PCA Varsity Basketball teams competed in the Battle of the Lowcountry Tournament hosted by Cathedral Academy November 16 through November 19.

The Varsity Girls first round game was Friday verses James Island High School. Our girls fought valiantly, but fell to the Trojans by a score of 61-33. The Eagles were led in scoring by Cokey Suddeth's 25 points. Scotty Wrenn scored 5, Josie Hurley scored 2 and Audrey Bright scored 1. Three of the Lady Eagles tied for the most rebounds: Josie, Avery Clark and Adelaide Suddeth grabbed 4 each.

The second round game for our girls was also against Academic Magnet. This time the Eagles came away with a 48-17 victory. Cokey led all scorers with 19 points. Audrey scored 9 points, Adelaide scored 8 and led the team in steals with 2. Scotty contributed 7 points while Avery scored 5. She also had 9 rebounds and a block. The Lady Eagles held the Raptors scoreless in the third quarter.

Saturday's victory led to Sunday's game against Porter Gaud in which the Cyclones prevailed 42-40. Cokey scored 30 points, 15 of which were made foul shots. She also tied for the lead in rebounds with 9. Avery grabbed 9 rebounds and scored 3 points. Scotty scored 3, while Audrey and Adelaide each scored 2.

Our teams have road games this week against Ashley Hall (JV and Varsity Girls only), Trinity Collegiate (JV and Varsity Boys) and Christian Academy Myrtle Beach. The first home game of the season will be December 4 against John Paul II.

PCA Basketball saw some wins and some losses this week, but played tough on the courts. 

Our first home game was against John Paul II on Monday. Both varsities lost. Girls' score was 40-57 and boys' score was 27-61. Both teams struggled to make many shots from the field as the visitors held our teams to 25% shooting or less.

For the girls, Cokey Suddeth scored 23 points and registered a double-double by gathering 10 rebounds. She was also 10 for 12 from the foul line. Audrey Bright scored 8 points while Adelaide Suddeth scored 4. Adelaide was the team leader in rebounding with 12 boards. She also stole the ball twice and blocked three shots. Avery Clark scored 3 points and Josie Hurley scored 2.  

Tuesday saw the Eagles travel to Walterboro to take on Colleton Prep. All four of our teams won in a sweep of the Warhawks. The most exciting game was the JV boys who trailed for most of the second, third and fourth quarters, but won on a 3 point shot as time expired in the game. Final was 24-23.

It was a night of career highs in the Varsity Girls game. Avery Clark led the way with her career high 18 points. She also grabbed 8 rebounds. Josey Hurley scored a career high 9 points and had a career high in steals with 7 take-aways. Cokey scored 16 points, grabbed 8 rebounds, stole the ball 3 times and blocked 5 shots. Audrey scored 9 points, Scotty Wrenn scored 5 and dished out 4 assists. Adelaide scored 4 and gathered 8 rebounds and Alden Baugh scored 2 points. Final score was PCA 63 Colleton Prep 19.

It was a mixed bag of results this week as our Varsity teams had some wins and losses. 

On Tuesday, the girls team traveled to Ashley Hall to take on the Panthers. After a big first quarter in which the Eagles outscored their host by 15 points, our girls cruised to a 62-25 victory. Three Eagles scored in double figures - Cokey Suddeth led the way with 27 points; Audrey Bright scored 11 points and Avery Clark scored 11. Josie Hurley had a season high 5 points as well as 4 steals. Adelaide Suddeth scored 4 points and led the team with 6 rebounds. She also had a steal and a block. Alden Baugh scored her first 4 points of the season and blocked a shot. Scotty Wrenn did not score, but had a season high 4 assists and grabbed 4 rebounds.

On Friday, the Eagles traveled to Myrtle Beach to take on the Saints of Christian Academy.

Girls started out a little cold and trailed 4-6 after the first quarter. Our shooting warmed up in the second quarter to take a 15-13 lead into halftime. The game was put away in the second half as the Eagles outscored the Saints to grab a 41-30 victory. Cokey scored 23 points and registered a double-double with 10 rebounds. Avery scored 6 and grabbed 9 rebounds. Audrey scored 6 while Adelaide scored 3 and gathered 10 rebounds. Scotty scored 3 points.