AIKEN, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken women's basketball team recorded a 70-40 victory over Kentucky State Monday afternoon.

The Pacers are now 4-5 on the season.

Head coach Mark Miller's team was led by Chidinma Okafor's 13-point, 17-rebound, eight-block performance. It marked the second-most blocks in a single game in the program's Division II history.

Jentri Worley poured in 18 markers to go along with five assists and four rebounds while Allycia Harris narrowly missed a double-double with 14 points and nine boards.

Delaney Trushel recored nine points and four rebounds while Mackenzie Cochrane came off the bench to tally seven points and eight rebounds.

Leading 8-6, Harris converted a free throw before hitting a jumper moments later, making it 11-6. Up by seven, Cochrane converted an old-fashioned three-point play for a 16-6 advantage. Miller's squad would lead 20-8 heading into the second stanza.

USC Aiken reeled off the first four points of the second period, coming from Harris and Worley, for a 24-8 lead. KSU cut the deficit to nine on a pair of occasions, but the Pacers continued to push forward. Up 28-19, Okafor drilled a jumper for a 30-19 advantage heading into the break.

Miller's team limited the visitors to seven-of-35 shooting in the first half, including two-of-16 (12.5 percent) in the first 10 minutes of action.

In the third quarter, KSU got within 11 with 4:50 to go, but Worley canned a pair of free throws. Cochrane buried a jumper before Emily Trushel converted a lay-up. Delaney Trushel's free throws pushed it to a 46-27 margin. The Pacers made it 48-28 after two Worley charity tosses heading into the fourth quarter.

USC Aiken limited KSU to just three points the first six minutes of the final period while scoring 13 points for a 61-31 edge.   

For the game, Miller's team hit 24-of-54 from the floor (44.4 percent), including three-of-eight from downtown (37.5 percent). The squad got to the charity stripe 25 times and calmly hit 19 attempts for 76.0 percent.

The 56 rebounds marked the eighth most in the team's Division II history, tying the mark established on Jan. 3, 2015 against Armstrong State.

The Pacers return to action on Dec. 30 when they host Converse at 2 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at PacerSports.com.