UC drops two at Cal Pa Tourney

The UC Women's Basketball team opened the 2007-08 season by playing in the Best Western Classic hosted by California (Pa.) University on Nov. 17-18, but lost twice to good competition to start the season at 0-2.

SATURDAY
UC freshman Tareena Dixon turned in a double-double in her first college game but it wasn’t enough as D-II No. 11 ranked Indiana (Pa.) downed the Golden Eagles 67-53 in Saturday afternoon’s opening round of the Tipoff Classic. Dixon tallied 15 points and 15 rebounds as the Golden Eagles fell in their season opener. Junior forward Jihan Williams added 16 points, six boards and five steals for UC.

UC held a 31-30 lead at halftime, but that didn’t hold up as the Eagles shot just 24.2 percent (8-of-33) from the floor in the second half and 11 percent (2-of-17) on 3-pointers. UC finished with 25 turnovers.

SUNDAY
Host team California (Pa.) squeaked by with a 66-62 victory over UC on Sunday in the Classic. Charleston was led by Jihan Williams with game-highs of 16 points and 10 rebounds. Veronica Carman added nine points and Tarenna Dixon added eight for the Golden Eagles.

UC had 13-point run early in the second half highlighted by Carman’s three-point goal and a two-point bucket with 8:18 left. The Golden Eagles made one last run, closing to within two (63-61) on a Williams hoop with 20 seconds left.

Williams was Charleston's representative on the all-tournament team.

UC will play its first home game on Tuesday at 2 pm. Against Mars Hill in Eddie King Gym!