{"id":379472,"date":"2026-08-24T04:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379472\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T04:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:52:10","slug":"taylors-late-shot-lifts-savannah-steel-past-jacksonville-waves-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379472\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor\u2019s late shot lifts Savannah Steel past Jacksonville Waves in overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taylor\u2019s late shot lifts Savannah Steel past Jacksonville Waves in overtime<\/p>\n

\"Corey<\/a>SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014<\/p>\n

Lauryn Taylor scored 20 points and hit the winning shot with 0.3 seconds remaining in overtime as the Savannah Steel defeated the Jacksonville Waves 92-90 on Sunday at Enmarket Arena.<\/p>\n

The victory gave Savannah (9-25) its first win over Jacksonville and closed the Steel\u2019s inaugural UPSHOT League season.<\/p>\n

Taylor, playing on her birthday, came off the bench midway through overtime and made two 3-pointers before converting the decisive basket.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just kept confidence in myself throughout this entire season,\u201d Taylor said. Taylor added that coach Toccara Ross told her to shoot when she was open.<\/p>\n

JJ Quinerly led Savannah with 27 points and made 12 of 15 free throws. Ja\u2019Leah Williams finished with 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 42 minutes.<\/p>\n

Williams credited Ross with helping build her confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really take heed to having a connection with a coach, and she had faith in me before even seeing me play,\u201d Williams said. \u201cShe does a great job, not just on the court but off the court, of giving you that extra confidence to believe in yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacksonville controlled much of the first half before Savannah took a 39-38 lead into halftime. The Waves regained the advantage in the third quarter and led by as many as eight points.<\/p>\n

Ariel Hearn led Jacksonville with 22 points. Rennia Davis added 18 points and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n

Savannah used an 8-0 run in the fourth quarter to help force overtime. The Steel also held a 16-8 advantage in points off turnovers.<\/p>\n

Savannah outscored Jacksonville 15-13 in overtime. Alaina Coates provided key defensive plays during the extra period before Taylor\u2019s winning basket.<\/p>\n

The game featured 15 lead changes and 15 ties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor\u2019s late shot lifts Savannah Steel past Jacksonville Waves in overtime SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014 Lauryn Taylor scored 20…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[68715,3108,45451,8219,152404,78283,152405,146549,116,118,117,101261,120379,14208,13391,35745,14202,25429,13344,68203,120374,1100,3999,13598,20543,101270,1271,3334],"class_list":["post-379472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-advantage","tag-basketball","tag-confidence","tag-court","tag-decisive-basket","tag-inaugural","tag-inaugural-upshot-league-season","tag-jaleah-williams","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-waves","tag-lauryn-taylor","tag-lead","tag-minute","tag-overtime","tag-point","tag-professional","tag-rebound","tag-savannah","tag-savannah-steel","tag-season","tag-steel","tag-taylor","tag-turnover","tag-upshot-league","tag-waves","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}