{"id":819906,"date":"2026-05-24T23:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/819906\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:36:49","slug":"savannah-steel-falls-to-jacksonville-waves-in-close-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/819906\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Steel falls to Jacksonville Waves in close game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah Steel falls to Jacksonville Waves in close game<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"Corey Howard profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wjcl.com\/news-team\/ad23c844-5df8-4585-9929-a37c35fb6107\" 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\">Savannah Steel, the Hostess City&#8217;s first-ever professional women&#8217;s basketball team, faced the Jacksonville Waves for the first time this season, ultimately losing 78-75 after leading by as many as 13 points.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The Steel trailed early in the game but quickly turned things around. Harmoni Turner found Lauryn Taylor, whose high-arcing shot sank to the bottom of the net, giving Savannah their first lead at 19-18. However, the Steel ended the first quarter trailing 23-19.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">In the second quarter, Savannah regained momentum. Lasha Petree converted a layup, pushing the Steel ahead 40-37. The team outscored Jacksonville by eight points in the quarter, with Petree and Iyanna Moore leading the scoring effort. Moore drained a triple, helping Savannah secure a 43-39 lead at halftime.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Halftime featured a special guest, WJCL anchor Emma Hamilton, who shared smiles with members of Girls on the Run, a nonprofit organization where she volunteers. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Back on the court, Savannah extended their lead to as many as 13 points. However, the Waves mounted a comeback in the second half, ultimately securing the win with a final score of 78-75.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Savannah Steel falls to Jacksonville Waves in close game SAVANNAH, Ga. \u2014 Savannah Steel, the Hostess City&#8217;s first-ever&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":819907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,1339,75664,337186,176729,164316,3188,723,6527,78357,337188,7310,142272,337187,337189,13141,58278,449,6174,29914,337184,36813,67,586,132,5230,337185,68,2969,39399,3357],"class_list":["post-819906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-basketball","tag-basketball-team","tag-close-game","tag-first-lead","tag-first-quarter","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-girls","tag-halftime","tag-iyanna-moore","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-waves","tag-lasha-petree","tag-lauryn-taylor","tag-member","tag-momentum","tag-point","tag-professional","tag-savannah","tag-savannah-steel","tag-smile","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-upshot","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-waves","tag-womens-basketball"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116632183600425188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819906","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=819906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}