Box Score CHARLESTON, S.C. - Kaila Craven scored a career-high 16 points, but it wasn't enough as Appalachian State University women's basketball (1-5)  fell on the road Wednesday evening to College of Charleston, 60-50, in TD Arena.

App State Starters:  #2 Farrahn Wood, #10 Joi Jones, #23 KeKe Cooper ,#34 Madi Story ,#42 Mia Marshall

CofC Starters: #1 Nola Henry, #2 Darien Huff,  #12 Jackie Luna-Castro, #24 Breanna Bolden, #44 Kelsey Booth

Craven had her coming out party on Wednesday for her first double-digit scoring game of her young career while shooting 5-for-10 from the field and 5-for-7 from the line. The freshman spearheaded a bench that scored 29 of the team's points (58 percent). Ashley Bassett-Smith scored eight points and grabbed a career-high eight off the glass. Marshall dominated the boards with a game-high 10 boards, including six on the offensive end. It was the junior's second double-digit rebounding game of the season.

App State would go on to win the battle in the paint outscoring its counterpart, 26-18, while also winning the battle on the boards, 51-48. Appalachian even corralled more boards on the offensive end (27) than on the defensive side (24), but only converted those opportunities into seven points.

It was an offensive struggle for both squads, as the two teams shot no more than 33 percent from the field and committed 54 turnovers. The difference would be at the charity stripe with the Cougars (4-2) shooting 22-of-31 from the field to App State's 10-for-21 production from the line.

Despite never holding a lead, the Apps stayed on the Cougars' tails throughout the opening half. Down 11-5 in the first quarter with 4:02 left, Appalachian scored eight of the next 10 points to cut the deficit to two, 13-11, heading into the second quarter. Consecutive layups from Cooper and Story trimmed the lead to two, just before CofC scored and Craven hitting a pair of free throws before the horn sounded.

Following a Bassett-Smith layup that cut the deficit to three, 18-15, the Cougars would go on a quick 6-0 spurt to take their largest lead of the half, 24-15. However, App State clawed its way back thanks to Craven having a hand in the final 12 points (10 points, one assist) of the first half that trimmed the gap to two, 29-27.

Coming out of the half, the Black and Gold were able to pull to within one point on two occasions after another Bassett-Smith jumper that made the score, 35-34, and later in the contest Craven stepped up again to cut the deficit to one, 37-36. That would be the story of the second half for the Apps, as CofC would hit timely shots just when it looked like App State was about to take the lead.

Going into the fourth period trailing by four, 46-42, App State cut The College advantage to three, 49-46, with 3:15 left in the contest. That would be the closest the Apps would get the rest of the way, as the Cougars scored the next six points to claim a 55-46 lead and eventually claim their fourth win of the season.

The Apps did have their chances to get back into the contest. With the Cougars leading 53-46 in the  midst of their spurt, Appalachian missed five free throws and a pair of shots that could have changed the momentum of the contest.

Darien Huff led the Cougars with 16 points for the home team while Breanna Bolden chipped in with 12 points.

Appalachian will have a nine-day break before hitting the road for a 2:00 p.m. tip-off at North Carolina on Saturday, December 12.