Georgia College GC 5-11,2-5 PBC

Young Harris YHC 11-5,3-4 PBC

Georgia College GC

5-11,2-5 PBC

Final

Jan. 19, 2022

Young Harris YHC

11-5,3-4 PBC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Georgia College GC	14	11	10	12	47
Young Harris YHC	20	16	17	10	63

Summary
Box Score

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Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 1/19/2022 9:56:00 PM | Michael MacEachern
Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Communications

Mountain Lions lead wire-to-wire in 63-47 win over Georgia College

YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | Mackenzie Johnson led a balanced attack as the Young Harris College women's basketball team led wire-to-wire in a 63-47 Peach Belt Conference victory over Georgia College Wednesday (Jan. 19) evening at the YHC Recreation and Fitness Center.

The Mountain Lions improved to 11-5 overall and to 3-4 in the Peach Belt, while the Bobcats fell to 5-11 and 2-5. Young Harris travels to Aiken, South Carolina, Saturday (Jan. 22) afternoon for a 1:30 p.m. PBC contest against the University of South Carolina-Aiken.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE:

Johnson led the Mountain Lions with 15 points and 12 rebounds, while Christina Nichols finished in double figures with 10 points and six rebounds.
Niaya White and Carly White each posted nine points, while Kalen Surles contributed eight.
White, Surles and Winters each tallied five assists as the Mountain Lions assisted on 20 of the 24 baskets scored.
Young Harris held a 43-33 edge in rebounding and outscored the Bobcats 12-6 on second-chance points.
YHC took the lead for good on Johnson's layup 41 seconds into the game and never trailed.
The Mountain Lions used an 8-0 run to open up a 20-9 lead on Lindsey Caudell's three-pointer with 2:58 left in the opening quarter.
YHC expanded its lead to 16 points (35-19) on Olivia Tucker's putback with 4:17 remaining before halftime.
The closest the Bobcats would get the remainder of the game was nine points (44-35) after an Anaya Cone stickback with 3:08 left in the third quarter, but the Mountain Lions thwarted any GC comeback as they scored the next eight points to take their largest lead of the game - 18 points (53-35) - on a Johnson steal and layup with 41 seconds left in the quarter.