DAHLONEGA | Jordan Livesay connected on six three-pointers to lead the University of North Georgia women's basketball team to a decisive 94-60 win over Erskine on Saturday afternoon in UNG's Memorial Hall. The contest was the final women's game of the Peach Belt / Conference Carolinas Conference Challenge.
The junior from Woodstock hit all but one of her seven tries from behind the three-point line to score a game-high 22 points. Her six threes matches the UNG NCAA-era single game record.
NOTES- The Peach Belt won all four games with both North Georgia and Francis Marion going 2-0 against Erskine and North Greenville.
- FMU defeated North Greenville, 69-55, in the first game of the day.
- UNG freshman
Lochlain Corliss scored a career-high 13 points on a perfect 4-of-4 from the floor.
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Julie McKie and
Cierra Jackson added 11 and 10 respectively for the Nighthawks.
- Kristen Giles led four Erskine players in double figures with 15 points, while teammate Naomi Stuger added a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds.
- As a team, North Georgia hit 11-of-22 (50%) field goals from behind the three-point line.
- Head coach
Buffie Burson's team was posted consecutive season-opening victories for the third straight year.
- 11 different Nighthawks made their way into the scoring column.
STAT OF THE NIGHT86% – Livesay's three-point field goal percentage.
NEXT UPThe Nighthawks will return to action on Friday, Nov. 20 with a 6:00 p.m. home game against Trevecca Nazarene as part of the UNG Nighthawk Classic.
