#TCCBasketball: Eagle women hit century mark in win vs. Pensacola State

TALLHASSEE, Fla. (January 24, 2017) – Tallahassee Community College's women's basketball team hit the century mark on Tuesday, scoring a 106-70 victory over Pensacola State College in Panhandle Conference action. 

The win improved Tallahassee (18-3) to 3-2 in PC play and moved the Eagles into a second-place tie with Chipola College, who lost to Gulf Coast State College on Tuesday, 78-73. Pensacola State (16-5, 1-4 PC) has dropped four in a row since upsetting Tallahassee on January 7 in the conference opener. 

Tuesday's game was never in doubt. 

The Eagles led 4-3 less than two minutes in then went on a 28-2 in just under six minutes to blow the game wide open. 

A pair of free throws from Japonica James gave Tallahassee a 32-5 lead at the 2:26 mark, and the Eagles led 34-11 after a quarter. 

Tallahassee only outscored Pensacola State by 13 points the rest of the way but the damage was done. 

The lead reached 31 on a basket by Kiara Gaines at the 8:10 mark of the second quarter and hovered near the 30-point mark the rest of the quarter. Lawriell Wilson gave the Eagles a 58-25 lead in the final half minute, but the Pirates scored the final basket of the quarter and went to the intermission trailing 58-27. 

Tallahassee outscored Pensacola State 23-22 in the third to extend its lead by a point and took an 81-49 advantage to the final quarter. 

The Eagles hit the century mark on Jas Hill's free throw with 2:37 remaining, the seventh 100-point game of the season for Tallahassee. 

Hill finished with 20 points, one of three players with 20 or more for Tallahassee. 

Wilson scored a game-high 26 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. James had a double-double of her own – 25 points and 11 rebounds. 

Janessa Murphy also reached double-figures with 15. 

Tallahassee will travel to first-place Gulf Coast State on Saturday for a 6:30 p.m. eastern tip with the Commodores.