GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Two double-digit scoring runs in the first half by Georgia Southwestern State University boosted the Hurricanes to a 95-70 victory over Tusculum University in non-conference women's basketball Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Arena.

Kayla Langley came off the bench to shoot 8-for-8 from the field and score a game-high 20 points along with six rebounds for the Hurricanes (3-1), who shot 60.7 percent (34-for-56) from the field and 22-for-25 from the foul line. Also off the bench, Jashanti Simmons added 18 points and Lexi McCully contributed 17 points as the Hurricanes' reserves outscored the Pioneers 60-26.

Faith Silva shot 5-for-6 from three-point range and finished with 17 points for the Pioneers (1-3), while Maddison Zugna scored 12 points off the bench for the fourth straight game and Carleigh Wilson added 12 points and four assists. Tusculum shot 37.5 percent (21-for-56) from the field but went 20-for-25 (80 percent) from the foul line.

Georgia Southwestern went on a 13-0 run in the first quarter and followed up with a 16-point run in the second quarter to take a 50-28 lead at halftime. Langley would score 14 of her 20 points in the second half for the Hurricanes, while Silva (11), Wilson (10) and Zugna (10) combined for 31 of Tusculum's 42 points after halftime.

The Pioneers turned the ball over 20 times in the game, which the Hurricanes converted into 37 points. Georgia Southwestern outscored Tusculum 52-16 in the paint and 22-6 on fast break points in the contest.

Tusculum took its only lead at 1-0 on a free throw by Jenna Kallenberg with 8:47 left in the first quarter, but the Pioneers would miss their first 10 shot attempts and turned the ball over four times while the Hurricanes went out to a 13-1 lead following a layup from Langley with 2:45 left in the period. A Silva three-pointer with 2:22 to go in the quarter and a three-point play from Chesterfield with 47 seconds to go would be the only field goals of the period for the Pioneers, who shot 2-for-14 but trailed just 15-10 after one quarter.

Three-pointers by Silva and Kallenberg and a jumper from Delana DeBusk left the Pioneers trailing 24-20 with 7:52 left in the first half, but a 24-2 run from the Hurricanes that featured a 16-0 spurt pushed Georgia Southwestern ahead 48-22 following a jumper by McCully with 1:14 remaining in the half. McCully scored 10 of the Hurricanes' 16 points during the run, which helped Georgia Southwestern to a 50-28 lead at intermission.

McCully led the Hurricanes with 13 points in the first half, while Simmons added 10 points as Georgia Southwestern shot 67.9 percent (19-for-28) from the field as a team and 4-for-8 from three-point range in the half. Silva and Ni'Kiah Chesterfield scored six points apiece for the Pioneers in the first half, but Tusculum shot 37 percent (10-for-27) and turned the ball over 13 times which resulted in 26 points for the Hurricanes.

Neither team shot well from the field in the third quarter, with the Hurricanes going 6-for-14 and the Pioneers 3-for-12. Silva hit a pair of three-pointers and scored eight of the Pioneers' 15 points in the period, but Georgia Southwestern was able to stretch out its lead to 72-43 heading to the final quarter.

The Hurricanes took their biggest lead of the day at 86-51 following a putback by Langley with 6:31 remaining, but a 10-point performance from the Pioneers' Wilson in the quarter helped put a dent in the final margin.

Kallenberg and Simona Henshaw finished with seven points apiece for the Pioneers, while Chesterfield had six points in 16 minutes of playing time. Off the bench, Storm Wilson had five points and three assists without a turnover in 20 minutes of action for Tusculum.

Leah Johnson was 6-for-6 from the foul line and scored eight points to go with four rebounds and two blocks before fouling out in the third quarter for the Hurricanes. Leianya Massenat also reached double figures with 10 points to go along with four rebounds, and Kori Tomlin had eight points and five assists.

Tusculum will return to action on Wednesday, Nov. 29 at Young Harris beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Mountain Lions defeated the Pioneers 80-68 in Greeneville on Tuesday, and followed up with a 59-49 win over Toccoa Falls on Saturday to even their record at 3-3.