Lady Hurricanes Ends Season on Five Game Win Streak

Lady Hurricanes Ends Season on Five Game Win Streak

PEMBROKE, N.C. -- The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team picked up a huge 73-64 win against UNC Pembroke to extend their winning streak to five games as the Lady Hurricanes ruined the Braves senior night Sunday afternoon to end the season. 

The Lady Hurricanes drained 10 three's as Lex Chatman led with four while Jamesha Samuel drained three to lead GSW to victory. 

GSW ended their season on a five game Peach Belt Conference winning streak, the first in the school's program history. 

How It Happened: Seconds into the opening quarter, Yasmin Perez drained one from deep to put the Lady Hurricanes up 3-0 but the Braves quickly responded with a quick layup. Back-to-back possessions by UNCP gave them a 6-5 lead with 7:46 remaining in the first. A three by Brave's Melanie Horne extended their lead to four points midway through the first but Perez drained her second three of the night to cut the lead down. Madison Johnson drained one from inside the post to give GSW the lead back but UNCP eventually took a 18-16 lead going into the second. 

Chatman opened the second with one of her four three pointers to give GSW the lead back followed by a layup by Johnson as GSW was edging to get ahead. After three scoreless minutes, Johnson drained one from deep that led to a Braves timeout. Coming out the timeout, GSW went on a 12-2 run sparked by two three's from Samuel as the Lady Hurricanes took a 36-26 halftime lead. 

To start off the third, Chatman extended the lead to 13 points with another three as GSW took over and started to control the game by keeping a double-digit lead. Midway through the third, the Braves were able to cut the lead down to eight points, 43-35, but a quick layup by Mariya Trimble helped extend it. With one minute remaining in the third, Chatman drained back-to-back three's as GSW led 59-44 going into the fourth. 

The fourth quarter was no different from the third as GSW controlled the entire 10 minutes, getting the sweep of UNCP. The Lady Hurricanes shot 46.3 percent from the field while also shooting 38.5 percent from behind the arc compared to the Braves, who shot 36.1 percent and 21.7 percent, respectively. UNCP (11-17, 6-14 PBC) took a +3 rebound advantage (38-35) as they also forced one more turnovers (15-14) than GSW (11-15, 7-13 PBC). 

Who Stood Out: Chatman led the squad with 17 points and nine rebounds followed by Samuel, who finished with 16 points. Trimble added 12 points and nine rebounds while Perez finished with 11 points and four assists. 

Aliyah Farmer led the Braves, picking up a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds followed by Shaniya Lester, who finished with 15 points and a team-high three assist.