Behind 5-for-5 three point shooting from junior guard Courtney Newton, the Gamecocks Women's Basketball team took down No. 20/24 Georgia tonight, 57-48, to improve to 12-9 overall and a 4-4 record in SEC play. Full recap to come on GamecocksOnline.com
Newton set a season high with her 16 points. Her five three-point field goals were also a career high, beating her previous high of three 3-pointers set in 2007.
Newton said post-game, "With all my injuries I just kept working hard. As a player you just want to be able to contribute to a win so I'm glad I was able to do that."
Newton's main role this season has been her defensive play, scoring just 13 points total so far this season before tonight. Coach Staley said, "The basketball gods were good to her today....I'm happy for her because she's worked her tail off after multiple surgeries. You want her to be able to see her work result in something tangible, defense you can't always see in the stat sheet."
Staley was asked in post-game if this win over Georgia qualifies as a signature win. Staley considered the question and agreed - it avenges our first loss to Georgia this season in which we played a very poor first half and it's a win over a top 25 team.
Women's Basketball hits the road next to take on Auburn in their brand new arena this Sunday, January 30th, at 3:00 PM.
Go Gamecocks!
Brittany Lane
Newton set a season high with her 16 points. Her five three-point field goals were also a career high, beating her previous high of three 3-pointers set in 2007.
Newton said post-game, "With all my injuries I just kept working hard. As a player you just want to be able to contribute to a win so I'm glad I was able to do that."
Newton's main role this season has been her defensive play, scoring just 13 points total so far this season before tonight. Coach Staley said, "The basketball gods were good to her today....I'm happy for her because she's worked her tail off after multiple surgeries. You want her to be able to see her work result in something tangible, defense you can't always see in the stat sheet."
Staley was asked in post-game if this win over Georgia qualifies as a signature win. Staley considered the question and agreed - it avenges our first loss to Georgia this season in which we played a very poor first half and it's a win over a top 25 team.
Women's Basketball hits the road next to take on Auburn in their brand new arena this Sunday, January 30th, at 3:00 PM.
Go Gamecocks!
Brittany Lane
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