KENNESAW, Ga.  – Kennesaw State women's basketball used a 20-0 run in the second quarter to come away with a 78-59 victory over visiting Georgia Southern on Wednesday evening at the KSU Convocation Center.

The Owls (3-5) halted a three-game slide with the victory, while Georgia Southern fell to 2-5 on the season. The win was also the fifth in six tries for Kennesaw State in the series between the in-state rivals.

Eagles of the Game
Alisha Owens played a career-high 19 minutes and notched her first double digit scoring game as an Eagle with 11 points, which included 7-of-12 from the free throw line. Tatum Barber tied her career high with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor, including 2-of-5 from three-point range.

Key moment
The Eagles outscored the Owls 18-10 in the first quarter, then Brown opened the scoring in the second quarter with a basket off of a GS steal to stretch that lead to 10, 20-10, with 8:59 left in the period. A three-pointer by KSU's Breanna Hoover then sparked the 20-0 run over the next six and a half minutes. Alexis Poole's layup with 1:55 left in the quarter concluded the run and gave the home team a 34-22 lead

Stat of the Game
Kennesaw State came into the game averaging just three three-pointers made per game and shooting just 24.4 percent from beyond the arc, but the Owls hit 7-of-13 threes in the contest (53.8 percent) shooting exactly the same from long range as they did from the free throw line (7-of-13, 53.8 percent).

Quotables from head coach Kip Drown
On the second quarter
"We quit being aggressive. We were getting to the foul line in the first quarter, using our defensive pressure. But a switch got thrown there in the second quarter, and we went through a bad streak. I knew at about the 5:50 mark we needed a time out, but I thought we could play to the media. We just lost all intensity and started settling for threes, we were just 1-for-11 at halftime. We weren't creating anything for each other."

Next up
The Eagles break for final exams and return to action in two weeks, traveling to Clinton, S.C., to take on Presbyterian on Wedesday, December 12th, at 5 p.m. in non-conference action.