{"id":145630,"date":"2026-02-06T03:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/145630\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T03:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:46:08","slug":"jacksonville-avenges-loss-to-west-georgia-with-dominant-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/145630\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Avenges Loss To West Georgia With Dominant Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florida-Gulf-Coast.png\" alt=\"Florida Gulf Coast University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Florida Gulf Coast University<\/p>\n<p>2\/7\/2026 | 2:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        ESPN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 07 (Sat) \/ 2:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Florida-Gulf-Coast.png\" alt=\"Florida Gulf Coast University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Florida Gulf Coast University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    JACKSONVILLE, Fla. &#8212; The Jacksonville Dolphins avenged their Jan. 10 loss to West Georgia, winning the return trip back at Swisher Gymnasium, 82-61. Jacksonville is now 3-0 playing a team for the second time in ASUN play.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins (15-7, 7-4 ASUN) were led by freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/tatum-brown\/8578\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8578\" target=\"_blank\">Tatum Brown&#8217;s<\/a> second-career double-double, scoring 16 points and grabbing 12 rebounds. She also tied a season-high with six steals.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville was all over the Wolves from the opening whistle. West Georgia took its only lead of the game, 4-2, then JU ripped off 10-straight points to seize control of the game the rest of the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins held UWG to just six points in the opening quarter. With under a minute to play, freshman guard <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/aniah-smith\/8585\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8585\" target=\"_blank\">Aniah Smith<\/a> drove hard to the paint, drawing a foul and trickling in the layup. Her effort put JU up 12 at the first quarter break.<\/p>\n<p>The second quarter was more of the same. As the Wolves settled into a relative groove offensively, Jacksonville matched with a hot offense of its own. Fourteen of the Dolphins 24 points came from the freshmen class, with <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/kimora-hester\/8579\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8579\" target=\"_blank\">Kimora Hester<\/a> adding a spark with a conference play season-high five points.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville kept on the front foot after the half, with junior <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/carmaya-bowman\/8580\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8580\" target=\"_blank\">Carmaya Bowman<\/a> drilling a pair of assisted mid-range jumpers. The third quarter was the closest of the night, though the Dolphins still won the quarter 22-21, taking an 18-point lead into the final stanza.<\/p>\n<p>Graduate student guard <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/priscilla-williams\/6777\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6777\" target=\"_blank\">Priscilla Williams<\/a> heated up in the fourth quarter. She scored seven of her 16 points in the fourth, and grabbed six of her nine rebounds in the final period of play.<\/p>\n<p>Game Notes&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tWith the win tonight, the Dolphins surpassed last season&#8217;s win total.&#13;<br \/>\n\tJacksonville had four players in double figures (Brown, Williams, Smith and Bowman).&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Dolphins recorded 13 steals, their fourth-straight game with double-digit steals.&#13;<br \/>\n\tJacksonville won the rebounding battle 41-33, including a 14-8 edge on the offensive glass.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nHead Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/womens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/special-jennings\/1128\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"1128\" target=\"_blank\">Special Jennings<\/a><br \/>\nOn rematch with West Georgia<br \/>\n&#8220;West Georgia is a great team, they&#8217;re very well coached. They can kill you in a plethora of ways: inside, outside. The first go around, we had a lot going on, man. I had a death in the family, and the girls were just emotional. So I thought today we actually played like ourselves. We made shots, we got the ball into the painted area and we got to the free throw line. We played as a united.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On offensive success<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s never going to be our offense. We can score with the best, we have no problem in that area. At any point, any person I put in the game can go get a bucket. I&#8217;m just focused on right now on our defense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On defensive intensity<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n&#8220;We just gotta continue that level of play from tonight. We&#8217;re aggressive, we fly around. I do think, as I told my players at one of the timeouts, if they&#8217;re calling it tight, we gotta adjust. We gotta figure that part out, but like I said before, we just need to be playing our best basketball at the end of February and I like where we&#8217;re at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Dolphins will head back on the road to face the FGCU Eagles Saturday. Tip-off is slated from 2 PM from FGCU&#8217;s Alico Arena. 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