ROME, Ga.- The Shorter Women's Basketball team cruised to a 69-50 victory over Southern Wesleyan Tuesday night inside the Winthrop-King Centre to improve their record to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in conference action. 

The Lady Hawks started slowly in the first few minutes, trailing 6-2, but found their rhythm quickly. The game was close in the first quarter, and neither team could maintain a lead for more than two minutes. The Lady Hawks began to stretch the gap in the second quarter by going on a 16-9 run going into halftime. 

The second half began, and the Hawks continued their hot streak, being up 45-31 with eight minutes to go in the third. The Hawks pushed their lead out further as the half moved along and did not look back as they cruised to a 69-50 victory. 

As a whole, the Lady Hawks shot 47.5% from the field, 37.5% from behind the arc, and 58.3% from the free-throw line. Aijah Manning finished with 21 points,12 rebounds, and three assists off 9-for-16 shooting (56%) as well as going 3-of-6 from the charity stripe (50%).  Amiya Redus rounded out the scoring effort for Shorter, recording 16 points and four assists off a respectable 50% from the field. 


"Tonight, I challenged my team to defend", said Head Coach LaSheena Brooks."And I felt like there was buy-in from all. Holding a team to 50 points is impressive. This is a win that was needed to get us back on track as we prepare to take on Montevallo this weekend."

UP NEXT

Shorter will go on the road to face GSC opponent University of Montevallo at 3:00 PM. this Saturday

 

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