CARROLLTON, Ga. | Cierra Jackson recorded her second consecutive double-double as the University of North Georgia women's basketball team cruised to a 67-54 win over the University of West Georgia Tuesday night in The Colisuem on the campus of UWG.
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Julie McKie hit a three-point basket in the first 11 seconds of the contest and the Nighthawks never trailed after that point with the score only being tied once at 3-3.
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NOTES- Jackson finished with a team-high 22 points and 16 rebounds, which is good for her third double-double of the year. She added six of the team's eight steals as well.
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- The Nighthawks have won their first five games of the season for the second year in a row. Last year, North Georgia started 6-0 before dropping a game to Lenoir-Rhyne.
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Kelsey Hutchins had 17 points off the bench for the Nighthawks and
Molly Rainwater added 15 on 5-for-9 shooting from behind the three-point arc.
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- UNG still trails in the all-time series with the Wolves 11-6, but the Nighthawks have now won two straight in the series. The last time these two met prior to tonight was in 2006 when North Georgia defeated West Georgia 68-44.
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- Katrina Littlepage led the Wolves with a game-high 27 points.
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- West Georgia is now 0-4 on the season having lost their four games by an average of six points per game.
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STAT OF THE NIGHT34 – The Nighthawks had 34 points off the bench tonight, 23 more than the Wolves. Hutchins and Rainwater all but two of the team's bench points.
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NEXT UPThe Nighthawks will return to the friendly confines of Memorial Hall on Mon., Nov. 30, to take on Lenoir-Rhyne. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. and will be carried on the Nighthawk Sports Network powered by YouTube.Â