CHARLESTON, S.C. - Georgia Southern women's basketball blitzed the College of Charleston, 85-65, on Tuesday evening at TD Arena to improve to 6-2 on the season.

In the first meeting between the two SoCon rivals since 2013, the Eagles opened up the game on a 7-0 run covering the first four minutes and led by 16 points, 38-22, at the break.

The College of Charleston was able to get within 10, 40-30, just a minute into the second half but the Eagles answered with a 7-0 run to reassert control in the contest. Georgia Southern held the Cougars to just 29% shooting from the floor (25-of-85) in the contest.

Terren Ward led the Eagles on the evening with 17 points, while Mya Burns added 10 points. Jenna Annechhiarico had 13 points - all in the second half - for the Cougars, while Latrice Perkins also added 13 points.

Eagle of the Game
Maya Banks had her best game as an Eagle with eight points and nine rebounds in just 16 minutes of action, putting up a +14 plus/minus for the contest.

Stats of the Game
The Eagles grabbed 63 rebounds in the contest against the Cougars. It's the fourth-most rebounds collected by Georgia Southern in a game, and the most against an NCAA Division I opponent, passing the 62 rebounds snagged against App State on Jan. 2, 2001, and at ETSU on Jan. 12, 1998.

Quotables • HEAR FULL POSTGAME COMMENTS FROM TERREN WARD AND COACH HOWARD
Head Coach Anita Howard on the win against the Cougars
"This was a win - and I know we have six [on the year], but this is my favorite. The team really came to play, after a loss, on the road. And it came against a good College of Charleston team. For us to wIn in such a big fashion was great. I thought our guards did a good job of getting downhill. And we started playing from the jump."

Next Up
The Eagles break for final exams before returning to action on Saturday, December 11, hosting Gardner-Webb at 2 p.m. in a non-conference contest at Hanner Fieldhouse.