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COCHRAN, Ga. — The No. 8 Bethel Lady Wildcats continued their winning ways with a 65-60 win at Middle Georgia State Saturday. It was Bethel’s 12th consecutive victory pushing their record to 20-4 overall and 9-1 in the SSAC. The Lady Cats won for the sixth straight time in Cochran and have beaten MGS in all ten meetings between the programs. Middle Georgia dropped to 10-7 and 5-5.
A cold shooting first quarter found the Lady Wildcats down 17-11 after one. Ty Willis (6) and Ge’ Naisha Robinson (5) were the only players to score for Bethel in the first 10 minutes.
Trailing by eight (15-23) midway of the second quarter, Bethel’s defense kept them in the game holding the Knights to just one made free throw in the last five minutes of the quarter. Meanwhile the Lady Wildcats finally found some offense, outscoring MGS 10-1 to close out the first half to lead 25-24. Robinson, on an assist from Ryann Roberts hit a shot with two seconds left to give Bethel the one-point margin. Bethel was 0-12 from behind the three-point stripe but had a 20-4 advantage in points in the paint.
The third stanza saw both squads battle back and forth until Ashton Hulme nailed a basket followed by a Morgan Martin three pointer which gave Bethel a 45-40 margin with a minute left in the quarter. Robinson finished the quarter with a game high 19 points. Bethel led 48-42 after three.
MGS fought back to take a 58-57 lead in the fourth but Bethel’s Millie Bryant knocked down a huge trifecta to give the Cats a 60-58 margin. After the Knights tied the game, it was a Bryant three again on an assist from Tasia Jones and the Cats led 63-60 lead. MGS had several opportunities to tie the game only to see Bethel survive and win by five.