FLORENCE, S.C. – The nationally 14^th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken women's basketball team pulled away in the second half to pick up a 59-47 Peach Belt Conference road victory over Francis Marion on Wednesday evening at the Smith University Center.

USC Aiken (10-1, 3-0 PBC) has now won nine straight games. The Pacers are now just two consecutive wins away from tying the school record for most wins in a row, which is 11 (11/20/01-01/16/02).

Three Pacers finished in double figures in the win over Francis Marion on Wednesday with Kayla Harris and Hannah DeGraffinreed both concluding the Pacer win with 13 points each.

DeGraffinreed (Raleigh, N.C./Merrimack) ended her evening going 4-for-6 from the field. She was 5-for-8 from the free throw line. DeGraffinreed also had five rebounds and two assists.

Harris (Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield) hit four of her eight shot attempts from the field in the game. She was 5-for-7 from the free throw line.

Daniela Tarailo (Crown Point, Ind./Crown Point ) was the final Pacer in double figures with 12 points. She just missed on a double-double as she also procured a game-high nine rebounds.

Brittany Hill (Mechanicsville, Va./Quinnipiac) did not score in double figures for the Pacers, but she did dish out a game-high six assists to go along with her six rebounds.

No Francis Marion player was able to score in double figures with Chelsey Johnson leading the Patriots with eight points.

USC Aiken finished the win over Francis Marion shooting 41.3 percent (19-for-46) as a team. The stifling Pacer defense in turn held Francis Marion to just 33.3 percent (17-for-51) from the field as a team.

Francis Marion (5-5, 1-3 PBC) scored the first three points in the game, but USC Aiken then reeled off a 7-0 run to own a 7-3 lead with 15:11 left in the first half of action.

Just over seven minutes later, the game was tied at 14-14 with just over eight minutes remaining in the first stanza.

USC Aiken would then go ahead by as many as five points at 24-19 with 2:27 left in the first half, but Francis Marion closed the game's inaugural half on a 6-1 run to leave the game tied at 25-all at intermission.

The Pacers commenced the second half on a 9-3 spurt to take a six-point 34-28 lead with a little over four minutes gone in the half.

USC Aiken would never look back from there as they pulled away for the 12-point victory. The Pacers outscored Francis Marion, 34-22, in the second half.

The Pacers will next close the week by welcoming Columbus State to the Convocation Center for a 1:30 p.m. contest on Saturday, Jan. 7.