Women's Basketball Defeats Western Michigan to Begin Season - Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Monday, November 2

Kalamazoo, MI

11 a.m.

Coastal Carolina University

1-0,0-0Sun Belt

Western Michigan

0-1,0-0MAC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Coastal Carolina	17	18	13	20	68
Western Mich.	14	9	21	10	54

11/2/2026 1:17:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Coastal Carolina women's basketball began their season with a 68-54 win over Western Michigan in the first round of the MAC-SBC Challenge in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Monday. With the win, the Chants improved to 1-0 on the season.

GAME RECAP
Coastal took control in the second quarter, outscoring the Broncos 18-9 in the period to enter halftime with a 35-23 lead. After the lead grew to 15 early in the third, the Broncos took the momentum and cut the lead to 48-44 entering the fourth quarter. Coastal sealed the win by outscoring Western Michigan 20-10 in the final 10 minutes to start the season 1-0.

COASTAL LEADERS
Olivia Klanac led all scorers with 19 points while adding four rebounds, three blocks and five steals. Grace Lesko poured in 14 points with seven rebounds. As a team, Coastal shot 40-percent from the field and 40-percent from long-range while making 6 of 17 free throw attempts.

UP NEXT
Coastal plays their home opener at the HTC Center on Thursday at noon against Johnson University.

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