by Sam Jones, Sports Information Student Assistant

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - The Georgia College women's basketball team (13-1, 5-0 PBC) can't stop winning.

Coach Maurice Smith's Bobcats picked up win number 13 in a row Thursday night in Milledgeville after the Bobcats dispatched the University of Montevallo Falcons (4-8, 1-4 PBC) 64-60.

The Bobcats got out to a high-flying start against the Falcons. Mckenna Rushton (Gainesville) hit two early threes, followed by a Jalyn Slaughter (Kathleen) layup to put the Bobcats up 8-0 with 7:46 left in the first quarter. However, the wheels would fall off the Bobcat offensive machine after the Slaughter layup. The Bobcats wouldn't make their next field goal until 6:12 left in the second quarter.

Meanwhile Montevallo would take advantage of the stagnant Bobcat offense. The Falcons went on a 9-3 run to end the first quarter with a 12-11 lead.  The Falcons continued their streaky shooting in the second, extending the score to 19-11 before the Bobcats were finally able to score from the floor on a Lindsey Reed (Stockbridge) jumper.

After the Reed bucket broke the dry spell, the Bobcats clawed their way back into the game and entered the locker room down 26-23.

The second half opened with both teams going shot for shot.  Georgia College tied the game twice in the third but were unable to take the lead until a Rushton three with 1:12 left in the quarter. The Falcons immediately responded with two points of their own to take the lead back from Georgia College. The Bobcats punched right back though, as Kadesha Gibbs (Claremont, North Carolina) finished off a three-point play right before the buzzer, giving the Bobcats 44-43 lead and capping off a back-and-forth third-quarter.

Reed opened the final quarter for the Bobcats with five straight points, extending the Bobcat lead to six and giving Reed 10 points on the night. The rest of the fourth continued with the Bobcats managing to keep pace and stay out in front of the Falcons.

After a Reed free throw, the Bobcats led 54-51 with 2:40 left in the game until Montevallo's Jacquelyn Thomas drained a three to tie the game just nine seconds later. Thomas would knock down a free throw after that to give the Falcons their first lead since 1:12 left in the third quarter.

The Bobcats found themselves down 57-54 after Thompson picked up two more points for the Falcons. LaRice Walker (Franklin) responded in a big way after the Thompson layup, driving into the lane and hitting a running layup of her own, earning a trip to the line.

Moments later, Slaughter would pick up a layup of her own to put the Bobcats up 59-57 with 44 seconds left in regulation.

A Walker free throw put the Bobcats up three before sending Montevallo's Katherine Golsby to the line with a chance to bring the Falcons within one. Golsby made the first before missing the second.

The Falcons sent Gibbs to the line and the senior would close out the game for the Bobcats, making both free throws and giving the Bobcats a four-point lead with 22 seconds left in the game.

The Bobcats finished the night with 38.6 percent shooting from the field on 22-of-57 and 41.2 percent from behind the arc, making 7-of-17. Free throws ended up being the deciding factor in the contest, with the Bobcats making four more than the Falcons to separate the two teams that each made an equal number of field goals and threes.

Four Bobcats finished with double-digit scoring numbers. Walker led all scorers, dropping 16 points on the Falcons in addition to seven rebounds and a game-high five assists. The Bobcats' leading scorer and rebounder coming in, Gibbs finished with 12 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Reed and Rushton both ended the night with 11 points and four boards.

The Bobcats will try and continue their record-breaking winning streak on Saturday as they travel to Columbus to take on No. 14 Columbus State University (11-1, 5-0 PBC) at 1:30 p.m.

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