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COLUMBUS – Fueled by a strong third quarter, the Columbus State University women's basketball team defeated Georgia College 66-54 Wednesday evening. The Peach Belt Conference game took place inside the Lumpkin Center.

After heading into the locker room up 31-27, the Lady Cougars took control of the game in the third outscoring the Bobcats 21-12 in the period.
 
Georgia College would hit the first bucket of the half before CSU went on a dominating 16-4 run to jump in front 47-33. LeeAysia Williamson was the spark in the spurt scoring eight points, including hitting the three that began the run. Anna Stewart and Aryan Dozier both added four.
 
Columbus State's lead would never dip below 10 over the final period as the Lady Cougars won their third straight.
 
"We haven't quite played our best basketball of the season yet so however we can get a win we'll take it," said head coach Anita Howard. "We had to switch things up a bit when our point guard went down and it got a little ugly at the end but we're young and I was proud of us for finishing things out."
 
Tatiana Wayne paced all scorers Wednesday with 20 points after going 7-for-16 from the field, including a 3-for-5 mark from beyond the arc. It was the seventh time this season that the senior reached the 20-point plateau. Williamson had 18 off the bench for CSU.
 
The Lady Cougars outrebounded the Bobcats 62-37 with Stewart and Tatum Jarvis pulling in 13 and 11, respectively.
 
Both teams were cold early on, but the shots started to fall later in the first. With CSU up 9-8, Georgia College knocked down a three to go in front. The lead wouldn't last for long however as Wayne quickly answered with one of her own to help CSU take a 14-13 advantage after the first 10 minutes of play.

Early in the second quarter, the Bobcats went up 21-17 after hitting another one from downtown with 6:41 showing on the clock. On the next trip down the court, a Khari Jernigan jumper started an 8-2 run for CSU that put the Lady Cougars ahead 25-23.

GC would inch back in front one last time, but a Jarvis layup made it 27-26 CSU with just over three minutes to play in the half. Columbus State would lead for the remainder of the game thanks to its strong second half performance.
 
As a team, the Lady Cougars shot 34.8 percent (24-for-69) from the floor while hitting 6-of-18 attempts from three.
 
Columbus State will look to make it four in a row as they travel to Young Harris to face off against the Mountain Lions. Tipoff is set for 1:30 p.m.