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Mahkayla Premo - Morris 11.11
NICK WIECHERT
47
Morris F-503365 0-1
70
Winner USC Beaufort F-30259 1-0,0-0 Peach Belt
Morris F-503365
0-1
47
Final
70
USC Beaufort F-30259
1-0,0-0 Peach Belt
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Morris F-503365 12 11 7 17 47
USC Beaufort F-30259 16 18 21 15 70

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Brackin Lambert

Premo drops 22; Versyp, Sand Sharks pick up program's first win

BLUFFTON -- The era of Sand Shark basketball has officially begun, and it started in grand style as the USCB Women's Basketball team electrified a sold-out crowd at the USCB Recreation Center with a convincing 70-47 victory over visiting Morris College. 

"I couldn't be happier for this group of girls and for this program," head coach Sharon Versyp said. "To go out there and put together an all-around team victory, it just feeling really good. Each one of our players contributed to this win. It's all about them." 

Sophomore Mahkayla Prmeo led the way for the Sand Sharks posting 22 points, four boards along with three assists. She went 3-for-5 from beyond the arc and shot knocked down three of four from the stripe. Jada Young finished with 11 points and three rebounds while both Janiyah Heyward and Shaniyah Rose posted identical lines of nine points and 14 caroms. 

Taniyah Bowman and Kay'Mar Griffin combined for 12 points and Ella Coffey, Arie'a Garrett, and Madison Self all added a bucket giving every member of the Sand Sharks at least two points. 

Rose scored the Sand Sharks first ever basket and from there Beaufort was in control. 

After the Hornets made a basket to take a one-point lead, USCB went on a 12-0 run over six minutes in the period to jump out to 11-point lead. Morris answered with back-to-back triples to trim the lead four and that's the lead Beaufort held after one. 

The Sand Sharks pushed its lead back to 10 midway through the second quarter following one of Premo's three pointers. Young's jumper in the paint made it a 12-point advantage with just over a minute remaining and the half, and Premo ended the period kissing one off the glass to make it 34-23 after 20 minutes. 

USCB went on a 7-0 run to open the second half before Morris made a bucket. Following three consecutive scores from the charity stripe, Premo nailed two triples over 90 seconds giving Beaufort a 23-point lead. The Savannah native connected on two from the foul line to end the quarter. 

Premo started the fourth with two layups and then Self pushed the lead to 30 with three-pointer. Ella Coffey capped the scoring in the final seconds.  

USCB and Morris meet again on Wednesday when the Sand Sharks travel to Sumter for a 5:30 tip.
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