AIKEN, S.C. -- The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team opened up their Peach Belt Conference season with a convincing win over the USC Aiken Pacers on Thursday night.
The Lady Canes rode a massive first quarter offensively, scoring 27 points to open up the game. The defense matched that intensity holding the Pacers to 12 points in the first. The Lady Canes and Pacers matched up evenly in the second both scoring 17 apiece. The Lady Canes at the break held a 15 point lead.
Jolicia Williams and Ava Jones led the team in scoring in the first with Jolicia scoring 13 and Ava with 12 points respectively.
The second half started well for the Pacers as they looked to get a comeback started. The Pacers outscored the Lady Canes 19-14 in the third quarter making it just an 11 point lead heading into the fourth. Daelyn Craig was a spark plug for GSW in the second half as she helped keep the lead for the Lady Canes with nine points in the second half. In the fourth quarter, GSW used a stifling defense to put the game away, holding the Pacers to just four points the entire quarter and extending their lead to 21 points to finish USC Aiken.
Jolicia once again this season finished as GSW's points leader finishing with 17 points and four assists on the night. Ava Jones finished just behind her with 15 points, adding three steals to her stat line.
The Lady Canes head to the holiday break 8-1 overall and 1-0 in the Peach Belt. They will come back to the Storm Dome and take on Thomas University (Ga.) in their final non-conference matchup of the regular season.
