ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team moved to 11 wins on the season after a double-digit victory over the Flagler College Saints. The Lady Canes were back to full health Wednesday night after a run of games without some key pieces. GSW started the game with a 7-2 run, trading baskets to make it 10-4 halfway through the first quarter. The Flagler Saints made it close again with a late run to end the quarter.
The second quarter, much like the first, had the Lady Canes break open a wide lead. The lead rose to as high as 17 points and stayed there for the majority of the quarter before, once again, the Saints made a late run to bring the lead to an eight-point game to end the half. The first half was carried by Jacquelyn Levay who, got hot from three in the first and continued in the second. She ended the half with 14 points and was shooting 100% from the field including three made field goals from behind the arc.
In the third quarter, both teams began to struggle heavily from three and both defenses seemed to be finding their groove. GSW forced 4 turnovers all from steals, while Flagler was able to force the Lady Canes to go 0-6 from beyond the arc. While Flagler seemed to begin to limit the damage of Jacquelyn Levay's hot start, Ava Jones, who had an uncharacteristic slow start, began to take over the game. In the third Ava had seven of GSW's 15 adding a steal and a block to the stat sheet.
The fourth quarter was very similar to the first and second with Ava Jones attacking the rim and the Lady Canes breaking the game open to an 18 point lead at Flagler Gymnasium. Flagler at the end made another late run in the quarter but it was too little too late as the Lady Canes came out with a ten-point win.
The win moves GSW to eleven wins and into second place in the Peach Belt standings. They return home for their second conference matchup against the USC Aiken Pacers in the Storm Dome, Saturday evening.
