Box Score LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Truett McConnell women's basketball (0-2) dropped its second game of the season with a 65-54 loss to Georgia Gwinnett (3-0) Wednesday evening.
 
As a team, the Lady Bears shot 36.8% from the field and collected 37 rebounds with 11 steals. The team saw 24 points off the bench and 28 from within the paint. Three-point shooting was a struggle as TMU only converted on four of 13 attempts from beyond the arc.
 
Ava Queen led the team in scoring for the second game in a row with 13 points and had eight boards. Her point total is the second double-digit scoring game for the senior on the season. Gabriel Stewart also recorded double-digit figures with ten points off the bench while Samaria Sims tied with Queen for rebound leader with eight of her own.
 
A layup by Queen put Truett in front before a three-point shot by A'Kayla Perry flipped the lead to the Grizzlies. A foul put Sims at the free throw line where she made both attempts from the charity stripe.
 
A pair of free throw shots by Georgia Gwinnett started a scoring run of 11-0 which resulted in a 14-4 advantage. A three by Vanessa Vohs was the only scoring for the Lady Bears before five more points by the Grizzles gave them the 12-point cushion at the end of one. Through the first ten minutes, the Lady Bears shot just 2-11 from the field and turned the ball over six times.
 
Down 28-13 midway through the second, a triple by Brinkley Kate Reed and a fastbreak layup by Emilou Moore brought the game back within ten and forced a GG timeout. TMU stayed hot with two more triples, one each by Queen and Naxyria Roberts, to result in a four-point game. Both team came up with nothing more offensively as the Lady Bears trailed 28-24 at the break.
 
A jumper in the paint by Sims made it a one-possession game for the first time since the first quarter before five unanswered points by the Grizzlies pushed the margin to seven. The two teams held even as every shot made by Truett was answered by the home squad. At the quarter ending buzzer, Georgia Gwinnett had control with a 44-36 lead.
 
After a Alissa Winters layup to start, the Grizzlies put the game in their hands with two triples in the span of two minutes. The Lady Bears could only get it within nine points three rest of the way as they suffered their second loss of the season.
 
TMU continues its early-season road stretch with a 1 p.m. tip-off time at Toccoa Falls on Saturday, Oct. 31.