AUGUSTA, Ga.  – The GRU Augusta women's basketball team had a 25-point halftime lead against Paine College on Wednesday night and had four players in double-figures to win a 68-50 non-conference game over the Lady Lions in The Heal Complex.

GRU (1-4) scored 18 points off Paine (1-4) turnovers in the opening half and outscored them by 25.

Paine won the opening tipoff, but sophomore Tavia Sykes got the Jags on the board first with a deep jumper from the left side. Sykes nailed another in the lane at the 14:41 mark to give GRU a 12-3 lead – resulting in Paine's first called timeout. Kariel Hutt ended up with a double-double in the first half with 10 points and 10 boards as the Jags continued to build a safe lead.

Jaguar junior-transfer Camille Gee scored her seventh points of the night with a wide-open three pointer at the top of the ­­key, building the GRU lead to 12. The Lady Lions got a three-point play from former-Jaguar Brianna Simms, but GRU stayed on the fast-break offense and went up 25-8 on another Sykes three ball in the corner.

With just over three minutes to play in the first half, GRU led by 25 at 41-16 and took the half with a score of 45-20 – led by Sykes' game-high 12 points in the opening 20 minutes and Kariel Hutt's 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Two GRU free throws started the scoring in the second half and the Jags rallied to a 56-33 lead with 10 minutes left in the game, after senior Kelsey Fynaardt fought for an offensive rebound and scored one off the glass. Back ahead by 26 with fewer than five minutes to go, the Jags closed out the game with a 68-50 win.

GRU shot 39.1 percent in the game from the floor to Paine's 23.8 and outrebounded them 56-42. Hutt had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Sykes 13 points, and Gee and Kayla Roberts 11 apiece. Fynaardt added 15 rebounds.

The Jaguars play at Clark Atlanta Saturday, Dec. 13 in Atlanta, Ga. At 3:00 p.m.

Fans of Jaguar Athletics can subscribe to the email listserve by clicking here. Fans can follow GRU Athletics at www.jaguarsroar.com and receive short updates on Facebook at GRU_Jaguars and on Twitter at @GRU_Jaguars.