WASHINGTON, Pa. – Chatham Women's Basketball (1-1, 0-0 PAC) would finish their season opening weekend of play with a split after falling 40-63 to Transylvania (0-1, 0-0 HCAC) on Saturday afternoon at Washington & Jefferson College.
Senior
Daja White would lead the Cougars by netting a game-high 10 points shooting 3-13 from the field, 4-6 on free throws, and grabbing a game-high seven rebounds. Sophomore
Zora Jackson scored seven points shooting 3-7 from the field. Junior
Skylar Adams also scored seven points for the Cougars shooting 2-4 from the field, 2-2on free throws, and going 1-3 from outside the arc.
The Cougars would find themselves trailing 20-6 after the first quarter. White would get the Cougars their first points on the board with a jumper just two minutes into the match, and she would follow that up with a free throw halfway into the quarter. Adams would hit buzzer three pointer to finish off the Cougars first quarter points and cutting their deficit to 14.
In the second quarter, the Cougars would hold Transylvania to just 16 points. They would begin to battle their way back as junior
Sophia Toscano and senior
Michelle McGee each went 2-2 from the free throw line. Their efforts would fall short as the Cougars would go into the half down 36-10.
The Cougars offense came alive in the third quarter as they scored 17 total points this quarter alone. A layup from White and Jackson, plus Jackson's and one would give the Cougars 15 total points in the match. Junior
Claire Tobias would shoot from beyond the arc and sink it plus add a bucket, giving life to the Cougars. Adams would sink her two free throws, sophomore
Lainie Harrington would add a bucket, White would sink a free throw, and Jackson would sink a layup making the third quarter score 27-46.
The Cougars would have one final push in the fourth quarter, and McGee kicked things off by making her free throw. White and Jackson would each add layups to the Cougars total, giving them 32 points. With two more free throws under White's belt, McGee and Adams each adding another bucket, Harrington would close out the Cougars scoring with two more free throws.
Despite only shooting 22.2%, the Cougars won the free throw battle 14-17 (82.4%) while Transylvania shot 16-28 (57.1%).
The Cougars have just over a week until their home opener at the Athletic & Fitness Center when they look to take on Otterbein on Tuesday, November 17, at 7PM.
