CHARLESTON, W. Va. – The Frostburg State women's basketball team fell short during its road contest against the University of Charleston with a final score of 84-55, dropping them to 2-5 and bringing Charleston to 7-0. First-year Krysten Joseph led the scoring for the Bobcats on the night with 13 points and three rebounds.
 
The Bobcats had a slow start in the evening with sophomore Arianna Briggs-Hall dropping a good free throw for their only point during the first seven minutes of the game. Charleston brought the pressure by dropping 12 unanswered points during this time. Briggs-Hall woke the Bobcats up two minutes into the second quarter with a successful layup, bringing FSU within 16 points of Charleston with a score of 26-10. Junior Morgan Dombroski scored the last points for FSU in the second quarter closing the gap with two good free throws bringing the score to 46-25 to end the first half.
 
Briggs-Hall came ready to battle in the beginning of the third getting the first two points for Frostburg. It was a back and forth battle between FSU and Charleston, answering each other's baskets throughout the third. Briggs-Hall dropped six points during the third, but it was not enough to close the gap with a score of 72-42 to start the last quarter.
 
The Bobcats struggled to score in first half of the last quarter, getting their first points from a pair of free throws by Dombroski with 4:22 seconds left in the game. Less than a minute later, first-year Rhiana Hall also dropped a good pair of free throws bringing the score to 48-78. Joseph dropped a good three pointer, getting the last points for the Bobcats and ending the game with a score of 84-55.
 
First-year Brenae Ford ended the night with 11 points and three rebounds while sophomore Ciara Thomas also recorded 11 points with three rebounds for Frostburg.
 
The Bobcats return to the court with an away game on Sat. Jan 30^th against the Concord Mountain Lions. Tipoff is set for 2:00 pm. For more information go to www.frostburgsports.com .