Lady Koalas Rout Paine, Head into break 13-1

AUGUSTA, Ga. - The Columbia College women's basketball team routed Paine College (Ga.) on the road 81-46 Thursday night to head into the holiday break with their sixth straight victory and with a school-record 13 wins.

Columbia is now 13-1 on the season and is off to the best start in school history by a wide margin. The Koalas will now enjoy their holiday break before getting back into conference play in 3 weeks hosting the U. of Pikeville on January 4 at 2:00 pm from the Godbold Center.

The Koalas had 14 of their 15 players score at least 2 points on the night along with three finishing in double figures led by Tysonia "Sunshine" Lowe with 15 points, 5 rebounds, and team-highs with 4 assists and 4 steals. Senior shooting guard Keyshuna Fair then chipped in 12 points and two steals in just 10 minutes of action while junior forward Cecilia Burke added 12 points and five rebounds as the third member to score in double digits.

Junior forward De'Asia Feaster led the team with 9 rebounds along with 3 points, 2 assists and 2 steals while fellow forward and hero from Tuesday's win, Kamya Hatten recorded 8 points with 6 rebounds and 3 steals. Guards Layla Wall and sophomore Jadein Haynes also played well combining for 10 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals on the night.

Columbia got out to a big lead going up 18-0 over the first 5 and a half minutes to lead 22-6 after the first quarter, before outscoring the Lions 11-0 over the next six minutes to lead 33-6 with 4:20 to play. CC went on to outscore PC 18-9 in the second quarter to take a 40-15 lead into the halftime break. A 29-13 third quarter then saw the Koalas take a massive 69-28 lead into the fourth. Columbia then gotup 79-37 with 4:13 to go in the game as they cruised to the one-sided win.

Columbia shot 43 percent overall while holding Paine (0-9) to only 18 percent shooting.