AMERICUS, Ga. -- The Trojans earned a comeback 80-73 victory on the road over nonconference opponent Georgia Southwestern State University (7-4) on Wednesday afternoon to round out 2025. Anderson moves to 5-6 overall with the win. 

"The second half was a great way to close out 2025," head coach Jonathon Barbaree said. "Hopefully we can carry that over into the new year. We played with confidence on offense to start that third quarter and that's what led to playing better defense. They were "extremely" challenged at halftime by me and they stepped up to that challenge and that's what it's going to take to be successful moving forward. I am so proud of them and the way they responded."

The Trojans were down by as many as 14 in the first half, going into the locker room down 43-31. Anderson came out of the break on a tear, going on a 21-2 run before winning the third quarter 30-14. The Trojans held the lead for the rest of the second half, winning the final ten minutes 19-16. They put up a total of 49 points in the second half. 

As a team, the Trojans shot 43.1 percent from the field, 45.0 percent from deep and were a perfect 15-15 at the line. They shot as efficiently as 58.3 percent from the field in the last quarter. They came up with 37 rebounds.

Three Trojans had double digits in the second half, led by graduate Ciara Harris (Alexandria, Va.) who dropped 14 of her 24 total points in the last 20 minutes. She shot 9-17 from the field and 4-6 from deep. 

Senior Ashlyn Sheridan (Knoxville, Tenn.) had ten points total, all coming in the second half with four of her five total rebounds also coming in the second half. 

Freshman Ashley Hill (Covington, Ga.) was another force for the Trojans in their comeback with ten points total, all in the second half on 3-4 shooting. 

Junior Kyla Cain (Atlanta, Ga.) had a well-rounded performance with 11 points, a team-high six rebounds, three steals and two assists. 

Junior Jessica Cooper (South Plainfield, N.J.) came off the bench for 11 points with four rebounds.

The Trojans are back home on Saturday, Jan. 3rd when they open the new year hosting Wingate University at 2 p.m.