Young Harris, GA – The Warriors picked up their first Conference Carolinas victory of the season on Saturday afternoon as they defeated the Young Harris Mountain Lions in a 58-48 final score.
Southern Wesleyan shot 35.8% from the field and were 66.7% from the free throw line. Lexi Greffen led the team with 14 points. Shelby Glance (12) and Asia Pearly (10) were the other Warriors to post double digits with Pearly also picking 12 boards for a double-double. Greffen continued to impress in the victory with nine boards and a team leading four steals and four assists. Taylin Smith picked up three assists.
Game Vitals
Final: Southern Wesleyan 58, Young Harris 48
Records: Southern Wesleyan (3-6 / CC 1-1) Young Harris (3-6 / CC 0-1)
Coach Davis says…
"Great team effort today on the road. Proud of our team's defensive effort and working through the adversity in more ways than one."
How It Happened
The Mountain Lions jumped out early with a three pointer by JaMari Frederick. Shelby Glance spun past the Young Harris defense to score the first points of the game for the Warriors. A steal by Dynasty Shegog led to a lay up to put the Warriors within two and make the score 6-4. Lexi Greffen passed the ball over to Asia Pearly who put up a jump shot to tie the game up. A three pointer out of the hands of Jordan Race allowed the Warriors to take an 11-8 point lead. With just over a minute on the clock, Greffen collected a pass from Race and stepped beyond the arc to sink her first three of the game.
Young Harris kicked off the second quarter with a layup by Kamryn Bates. However, the Warriors regained their seven point advantage on a jump shot by Jordan Race. Race passed the ball down below the net to Dynasty Shegog who put the ball into the basket. An off the dribble hand-off by Kamryn Bates to Lilly Griffith allowed the Mountain Lions to cut into the Warriors lead, but Southern Wesleyan would not back down as Asia Pearly put up a jump shot. Tristen Berry went down the right side of the lane and laid the ball up to extend the Warriors lead to 25-16. Lexi Greffen stepped beyond the arc and sunk a three to give the Warriors their largest lead of the game at twelve points. The Warriors led the game 30-20 going into the locker room.
A shooting foul by the Mountain Lions allowed Dynasty Shegog to come to the free throw line to kick off the third quarter. Shegog sunk both her free throws to extend the Warriors to 12 points. However, Young Harris countered with back-to-back baskets by Crystal Corley and Trinity Edwards. Lexi Greffen collected a pass from Taylin Smith and stepped beyond the arc for a three pointer. Shelby Glance and Taylin Smith sunk back-to-back three point baskets to extend their lead to 41-29 with just over five minutes left on the clock. The Mountain Lions cut the Warriors lead down to six points on a jump shot by Trinity Edwards.
Shelby Glance kicked off the final quarter with a jump shot to keep Southern Wesleyan on top by six. Young Harris countered with a jump shot by Trinity Edwards. However, Taylin Smith sunk the ball from the beyond the arc to put the Warriors on top 47-40. Tristen Berry passed the ball over the head of a Mountain Lion to Shelby Glance who jumped up to sink a three pointer. A layup by Jordan Race allowed the Warriors to regain their ten point lead with just over four minutes left in the game. Dustie Obah laid the ball up to put the Mountain Lions back within seven. The Warriors went on to claim their first Conference Carolinas victory of the season as they took down the Mountain Lions in a 58-48
What's Next
Southern Wesleyan will travel to St. Augustine, FL to take on the Flagler Saints on December 12 before returning to Historic Tysinger Gymnasium on December 16 as they host the Chowan Hawks in Conference Carolinas action. They will then break for the holidays before returning to the court on December 30 to take on the Western Carolina Catamounts in exhibition play.
