GREENWOOD – Bre Crum made her first six shots from the floor and Ty'hesha Reynolds scored five baskets during a game-breaking run as the Lander Lady Bearcats cruised to their 10th consecutive win, beating Peach Belt Conference foe Georgia Southwestern 79-67 Saturday afternoon at Horne Arena.

Lander's win streak is its biggest since the 2011-12 season when the team won 11 straight. The Lady Bearcats improved to 10-2 overall, 3-0 in the Peach Belt.

Lander won't play again until Jan. 3 with a Peach Belt road game at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla.

The Hurricanes fell to 7-2, 1-1.

Crum led the Lady Bearcats with 15 points, making six of seven shots from the floor. Reynolds scored 10 of her 14 points in the second half, all during a crucial 18-3 run that extended Lander's lead from seven to 22. Reynolds was 5-for-5 from the floor after halftime.

Breshay Johnson scored 11 points and Kayla West added 10 points. Johnson, Ashleigh Zandi and Cierra Kendrick led the Lady Bearcats with five rebounds apiece while Aarika Judge paced Lander with four assists and four steals.

Shanedra Lockett led Georgia Southwestern with 14 points, Ja'Quasha Sesler scored 13 points, Yvonna Dunkley had 10 points, and Danisha Green added nine points and a game-high seven assists.

Dunkley had a game-high nine rebounds for the Hurricanes while Sesler led them with five steals.

Lander forced 41 turnovers, leading to 30 points off turnovers. But the Lady Bearcats committed 26 turnovers and made only three of 18 shots from 3-point range (17 percent). Georgia Southwestern made only one of 11 from behind the arc, leaving the teams a combined four of 29 from long range.

The Lady Bearcats made 28 of 68 shots from the floor (41 percent) and 20 of 26 free throws (77 percent).

The Hurricanes hit 29 of 61 shots (48 percent), eight of 16 free throws (50 percent) and one of 11 from behind the arc (9 percent) while out-rebounding Lander 41-36.

The teams were tied at 10-all over the first six minutes before the Lady Bearcats made their first run of the game. They used a 10-1 run to build their first double-digit lead at 21-11 with nine minutes left.

Kendrick started Lander's run with an inside bucket, Portia McCray hit two free throws and scored in the paint, Sakezia Kelly made a driving layup, and Judge threw a nice pass inside to Johnson for an easy layup.

The Lady Bearcats led 25-13 on Crum's layup with 7:33 to go. But Georgia Southwestern scored seven unanswered points to pull within 25-20 at the six-minute mark. Sesler scored inside, Emili Russ made a put-back basket, and Dunkley hit a 3.

Lander went more than five minutes without another field goal, being held to four free throws. But after a big scramble for a loose ball, Johnson got possession and found Judge wide open on the right side for a 3-pointer to make it 32-23 with 2:24 left. It was the team's only 3 of the first half.

The Lady Bearcats led 35-27 at halftime despite missing 13 of 14 shots from behind the arc. Twice, Lander missed four 3s in a single possession. The Hurricanes also struggled from long range in the first half, making only one of eight.

The Lady Bearcats opened the second half going inside, with Reynolds twice finding Johnson underneath for baskets in the first minute for a 39-29 lead.

After Lockett's basket pulled Georgia Southwestern within 40-33 with 17:50 left, Lander went on a game-breaking 18-3 run.

Reynolds scored five of the nine Lady Bearcats baskets during the run, Crum scored three times, and Zandi also scored as the lead grew to 58-36. Lander forced seven turnovers during the run, with Judge collecting a pair of steals that led to points.

West made a 3 and Kendrick scored in the paint, giving the Lady Bearcats their biggest lead of the game at 27 points, 65-38, with 10:16 to go.

The Hurricanes went on a 16-4 run over the next four minutes to cut their deficit to 15, 69-54, at the six-minute mark. Sesler had a three-point play and another basket during the run, while Green and Dunkley each scored twice, with Dunkley's layup off a loose ball in the back-court capping the run.

Mylea McKenith hit a 3-pointer from the right corner to give Lander a 74-56 lead with 4:23 left, and the Lady Bearcats increased their lead to 20 on Brianna Gipson's layup.

Georgia Southwestern went on a 9-1 run to close within 12 points in the final minutes.