MARIETTA, Ga. – Kiara Coleman's double-double wasn't enough for Southern Wesleyan as the Warriors fell 63-56 to Southern Poly State in Southern States Athletic Conference play on Thursday night.

The Hornets (10-4, 5-2 SSAC) led by as much as nine (26-17) in the first half but the Warriors battled back to tie the game at 35-35 with 14-41 left in the second half.  SPSU led 29-23 at the half.  SWU (4-9, 2-5 SSAC) gained the lead in the second half, pushing the margin to six with 9:52 to play.  That capped a 16-4 for the Warriors.

After holding the lead for over eight minutes the Hornets re-took the lead for good in the midst of a 10-0 run that flipped a five point deficit into a five point lead.

  
Coleman led the Warriors with 18 points and 10 rebounds, shooting 7-of-14 from the floor and making 4-of-5 from the free throw line.  Two other players reached double figures for the Warriors as Christiana Perkins scored 11 points and Chelsie Waters added 10 points.

Shana Ward led the Hornets with 25 points, seven assists and seven rebounds.  Arnissa Galloway added a double-double with 19 points and 13 rebounds.  Two more players recorded double digits in rebounds.

Neither team shot the ball well from the floor as the Warriors came in at 34 percent and the Hornets shot 35 percent.  The big difference came on the glass as SPSU grabbed 25 offensive rebounds and took 15 more shots than the Warriors.  The Warriors were out-rebounded 57-36 overall.

"This is a tough loss for us," said head coach John Davis.  "We have to want to finish games out and learn to execute both ends of the floor, instead of playing not to lose the game.  We will work hard to fix this."

The Warriors will be back in action on Saturday, heading to Brenau University for another SSAC contest at 2 p.m.