Big South Women's Basketball Round-Up - Jan. 8
High Point, Longwood and Winthrop all improved to 3-0 in the Big South standings with wins on Wednesday night, and Presbyterian earned its first conference win over the year.
HIGH POINT 78, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 51 | BOX SCORE
Head Coach Chelsea Banbury earned her 100th career win as the High Point University women's basketball team defeated Charleston Southern, 78-51, on Wednesday night. Banbury is the fastest coach in the HPU Division I era to reach 100 wins and the third-fastest in Big South history.
LONGWOOD 95, UNC ASHEVILLE 51 | BOX SCORE
Senior Mariah Wilson scored a career-high 23 points on 8-for-12 shooting, leading a group of five players in double figures, as the Longwood women's basketball team coasted to its fifth consecutive victory, 95-51, over UNC Asheville in Big South action on Wednesday.
WINTHROP 63, GARDNER-WEBB 49 | BOX SCORE
Winthrop won their third straight contest by downing Gardner-Webb with a big late run at home. This is the first time since the 2014-15 season that the Eagles have won their first three conference games.
PRESBYTERIAN 59, USC UPSTATE 58 | BOX SCORE
Despite trailing by 18 points in the third quarter, the Presbyterian College women's basketball team (3-13, 1-2) took down the USC Upstate Spartans (3-12, 0-2) in Templeton Center on Wednesday night behind a huge fourth quarter run.