Kyra Davis

AMERICUS, Ga. – Kyra Davis scored 15 points off the bench as the No. 10 University of North Georgia women’s basketball team defeated Georgia Southwestern, 61-51, Wednesday night.

After a sluggish start for both teams, the Nighthawks finally got things going in the second quarter, scoring 17 of the 29 points in the period to hold a seven point lead going into halftime.

GSW did not go away in the second half, taking a 32-31 lead midway through the third quarter and then a 40-39 lead early in the fourth quarter before UNG went on an 11-2 run to pull away for the win.

NOTES
– Abbie Franklin and Julianne Sutton also finished with double figures, scoring 13 and 12, respectively. Sutton finished with a double-double, pulling down a game-high 11 rebounds.

– North Georgia has won 27 straight games when scoring 60 or more points.

NEXT UP
The Nighthawks will return home to take on Georgia College Saturday at 1:30 p.m.

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