SOUTH EUCLIND, Ohio – The University of Charleston Golden Eagles Women's Basketball team (20-4, 14-3 MEC) saw an eight-game win streak come to an end on Wednesday night as they fell to the Notre Dame Falcons 67-74 in Mountain East Conference play.

JUST THE BASICS
SCORE: Notre Dame 74, Charleston 67
LOCATION: South Euclid, Ohio – Murphy Gymnasium
TEAM RECORDS: Golden Eagles (20-5, 15-4 MEC), Falcons (22-3, 16-3 MEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The home team started the first quarter off gaining a 22-8 lead as the Golden Eagles sat with the score tied 8-8 with just over four minutes to play in the first quarter, but the Falcons went on a 14-0 run to close the first frame with the 22-8 lead.

The Golden Eagles spend the second quarter clawing their way back into close range of the Falcons, finishing the half only down nine points with a score of 36-27.

The Golden Eagles remained in the chase bringing themselves within one point of the hosts on a three-pointer from Brooklyn Pannell with 1:03 to play in the third bringing the score to 47-46.

Heading into the fourth, the Golden Eagles were once again only down 51-52 again on a three-ball from the junior guard, Pannell. Charleston took their first lead off the hands of Pannell with a layup at the 5:07 mark. The fourth quarter effort was not enough to over-come the Falcons as Notre Dame pulled away in the final four minutes to take the 74-67 win.

Charleston Leaders (24-of-58 41.1 percent from the field)
 Brooklyn Pannell  – 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
Erykah Russell – 15 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists

Trinity Palacio – 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist

Falcon Leaders (27-59 45.8 percent from the field)
Siena Adachi – 29 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists
Jada Marone – 18 points, 3 assists, 3 assists  

Up Next:
The Golden Eagles will host the Urbana Blue Knights on Saturday February 22. Tipoff is slated for 2:00 p.m.

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