No. 8 UNG women cruise past Georgia College
Press Release January 16, 2022
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The No. 8 University of North Georgia women’s basketball team kept its winning streak alive with a 58-38 win over Georgia College on the road Saturday afternoon.
North Georgia led wire-to-wire after Abbie Franklin and Josie Earnhardt hit back-to-back threes to give the Nighthawks a 6-0 lead in the first two minutes of the contest. UNG would open the game on a 13-2 run and stretched the lead to 14 by halftime.
Georgia College responded in the third quarter by trimming the lead to nine with just over five minutes to play in the period, but UNG answered with a quick 8-0 run to extend the lead back out to 17 and cruised from that point to the 20 point win.
NOTES
– Julianne Sutton recorded another double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Earnhardt added 13, while Anna Claire Atha had 10.
– Franklin pulled down a career high 14 rebounds, all coming on the defensive glass.
– Georgia College shot just 24 percent from the floor.
NEXT UP
The Nighthawks welcome Flagler to Dahlonega on Monday with tip time scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Sutton, Martin lead No. 4 Nighthawks to 87-71 win
Press Release November 23, 2021
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DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Four Nighthawks finished in double figures as the No. 5 University of North Georgia women’s basketball team claimed an 87-71 win over Montevallo Saturday afternoon on the final day of the UNG Nighthawk Classic.
Josie Earnhardt hit back-to-back threes to get the game started for UNG, but the Falcons battled back, hitting five of their first seven from beyond the arc to claw back into the game, taking the lead at 19-18 late in the first period. North Georgia answered with a 9-0 run to end the first and start the second, never looking back.
The Nighthawks led by as many as 17 in the second half, but Montevallo trimmed the lead to 70-66 with five minutes to play before UNG finished on a 17-5 run to claim the win.
NOTES
– Julianne Sutton notched her 22nd career double-double with a game-high 22 points and 11 rebounds. Caroline Martin scored 20 points, while Abbie Franklin put up 17. Earnhardt finished with 15 points on five made threes.
– UNG was 12-for-36 from distance.
– North Georgia has not lost a game in the Nighthawk Classic since falling to then-No. 3 Carson-Newman in the 2018 iteration of the tournament.
NEXT UP
UNG will hit the road Tuesday to take on West Georgia. Tipoff is slated for 5:30 p.m.
Second-half outburst lifts UNG women past Emaunel, 74-56
Press Release November 14, 2021
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DAHLONEGA – After a slow start saw the No. 6 University of North Georgia women’s basketball team trailing at halftime, the Nighthawks turned it around, outscoring Emmanuel 41-20 in the second half on the way to a 74-56 win Saturday on the final day of the Peach Belt / Conference Carolinas Challenge.
Emmanuel and North Georgia were in a back-and-forth affair in the first half that saw the Lions out in front, 36-33, after a buzzer beating three pointer from Jazmin Allen. In the second half, it was all UNG as the Nighthawks went on a 17-2 run that spanned most of the fourth quarter on the way to the win.
NOTES
– UNG has never lost in the Peach Belt / Conference Carolinas Challenge since its inception at the start of the 2014-15 season, going 14-0 in the event.
– Josie Earnhardt and Julianne Sutton each had a team-high 17 points on the day. Sutton pulled down eight rebounds, while Earnhardt hit five of her 11 three point attempts.
– The Nighthawk bench outscored Emmanuel’s reserves, 30-7.
NEXT UP
North Georgia will hit the road for the first time this season as they travel to Benedict Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m. tipoff.