Georgia Southwestern State University junior guard Jessica Bivins and senior guard Jonneshia Pineda have been named 2011 Peach Belt Conference All-Academic for women's basketball.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team played top-ranked Clayton State tough, leading midway through the first half, but a 16-2 run in the second 20 minutes put the game out of reach and the Lakers defeated GSW, 77-50, on Saturday evening in the Storm Dome. Full story coming Sunday.
A career-high 21 points from Nadirah Gardner was not enough for the Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team on Saturday afternoon in Dahlonega as North Georgia completed a season sweep of the Lady Hurricanes with a 78-74 victory.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team defeated Flagler College, 69-56, in St. Augustine, Fla., on Saturday afternoon for its third-consecutive victory. GSW scored 26 points off Flagler turnovers, while the Saints were held to 11 points off GSW miscues.
Cierra Duhart posted her sixth double-double of the season to lead the Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team to a 48-44 win over Montevallo in the Storm Dome on Saturday evening. Despite shooting 24 percent from the floor, GSW gave a determined effort and found a way to return to the .500 mark with an overall record of 10-10.
The 2nd-ranked Clayton State women's basketball team opened with 13 unanswered points against Georgia Southwestern on Wednesday evening at the Athletics and Fitness Center and cruised to an 83-60 victory.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team played the top-ranked team in NCAA Division II - Lander University - tough, but ultimately fell to the Lady Bearcats, 80-68, Saturday afternoon at Finis Horne Arena. Lander (21-0, 11-0 Peach Belt) extended its longest winning streak in school history to 21 games. The Lady Hurricanes fell to 9-9, 3-6.
Led by a game-high 15 points from Jessica Bivins and Cierra Duhart's fifth double-double of the season, the Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team ended a two-game skid and defeated Augusta State, 74-53, in Christenberry Fieldhouse on Thursday evening.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team struggled at Columbus State on Saturday afternoon, losing 70-54. As a result, it's the first time this season the Lady Hurricanes have not held an overall winning record.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team was outscored 16-4 by North Georgia over the final four minutes of Wednesday evening's game in the Storm Dome, leading to a 74-60 defeat at the hands of the Lady Saints.
Jessica Bivins scored a season-high 22 points to rally the Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team from a 14-point deficit to a 71-68 overtime victory over UNC Pembroke on Sunday afternoon at the Storm Dome.
Monica Mann's one-handed floater in the lane with four seconds remaining gave the Francis Marion women's basketball team a 71-70 victory over Georgia Southwestern on Saturday afternoon in the Storm Dome.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team held Georgia College to 13 first half points and led wire-to-wire en route to their first Peach Belt Conference win this season, a 46-37 decision Wednesday evening in Milledgeville.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team managed only four field goals in the opening 20 minutes at Montevallo on Saturday evening, shooting 14 percent from the floor, and could not mount a second half comeback, losing to the Falcons, 75-41, in Peach Belt Conference action.
Cierra Duhart posted her second double-double of the season with 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team past Young Harris on Thursday afternoon, 72-55. The Lady Hurricanes shot a sizzling 59.3 percent from the floor in the first half and finished the contest at 53.2.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team picked up its fifth win of the season on Wednesday evening, rolling past Truett-McConnell, 82-59, in Cleveland, Ga.
The inaugural NCAA Division II men's and women's basketball statistical reports came out on Monday and the Georgia Southwestern men's and women's basketball teams were recognized among the nation's best.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team dropped a 57-51 decision to Valdosta State on Saturday afternoon at the HPE Complex. The Lady Hurricanes led by a point at the break, 30-29, before going nearly nine minutes in the second half without a basket. GSW missed eight consecutive shots during the drought and VSU eventually opened a 10-point advantage late in the game.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team improved its record to 4-1 after a 70-57 win over West Florida on Wednesday evening in the Storm Dome. GSW had five players score in double digits, led by a game-high 14 points from Jessica Bivins.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, a 80-50 decision to unbeaten Rollins College, on Saturday afternoon in the third game of the Rollins Thanksgiving Classic.
We caught up with head women's basketball coach Kelly Britsky before the undefeated Lady Hurricanes hit the road for the Rollins College Thanksgiving Classic.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team improved to 3-0 after a 65-56 win over previously unbeaten Florida Tech on Friday afternoon in the second game of the Rollins College Thanksgiving Classic. GSW had four players score in double digits, led by a game-high 16 points from Jessica Bivins.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team defeated Young Harris, 75-50, on Saturday afternoon in the Storm Dome. The Lady Hurricanes shot a blistering 50 percent from floor for the game and an even more impressive 60 percent from beyond the arc.
The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team opened the 2010-11 campaign with a 74-66 win at Albany State on Tuesday evening. GSW had five players score in double-digits, led by a game-high 17 points from Kanita Holloway.
Go behind the scenes with the Lady Hurricanes basketball team in 2010-11. In Episode 2 of the popular series entitled "Roll Call" (Episode 1 has the highest number of views of any video on the GSWAthletics channel), senior Jonneshia Pineda introduces you to head athletic trainer Jay Johnson. Then, join senior Kanita Holloway and the team on a road trip to Jacksonville, Ala. prior to their exhibition matchup with Division I Jacksonville State.
The Georgia Southwestern women’s basketball team used a 10-0 run over the final 3:14 to upset NCAA Division I Jacksonville State, 62-55, at Pete Matthews Coliseum on Sunday afternoon in exhibition action.
Go behind the scenes with the Lady Hurricanes basketball team in 2010-11. In Episode 1 of the series entitled "Roll Call", senior Jonneshia Pineda introduces you to the ladies on the roster and takes you to Midnight Madness (October 14), an event celebrating the start of basketball season.
The Peach Belt Conference preseason coaches poll was released Tuesday afternoon with Georgia Southwestern picked to come in ninth overall, ahead of Montevallo, Armstrong Atlantic, Augusta State and Flagler. The Lady Hurricanes received two votes for sixth place.
The first 500 GSW students attending Thursday's "Midnight Madness" celebration in the Storm Dome will have the opportunity to win $10,000 by throwing a paper airplane through an opening in a target placed on the arena floor. Click the story heading to learn more about "Midnight Madness" and get an itinerary of the opening night of Fall Fest 2010.