Career Highs from Terah Harness and Takia Davis Headline Four Spartans in Double-Figures as Women's Basketball Wins Home Opener

Friday, November 19

Spartanburg, S.C.

6:00 p.m.

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

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Columbia International

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WBB Team Breaking Huddle Columbia International 2021-22

Photo by: John Byrum

11/19/2021 9:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – For the second straight game, USC Upstate women's basketball secured the second-largest win of the Becky Burke era of Spartan basketball as the Spartans saw four players in double-figures in an 81-40 victory in the team's home opener versus Columbia International.

Leading the Upstate contingent in double-figures freshman guard Terah Harness poured in a career-best 17 points and has scored in double-figures in consecutive games. Behind Harness, senior forward Molly Coleman added a season-high 16 points, scoring in double-figures in each of her team's games this season, while freshman guard Rachael Rose added 12 points and freshman forward Takia Davis contributed a career-high 11 points.

In addition to her career-best 11 points, Davis also added eight boards—a career-high—against Columbia International, the most corralled by a Spartan in a game this season. Coleman and junior guard Chellia Watson finished just behind Davis on the boards, grabbing seven apiece with Coleman's total marking a season-high and Watson's tying her career-high.

Game Information
Score: USC Upstate 81, Columbia International 40
Records: USC Upstate (2-1; 0-0 Big South); Columbia International (1-5; 1-2 AAC)
Location: G.B. Hodge Center | Spartanburg, S.C.

How It Happened
First Quarter

Driving to the basket and converting a layup to tie the game at three apiece, Molly Coleman jumpstarted a 6-0 run over a one-minute span to retake a lead the Spartans wouldn't relinquish as Rachael Rose and Terah Harness followed up Coleman's layup with layups of their own to take a 7-3 lead.
With Columbia International pulling within one, Upstate extended its advantage to double-figures as the Spartans reeled off a 10-0 run bookended by three-pointers from Rose and Harnes. Harness and Chellia Watson filled in the run with a pair of layups on consecutive possessions.
Taking to the air in the final seconds of the quarter, Rose beat the quarter buzzer with a floater to push the Spartans to a 10-point lead at the quarter break.

Second Quarter

Opening the scoring in the quarter with a Denijsha Wilson layup, Upstate opened the period on a 6-2 run before the team's aggressive defense forced a Columbia International timeout and the quarter's media break.
After the Rams came out of the media timeout with a made jumper, the Spartans responded with a massive 17-6 run to close the half. Veterans Jada Logan and Coleman combined to score nine points in the streak with Logan burying a three-ball from the corner off a nifty pass from Dakota McCaughan.

Third Quarter

After coming out of the trading baskets, Upstate took control over the latter half of the quarter, holding Columbia International to just one point over the final seven-ish minutes of the quarter. The Spartan scored 16 points over the final four minutes, led by six points from Davis.

Fourth Quarter

Following a Columbia International three to open the quarter, Davis provided the Upstate answer, drawing the and-one opportunity as she took to the offensive glass for the putback and the and-one conversion.
Scoring seven of her nine points in the game over a three-minute span in the quarter, Watson sparked a 13-2 Spartan run—the team's final run of the game.

Notable

Seeing four players score in double-figures, Friday's game marked the first with four double-figure scorers since February 5, 2021, versus UNC Asheville.
Leading all scorers against Columbia International, Terah Harness poured in a career-high 17 points as she notched her second straight double-figure scoring game. Also posting a career-high scoring total was Takia Davis who tallied 11 points while pulling in a career-best eight boards.
Posting a season-high 16 points Friday night, Molly Coleman has scored in double-figures in each of her team's first three games this season and each of her last five games dating back to last season.
Behind a 41-point margin of victory, Upstate secured its second-largest victory during the Becky Burke era (2020-pres.) as Friday's victory nearly eclipsed the 46-point margin versus St. Andrews in last season's home opener.

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