PRESBYTERIAN STATISTICAL LEADERS: G Maleia Bracone (10 pts); F Tionna Carter (6 rebs). 

A&T STATISTICAL LEADERS: C Jazmin Harris (23 pts, 10-for-13 FGs, 7 rebs); F Chanin Scott (15 pts, 5 assists, 7 rebs, 5 steals, 7-for-12 FGs); G Shareka McNeill (12 pts, 6 assists, 3 steals, 4-for-7 3-pt FGs); G Sean Kelly Darks (11 pts, 5 rebs, 5-for-5 FTs); F Kiana Adderton (7 rebs); G Jordyn Dorsey (5 assists).

 WHY A&T DID GET THE W: Turnovers turned into points. The Aggies scored 80 points on Thursday. Thirty-three of those points came from Presbyterian College turnovers. The Blue Hose finished the night with 20 mishaps, and A&T nearly made them pay for all of them. 

WHY PC DID NOT GET THE W: Jazmin Harris. The Blue Hose had no answer for the 6-foot-3 center out of Eastern Guilford High School. The fun part is she mixed it up. Her first six points came in the paint. When the Blue Hose caught on to that. She stepped away from the basket and knocked down 10-15-footers for her next three field goals. In total, she had 10 points in the paint and 10 points outside the paint. It could have been worse for the Blue Hose. She missed two layups. 

CRUCIAL: Jade Compton, a 5-10 guard out of Garland, Texas, came into the game averaging 16.2 points per game. Meleia Bracone, a 5-10 guard out of Anderson, S.C., was coming off a 19-point game against Hampton. Compton picked up her second foul with a minute remaining in the first quarter. She was ineffective from there, scoring just eight points. Meanwhile, Bracone, who was 8-for-15 against Hampton, got just nine shots up against A&T and ended the night with 10 points. 

 EAST GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T will have to do it all over again on Saturday. But at least for now, the Aggies can enjoy their 80-52 win over Presbyterian College in Big South Conference women's basketball action at Corbett Sports Center on Thursday. 

A&T (11-12, 8-5 Big South) snapped its two-game home winning streak and avoided losing three straight at home for the first time in 17 years. The Blue Hose (9-13, 4-8 Big South) has lost five out of its last six. The two teams will play again at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12, at Presbyterian's Templeton Center in Clinton, S.C. 

The quirk in the schedule is because Thursday's game was a makeup game from Jan. 8 when A&T postponed the game due to COVID protocols. 

"We had a very poor effort back-to-back times at home, and I reminded them of that," said A&T head coach Tarrell Robinson. "We had a discussion about effort and being more dialed in, in terms of executing. Like any coach, you want your players to respond to challenges you set for them, and tonight was an example of that." 

The Aggies got back to using their defense to generate offense. In home losses to High Point University and Campbell in the previous 10 days, the Aggies scored 53 and 48 points, respectively. On Thursday, they had 33 points alone off Blue Hose turnovers. 

Before their two-game home skid, the Aggies had scored 80 or more points in three straight home games. They were back in the 80's on Thursday. A&T shot 50.8 percent from the floor after shooting a combined 33.6 percent against HPU and Campbell. 

"We have to continue to understand who we are, show up and do it, and we'll continue to get these types of results," said Robinson. 

After ending the first quarter with a 22-15 lead, the Aggies took charge of the game in the second. They shot a stunning 62.5 percent in the period. In the first 13 seconds of the second, Maleia Bracone netted a 3-pointer to cut A&T's lead to 22-18. Seven minutes later, Bracone dropped in another three. 

But between those two threes, the Aggies scored 17 consecutive points, ending with point guard Shareka McNeill dropping a bounce pass in the paint to center Jazmin Harris for a layup and a 39-20 lead before Bracone's jumper. 

Graduate forward Chanin Scott's short jumper with 24 seconds remaining in the first half gave the Aggies a 44-26 halftime lead. When McNeill stole the ball from Paige Kindseth and whipped a pass ahead to D'Mya Tucker for a fast-break layup, the Aggies had ballooned their lead to 62-35 with 2:16 remaining in the third quarter as the Aggies eventually coasted the victory. 

Now, A&T faces the challenge of repeating its performance in South Carolina. 

"I think we will be okay going into their gym," said Harris. "It will be harder, but I think we'll come prepared." 

QUOTABLE: "For a coach, it's easy because it means you don't have to change your scout, especially when you win. You watch film. You look at your bright spots, you like at the bright spots for them, and make adjustments off of it. Then, you go in and go to battle again."

Head coach Tarrell Robinson on playing the same opponent back-to-back

 GAME NOTES 

• Robinson earned his 186th win as A&T's head coach. He is six wins away from passing former Aggies head coach Tim Abney for most wins in A&T women's basketball history. The Aggies have five regular-season games remaining plus the postseason. 
• The Aggies improved to 98-27 at Corbett Sports Center under Robinson. He is now 117-34 against conference opponents. 
• A&T avoided its first three-game home losing streak since dropping three straight during the 2004-05 season when they dropped games to Hampton, Norfolk State and Delaware State from Jan. 8-15. 
• Jazmin Harris scored 20 or more points for the third time this season when she had 23 against the Blue Hose. The Aggies are 3-0 in those contests. 
• On Thursday, Chanin Scott had 15 points, seven rebounds, five assists, and five steals. It marked the third time in her Aggie career she scored double figures and had at least five rebounds, five assists and five steals. 
• Three postponements in January have the Aggies playing 10 games in 21 days from Jan. 22-Feb. 12. Thus far, the Aggies are 7-2 over that stretch. 
• The Aggies are now 25-1 when they shoot 50 percent or better during the 10-year Robinson era.