AMERICUS, Ga. ------ Nadia Stewart scored a career-high 18 points to lead the Auburn Montgomery women's basketball team its first NCAA Division II victory with a 60-51 win over Georgia Southwestern Tuesday.

NOTES
• The Warhawks earned their first NCAA Division II win with the victory and improved to 1-2 on the year.
• Georgia Southwestern fell to 0-1 on the season.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
• Stewart finished with a game-high 18 points, while adding eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals in 39 minutes.
• Grace Farnsworth added 12 points in the victory.
• Kaylan Withrow scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds.
• Anastasia Evans chipped in eight points and five rebounds in the contest.
• Danielle Gaines-Jordan matched Stewart with a team-high eight rebounds.
• Kya Cochran led the Hurricanes with nine points and six rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Despite Georgia Southwestern hitting the first basket of the game, the Warhawks answered with an 8-0 run and took an 8-3 lead on a jumper by Withrow with 5:16 remaining in the first quarter. Trailing 12-10 in the final 40 seconds of the quarter, Tyra Caudle scored in the point and tied the game at 12 each at the end of the first quarter.
• The Hurricanes scored the first four points of the second quarter, but AUM again rallied to tie the score at 18-18, this time on a Withrow basket with 3:24 remaining before the half. Despite taking a 22-18 advantage on a basket by Aleksandra Trisic, the Warhawks and Hurricanes remained tied at 22-22 at halftime.
• Georgia Southwestern took its largest lead of the game, 35-30, following a 3-pointer by Gabby Figgers with 3:52 remaining, but Stewart and Farnsworth combined for five straight to tie the score with 31 seconds left in the third quarter. GSW entered the final quarter with a 37-35 lead following a layup by Brittany Grant.
• The Warhawks outscored the Hurricanes 25-14 in the fourth quarter, fueled by a 9-0 run midway through the quarter. AUM took a game-high 11-point lead, 56-45, on a 3-pointer by Evans with 3:01 remaining, before settling for the nine-point victory.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• AUM converted 24-of-65 shots from the floor, good for 36.9 percent. Georgia Southwestern was limited to just 31.7 percent from the field.
• The Warhawks and Hurricanes combined to hit just 7-of-41 shots from distance, including 3-of-20 for AUM.
• The Warhawks turned 22 turnovers into 19 points.
• AUM hit just 9-of-17 shots from the charity stripe.
• The Hurricanes finished with a 47-45 advantage on the glass.

QUOTING THE COACH
"I have really enjoyed coaching this team since the first day of practice, so I am really happy to see their hard work pay off with a victory," head coach Dan Davis said. "This team has really impressed me with the improvement from the season opener to now, especially considering we have not had an opportunity to really get on the practice floor. They show a lot of grit and toughness. I am extremely proud of that. Tonight, I thought Nadia played a great game for us and was really a key leader on the court. This was a great team win."

UP NEXT
The Warhawks will begin play at the UNG Nighthawk Classic, hosted by the University of North Georgia, on Friday, Nov. 18. AUM will take on the host Nighthawks at 5 p.m. Friday.