AIKEN, S.C. – Kayla Harris and Hannah DeGraffinreed both finished with 23 points and the nationally 10^th-ranked University of South Carolina Aiken women's basketball team picked up a 65-63 Peach Belt Conference win over Francis Marion on Wednesday evening at the Convocation Center. 

The Pacer win left the Pacers a perfect 12-0 at home during the 2011-12 regular season. The undefeated slate gives the USC Aiken women's basketball program its first undefeated home campaign since the 1977-78 season.

The 23 points obtained by Harris (Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield HS) and DeGraffinreed (Raleigh, N.C./Merrimack College) in the contest marked the second time this season that both finished with over 20 points in the same contest. 

DeGraffinreed's Senior Day would become one that she will never forget, as she finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds. She was 11-for-12 from the field en route to the double-double. 

The 23 points collected by DeGraffinreed in the game allowed her to go over 1,000 points in her prolific Pacer career. 

Harris was 10-for-14 from the floor in the Pacer win. She also added six rebounds, four assists and a block in addition to her 23 points.

Brittany Hill (Mechanicsville, Va./Quinnipiac) did not end her evening in double figures in scoring, but she was able to obtain her second 10 or more assist game of the season with 10 assists in the Pacer win. She also had six points and four steals in the game.

Kristeen Dickerson led two Francis Marion players in double figures in the game with 15 points.

USC Aiken concluded its win over Francis Marion on Wednesday shooting 54.7 percent (29-for-53) as a team. The Pacer defense allowed Francis Marion (9-17, 4-14 PBC) to shoot just 37.9 percent (22-for-58) as a team. 

The Pacers would go down by as many as four in the second half. They were down by one at 62-61 with 40 seconds remaining. 

The resilient Pacers would not go down though, going on a 4-0 run to take the lead. After Harris tied the game with 25 seconds left, Hill stole the ball on Francis Marion's next offensive possession. Harris took advantage, racing down the court for a fast-break game-winning lay-up with three seconds remaining.

USC Aiken (22-3, 15-2 PBC), which holds the tiebreaker against Lander due to two head-to-head wins, will next try and lock up the No. 1 seed in the Peach Belt Conference East Division in a 1:30 p.m. game against Flagler on Saturday, Feb. 25.