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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga.  |  Sarah Reid and Ashlyn Ellison each had 13 points, while Sarah Garner had 12 points and 20 rebounds for Young Harris College as they beat Georgia Southwestern State University 67-57 in a Peach Belt Conference women's basketball game Saturday (Jan. 6) afternoon at the YHC Basketball Arena.

The Mountain Lions improved to 5-9 overall and 2-5 in the PBC while the Hurricanes fell to 4-6 and 1-5. Young Harris returns to action Wednesday (Jan. 10) as they travel to Dahlonega, Georgia, to take on its cross-mountain rival University of North Georgia in the Battle of Blood Mountain at 5:30 p.m. 

The Mountain Lions jumped to a 19-9 lead after the first quarter with six points by Garner and five by Sara Jorgensen and Pamela Diokpara. Georgia Southwestern went 4-of-6 at the free throw line and 5-of-16 from the floor to cut the lead down to six (30-24) at halftime. 

Georgia Southwestern got a layup from Patra Parris and back-to-back three-pointers from Gabby Figgers and Shanya Jones to tie the game at 32 with 7:34 remaining in the third quarter  The Mountain Lions took control of the game as they reeled off the next 11 points to open op a 43-32 advantage on a steal and layup by Garner with 5:23 to go. Ellison scored seven of her points during the decisive run.

Reid scored nine of her 13 points off the bench in the fourth quarter, including a second chance bucket after an offensive rebound. The Mountain Lions maintained a steady lead through the fourth quarter going point for point with the Hurricanes to win the game 67-57. 

"Great win today without Briana Bell and Ge'Naisha Robinson at about 50 percent," said YHC head coach Matt Stearsman. "Garner has had two games out of the last three with at least 20 rebounds. Ellison stepped up and Reid was great. The effort our guards did defensively, I can't enough about Eryn, Sara Jorgensen and Ashlyn. We finally broke through and won when we didn't shoot well from the outside."

Tyisha Moore scored 11 points and four rebounds for Georgia Southwestern, while Shanya Jones scored nine and Mariya Trimble grabbed seven rebounds.

Reid grabbed six rebounds for Young Harris and Ellison added four rebounds. Jorgensen and Cochran each added nine points, while Diokpara contributed seven.