CARROLLTON, Ga. | Cierra Jackson recorded her second consecutive double-double as the University of North Georgia women’s basketball team cruised to a 67-54 win over the University of West Georgia
Tuesday night.
Julie McKie hit a three-point basket in the first 11 seconds of the contest and the Nighthawks never trailed after that point with the score only being tied once at 3-3.
NOTES
– Jackson finished with a team-high 22 points and 16 rebounds, which is good for her third double-double of the year. She added six of the team’s eight steals as well.
– The Nighthawks have won their first five games of the season for the second year in a row. Last year, North Georgia started 6-0 before dropping a game to Lenoir-Rhyne.
– Kelsey Hutchins had 17 points off the bench for the Nighthawks and Molly Rainwater added 15 on 5-for-9 shooting from behind the three-point arc.
– UNG still trails in the all-time series with the Wolves 11-6, but the Nighthawks have now won two straight in the series. The last time these two met prior to tonight was in 2006 when North Georgia defeated West Georgia 68-44.
– Katrina Littlepage led the Wolves with a game-high 27 points.
– West Georgia is now 0-4 on the season having lost their four games by an average of six points per game.
STAT OF THE NIGHT
34 – The Nighthawks had 34 points off the bench tonight, 23 more than the Wolves. Hutchins and Rainwater had 32 of the bench points.
NEXT UP
The Nighthawks will return to the friendly confines of Memorial Hall on Mon., Nov. 30, to take on Lenoir-Rhyne. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
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