{"id":1020333,"date":"2026-08-24T04:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1020333\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T04:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:38:19","slug":"taylors-late-shot-lifts-savannah-steel-past-jacksonville-waves-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1020333\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor\u2019s late shot lifts Savannah Steel past Jacksonville Waves in overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor\u2019s late shot lifts Savannah Steel past Jacksonville Waves in overtime<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/news-team\/ad23c844-5df8-4585-9929-a37c35fb6107\" aria-label=\"Corey Howard profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ad23c844-5df8-4585-9929-a37c35fb6107_1721861171.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Corey Howard\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Lauryn Taylor scored 20 points and hit the winning shot with 0.3 seconds remaining in overtime as the Savannah Steel defeated the Jacksonville Waves 92-90 on Sunday at Enmarket Arena.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The victory gave Savannah (9-25) its first win over Jacksonville and closed the Steel\u2019s inaugural UPSHOT League season.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Taylor, playing on her birthday, came off the bench midway through overtime and made two 3-pointers before converting the decisive basket.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">\u201cI just kept confidence in myself throughout this entire season,\u201d Taylor said. Taylor added that coach Toccara Ross told her to shoot when she was open.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">JJ Quinerly led Savannah with 27 points and made 12 of 15 free throws. Ja\u2019Leah Williams finished with 14 points, eight rebounds and four assists in 42 minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Williams credited Ross with helping build her confidence.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">\u201cI really take heed to having a connection with a coach, and she had faith in me before even seeing me play,\u201d Williams said. \u201cShe does a great job, not just on the court but off the court, of giving you that extra confidence to believe in yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Jacksonville controlled much of the first half before Savannah took a 39-38 lead into halftime. The Waves regained the advantage in the third quarter and led by as many as eight points.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Ariel Hearn led Jacksonville with 22 points. Rennia Davis added 18 points and eight rebounds.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">Savannah used an 8-0 run in the fourth quarter to help force overtime. The Steel also held a 16-8 advantage in points off turnovers.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Savannah outscored Jacksonville 15-13 in overtime. Alaina Coates provided key defensive plays during the extra period before Taylor\u2019s winning basket.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">The game featured 15 lead changes and 15 ties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor\u2019s late shot lifts Savannah Steel past Jacksonville Waves in overtime SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014 Lauryn Taylor scored 20&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1020334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[19872,5229,1339,10282,281,408257,3188,723,6137,408258,390426,7310,142272,337189,5615,11148,61008,449,6174,24566,29914,337184,5950,24807,18912,73837,67,586,132,5230,142271,68,2969,39399,16966],"class_list":["post-1020333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-advantage","tag-america","tag-basketball","tag-confidence","tag-court","tag-decisive-basket","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-inaugural","tag-inaugural-upshot-league-season","tag-jaleah-williams","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-waves","tag-lauryn-taylor","tag-lead","tag-minute","tag-overtime","tag-point","tag-professional","tag-rebound","tag-savannah","tag-savannah-steel","tag-season","tag-steel","tag-taylor","tag-turnover","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-upshot-league","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-waves","tag-women"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}