ANDERSON, S.C. -- The Trojans earned a 79-52 win over Newberry College (11-11, 5-10 SAC) on Wednesday night in the team's Black History Month Celebration.  The lead stayed with Anderson for the entire game, and they move to 10-11 overall and 6-9 in South Atlantic Conference play with the win. The two teams were tied at seventh place in the SAC prior to tonight's contest. 

"Really proud of our team tonight," head coach Jonathon Barbaree said. "But it started yesterday. I thought we had one of the best practices we've had in a long time. We were hungry and paying attention to detail. I thought that really helped us get a great start tonight especially still being shorthanded."

The Trojans had their second-best shooting game of the season, shooting 49.2 percent from the field. They were 30.8 percent from deep and 72.2 percent from the line. The Trojans were just edged out on the boards 36-35 but limited their turnovers to 12 and forced 22 from the Wolves scoring 30 points off of turnovers. 

"Defense is going to help you win any game and that first quarter couldn't have gone any better defensively. From there the game settled in, but I thought we kept our head above water like we were supposed to and we gave everyone an opportunity to play. We have to build on that and continue to get ready."

Graduate student Ciara Harris (Alexandria, Va.) dropped 23 points with six rebounds and a career-high seven steals. She shot 8-15 from the field and 7-8 from the line. Seventeen of her points and five of her steals came in the first half. 

Junior Kyla Cain (Atlanta, Ga.) came up with 15 points and a team-high seven rebounds on 7-13 shooting. 

Freshman Ashley Hill (Covington, Ga.) came up with nine points, four rebounds and three assists. 

Senior Alana Eakle (Westmoreland, Tenn.) had her first start of the season and came up with a season-high eight points with two triples. She grabbed three boards.

Sophomore Jaida Brooks (Phoenix, Ariz.) came up with five points a team-high four assists and three rebounds. 

Junior Jessica Cooper (South Plainfield, N.J.) came off the bench for nine points in six minutes of play. 

Freshman Amilya Taft (Canton, Ga.) dropped five points in as many minutes along with two steals. 

The Trojans are back in action on Saturday, Feb. 4 when they host Carson-Newman University at 2 p.m. in their annual Play4Kay game.