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AMERICUS, Ga. – A 29-6 second quarter was the difference Wednesday night, as the Columbus State University women's basketball team downed Georgia Southwestern 70-62. The Peach Belt Conference contest was played in Americus.
 
Machala Raymonville tallied her first double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Tatum Jarvis finished with 13 points, while Tatiana Wayne added 10. Sabria Cotton and Toxiana Wilson each posted a season-best nine points.
 
"We're happy to get a win on the road," head coach Anita Howard said. "We didn't start or finish well, but you still have to find a way to win even when you aren't playing your best and we did that tonight."
 
Columbus State (7-4, 5-2 PBC) found itself in an early hole as the Lady Cougars fell behind 7-1. CSU tied the game up at 13 apiece, but trailed 17-13 after the opening quarter.
 
Georgia Southwestern (4-7, 1-6) got the opening two points of the second quarter, however the Lady Cougar onslaught quickly followed.
 
A putback from Raymonville started a run of 25 unanswered points for the Lady Cougars that saw CSU take a six-point deficit and turn it into a 19-point lead. Jarvis had eight points during the run, while Cotton added five of her own. Raymonville got another offensive rebound and layup to bookend the run with the Lady Cougars up 38-19.
 
Cotton added the cherry on top at the end of the quarter, burying her second 3-pointer of the night at the buzzer to send Columbus State to the locker room up 42-23.
 
CSU led by as much as 23 points in the third quarter, but the Lady Canes battled back to within seven late in the contest. The Lady Cougars held off the comeback effort however to earn their second straight road win.
 
The Lady Cougars shot 40.3 percent (27-for-67) for the game, including 60 percent during the dominant second quarter. CSU grabbed 54 rebounds, with 28 coming on the offensive end.
 
Columbus State will now head home for three straight games, starting with Saturday against UNC Pembroke. Tipoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.