BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Colleen Bucknor led the Eagles with the ten points as Coppin State's women's basketball team shot just 29.6% from the floor in a 47-38 loss at Campbell on Thursday night at Gilbert Craig Gore Arena. With the loss, the Eagles now stand at 2-6 overall while the Camels improve to 4-3.
Inside the Numbers
- Bucknor was the only CSU player to reach double figures as she made 5-of-11 shots from the floor while pulling down five rebounds.
- Hope Evans added seven points with two assists, a block and a steal while Lucia Reos hit a pair of treys for six points.
- Jewel Watkins chipped in with five points, followed by Mossi Staples and Jalynda Salley with four points apiece. Alexandria Hamilton added a bucket and was credited with a team-high six rebounds. Staples tallied three steals and Reos finished with two.
- Coppin played tenacious defense, holding the Camels to just 35.4% shooting while forcing 17 turnovers.
- Campbell got 14 points from Audrey Fuller and ten points with 12 rebounds from Christabel Ezumah.
How it Happened
- Campbell scored the first four points of the game before Bucknor put Coppin on the board at the 7:02 mark. The Camels answered with three-straight points before Hamilton converted on a pass from Evans with just under six minutes left in the period.
- The Camels held Coppin scoreless for several minutes until Salley hit a jumper in the paint, but the Eagles forced the hosts into just 38% shooting and trailed, 12-6 after the first.
- The second period was the highest-scoring quarter of the game with Campbell outscoring Coppin, 16-13.
- Campbell extended its lead to as many as 22-10 with a 6-0 run midway through the period, but Bucknor scored after a pass from Watkins, and Watkins converted on a three-point play a couple minutes later.
- Coppin continued to fight in the second half, cutting a 15-point deficit to as little as 45-36 following back-to-back threes by Reos in the fourth.
- Evans hit a jumper as time expired in the fourth to bring the final deficit back to nine points.
Up Next: Coppin returns to action on Sunday, December 4 in a 12 pm tipoff at William & Mary. The game will air on FloHoops.
