{"id":946644,"date":"2026-07-20T03:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/946644\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T03:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T03:26:19","slug":"savannah-steel-fall-short-against-league-leading-jacksonville-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/946644\/","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Steel fall short against league-leading Jacksonville Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Savannah Steel fall short against league-leading Jacksonville Waves<\/p>\n

\"Corey<\/a>JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Savannah Steel pushed the league-leading Jacksonville Waves to the brink but fell short late in an 81-75 loss, extending Savannah\u2019s losing streak to seven games in its inaugural UPSHOT League season.<\/p>\n

The defeat also marked Jacksonville\u2019s fifth straight win over its I-95 rival.<\/p>\n

Savannah stayed close early with disciplined team play and got a boost from Alisia Jenkins in the second quarter. Jenkins repeatedly attacked the basket and went 6 of 7 from the free-throw line after an 8-for-8 performance Friday, helping keep the Steel within striking distance at halftime.<\/p>\n

In the second half, Lasha Petree and Olivia Cochran helped steady Savannah, while Zee Spearman and Petree led a fourth-quarter rally that nearly produced an upset.<\/p>\n

Petree finished with 31 points, one shy of her season high, and Spearman tied the game at 67 with 1:38 remaining. Moments earlier, Petree found Jenkins for a layup that cut Jacksonville\u2019s lead to two.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville answered when Jasmine Walker hit a go-ahead 3-pointer to put the Waves ahead 70-67. Savannah remained in contention until the closing seconds, but Spearman missed a late 3-point attempt with 3.8 seconds left.<\/p>\n

Despite roster changes in recent weeks, the Steel showed they can compete with the league\u2019s top team.<\/p>\n

Savannah will close its road set in Jacksonville before returning home for a \u201cChristmas in July\u201d game against the Charlotte Crown at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Savannah Steel fall short against league-leading Jacksonville Waves JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Savannah Steel pushed the league-leading Jacksonville…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":946645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[379590,5229,1339,209978,381121,3188,723,1910,7310,142272,337187,5617,5615,6174,381122,29914,337184,51379,24807,30542,3007,67,586,132,5230,142271,68,2969,39399,16966,311217],"class_list":["post-946644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-alisia-jenkins","tag-america","tag-basketball","tag-closing-second","tag-fifth-straight-win","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-game","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-waves","tag-lasha-petree","tag-layup","tag-lead","tag-professional","tag-roster-change","tag-savannah","tag-savannah-steel","tag-second-half","tag-steel","tag-striking-distance","tag-team","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-upshot-league","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-waves","tag-women","tag-zee-spearman"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116950178496231295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946644","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=946644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}