COLUMBUS – Columbus State women's basketball opened the Frank G. Lumpkin Jr. Center to Peach Belt Conference rivals USC Aiken (Ga.) Saturday afternoon.  

The Lady Cougars (11-4, 5-1 PBC) outpaced the Pacers (3-13, 0-6 PBC) at home with an 81-70 win to continue their latest winning streak to four games.  

First Quarter  

Aiken opened up the game with a layup a minute into the game. About 40 seconds later, Simone Lett got the ball rolling for Columbus State with an assist by Aaliyah Ferrell. Ferrell made her second steal and assisted Letiya Reeves to make it 7-8. Haelim Adle ended the first quarter scoring for the Lady Cougars trailing slightly 14-15.  

Second Quater 

Less than a minute into the quarter, Reeves opened the scoring for CSU with a nice 3-pointer tying the game at 17. As scoring is going back and forth between the two teams, Jasmine Rai Stevens makes another 3-pointer for the Lady Cougars assisted by Adle. Kristyn Goshay led them with a total of 10 points of 4-of-5 shots with the score at half 32-28.  

Third Quater 

Aiken starts the quarter with a 3-pointer, but Goshay responds 17 seconds later with her third 3-pointer of the game making the score 31-35. Ferrel makes her fifth steal of the game and fourth point overall. The Lady Cougars closed out the quarter going 11-of-20 at the field goal with a score of 46-59.  

Fourth Quater  

Amanda Ogbonna continued the lead for Columbus State at the start of the final quarter with a layup to make her fourth point. With a 12-point lead over USC Aiken, Zuzanna Rudenko made two back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 67-51. The Lady Cougars finish shooting 7-16 on the field and 4-of-8 from three to end the game with an 11-point lead over the Pacers.  

Inside the Numbers  

• The Lady Cougars finished the game by shooting for 43.8% (32-of-73) from the field, 32.3% (10-of-31) from three, and 43.8% (7-of-16) from the foul line.  

• Goshay led the team with 19 points, five three-pointers, and three assists.  

• Rudenko followed with 17 points, three assists and two steals. 

• Defense for both teams were on their A-game with 20 for Columbus State and 30 for USC Aiken.  

• Ferrell led the Lady Cougars in rebounds collecting 13 individually. 

• CSU defense recorded 19 steals scoring 23 points from turnovers.  

• The Lady Cougars moved to a four-game winning streak against the Pacers.  

Up Next 

• Columbus State will travel down to Florida to face Flagler College on Wednesday with a 5:30 p.m. tip-off.