By: Bailey Clark, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

ALBANY, Ga.- Georgia College and State University Women's Basketball (7-1) completed the fourth-quarter comeback taking the 64-58 win over Albany State University (3-4), Wednesday night. 

The Bobcats trailed at the end of the first three quarters and went into the fourth trailing 43-42. The shooters got hot in the fourth quarter outscoring the Golden Rams 22-15 to solidify the win. Jada Warren (Norcross) made a jumper to snag the lead for GCSU and they never gave up the lead. In the fourth quarter, the Bobcats shot for a game-high of 64.3% from field goal range and 100% from the free throw line to lead the blue and green to victory. 

The blue and green had the hot arms with three players netting double-digits. Myra Strickland (Duluth) tied her career high of 16 points to lead the offense. Strickland went 3-for-4 from both behind the three-point arc and from the free throw stripe. Harper Vick (Marietta) and Alexa Geary (Calhoun) rounded out the double-digit scoring banking 13 points apiece. Vick and Geary both netted a basket from the arc and four from the free-throw stripe. 

Vick showed her defensive prowess as she corralled seven rebounds on the night with five coming under the ASU basket. Vick continued to play superb defense with a team-high of two blocked shots. Dashaun Jackson (Miramar, Florida) was the second-leading rebounder with six with four coming under the Bobcat basket. Jackson also went 3-for-4 from field goal range adding six points to her box score. 

The Bobcats are back in action Saturday, Dec. 10 on the road at Young Harris College to kick off Peach Belt Conference (PBC) play. Live stats and broadcast links are available at GCBobcats.com for the 1:30 p.m. tip-off. 

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