GREENWOOD - Brittany Jarrard hit two key 3-pointers during a tie-breaking 8-0 second-half run, lifting Augusta State to a 71-66 Peach Belt Conference women's basketball victory over Lander Wednesday night at Horne Arena.

The Lady Jaguars improved to 16-6 overall and 10-5 in the Peach Belt. The Lady Bearcats fell to 14-10, 8-6.

Tracey Paschal led Augusta with 12 points, Jasmine Godwin scored 10 points, Sherika Parker grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds, and Porsha White added nine points and nine rebounds. Nicole Mealing and Deo Ngulela also scored nine points apiece. Jarrard scored all six of her points on her two 3-pointers.

Tiara Good led Lander with a game-high 20 points on 8-of-17 shooting from the floor. LaShonda Chiles scored 18 points, Shannon McKever added 11 points, and Stephanie Ponds had a team-high 10 rebounds and game-high four blocked shots.

The Jaguars made 29 of 71 shots from the floor (41 percent), 10 of 19 free throws (53 percent), and three of 16 from 3-point range (19 percent). Lander hit 25 of 68 shots from the floor (37 percent), 10 of 18 free throws (56 percent), and six of 21 from behind the arc (29 percent). Augusta had a 52-44 edge on the boards and had 16 turnovers to Lander's 14.

Augusta used a 15-0 run late in the first half to build a 40-28 halftime lead. The Jaguars were trailing 26-23 with eight minutes left when Ngulela's lay-up started the streak of 13 unanswered points. Mealing had two baskets and a free throw during the run and Sonya Jackson made four free throws, her last two giving Augusta a 38-26 lead with 2:17 left. Tierra Kirkland ended the run with a jumper for Lander's only points of the final eight minutes as the Jaguars closed the first half on a 17-2 run.

Augusta scored the first four points of the second half to extend its largest lead of the game to 16 points, 44-28, on a basket by Godwin, completing a 21-2 run dating back to the eight-minute mark of the first half.

But the Lady Bearcats put together a major rally, outscoring the visitors 22-6 over an eight-minute span to tie the game at 50. Chiles scored the last seven points of the streak, including a lay-up, a jumper and a game-tying 3-pointer with 11 minutes left in the game. Chiles had 10 points during the run while Candi McCall and Good contributed two baskets apiece.

Godwin scored a basket and White hit back-to-back jumpers as Augusta regained the lead for good at 56-50 with fewer than 10 minutes to go. Good hit a 3-pointer and Chiles scored to pull Lander within 56-55 with 8:34 left. But Jarrard's two 3-pointers highlighted the all-important 8-0 run, pushing the Jaguar leads to 59-55 and then 64-55 with 5:37 left.

The Lady Bearcats twice pulled within three points down the stretch, getting within 66-63 on Good's basket with three minutes to go, and to 68-65 on a lay-up by Chiles with 1:24 left. But Augusta put the game away with Ngulela scoring inside and White adding a free throw in the final minute.