
Final
75
Col. of Charleston CC
3-0,0-0 CAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Iona Iona 8 8 16 12 44
Col. of Charleston CC 27 19 15 14 75

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Brian Duane / Assistant AD / Athletic Communications

Iona WBB Drops Road Tilt at College of Charleston

CHARLESTON, SC— The Iona University women's basketball team suffered its first defeat of the season on Friday evening, falling to CAA Preseason favorite College of Charleston, 75-44 at TD Arena.
 
Junior Zoey Ward led the Maroon & Gold with a team-high 14 points to pair with six rebounds. Senior Ale Civera tallied eight points to go with six rebounds and a team-high two steals. Junior Claudia Fiel posted a team-high three assists.

THE RUNDOWN

Charleston opened the game capitalizing at the charity stripe. Iona responded with a layup by junior Zoey Ward for its first points of the contest. The high tempo Cougars then used a 9-0 run to take control of the game. A turnaround basket by Middleton broke up the run briefly. Charleston used a 16-4 closing run to take a 21 point lead a quarters end.
 
The Cougars continued to push the pace in the second stanza, outshooting the Gaels 50% to 23% in the period. Civera led Iona with five points in the second quarter.
 
Iona showed fight out of the halftime break with a 7-2 opening run paced by five points from Zaccagnini to prompt Charleston to call time out. It was a back-and-forth frame from there with the Gaels outscoring the Cougars 16-15 in the frame.
 
Charleston continued to cruise in the final stanza, holding a 14-12 margin for the frame to take the wire-to-wire victory to earn the second straight win over the Maroon & Gold.

IONA PERFORMERS

  • Ward posted a season-high 14 points and grabbed a season-high six rebounds.
  • Civera recorded a season-high eight points to go with six rebounds.
  • Fiel dished out a team-high three assists.

THE OPPONENT

  • Taryn Barbot registered a game-high 31 points on 11 made field goals and a 7-of-8 mark from the foul line. She also tallied five rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks.
  • Taylor Barbot recorded 14 points along with a game-high nine assists, six rebounds and two steals.
  • Grace Ezebilo grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds for the Cougars.

TEAM STATS

  • Charleston shot 47.6% while the Gaels were held to a 29.0% field goal percentage
  • Both teams struggled from distance as the Cougars shot 20% with four made triples and the Gaels shot 16.7% with three made three-pointers.
  • Charleston commanded the glass with a 45-36 advantage on rebounds.
  • The Cougars committed 10 turnovers while the Gaels totaled 13 turnovers.

UP NEXT

Iona caps the weekend down south with a trip to Davidson for the first time on Sunday, November 16 for a 1 PM contest from Belk Arena.
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