The Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers won their 20th game of the season by defeating Georgia Perimeter, 62-56, in Decatur on Wednesday.

The win pushes GHC to an overall recorded of 20-5 and 10-5 in GCAA conference play.

The Lady Chargers were led by Manon Cherubini with 26 points followed by Shan’Taja Latimore with 14 points and nine rebounds.

Gabrielle Kendall added 7 points.

The Lady Chargers return to action Saturday on the road against Andrew College at 2 p.m.

In other action Wednesday:

GEORGIA PERIMETER MEN 58, GHC 56

The GHC men’s basketball team led by as many as 13 points, but Georgia Perimeter took the lead with 14 seconds left to rally for a win.

The Chargers in-bounded the ball and Caleb Martin drained a 3 to tie the game at 56 with :09 left. The Jaguars’ Shane Henry hit a baseline jumper as time expired to lift the Jaguars to the win.

Matt Catanzano left the game mid-way through the second half with an injury. He finished with 22 points. Martin had 13 points, and JR Davis scored 10.

The Chargers travel to Waycross on Saturday at 7 p.m.

BASEBALL

GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN 2, SHORTER 1

Despite receiving six strong innings from starter Ben Stell, the Hawks were defeated on the road at Georgia Southwestern, 2-1.

The Hawks (0-4) faced Georgia Southwestern (1-3) for the first of two meetings this season, the other being April 23 in Rome, to complete the road trip to start the season before the Hawks open the home season on Saturday.

Stell would see action in his second game of the season, this being his first start, and would strike five batters over six innings while yielding only one earned run.

The Hawks would score first when Jesse Gavigan would send a fly ball to right field that allowed for Darrius Jennings to score from third base. Jennings had gotten to third when he and Willie Lewis executed a double steal earlier in Gavigan's at bat.

Georgia Southwestern would tie the game an inning later when Neal Chambliss would score on a two out infield single by Corey Benson.

The Canes would plate one more run in the following inning when Randall Sheffield scored when Stephen Eldridge was hit by a Russell Crosby pitch with the bases loaded.

Stuart Charleston would finish the game while recording the final five outs – two by way of strike out – without allowing a base runner.

The Hawks would see a base runner reach with one out in the ninth when Taylor Herndon would be hit by a pitch from the Canes closer, Ryan Mosley, before successive infield ground outs to end the game.

The Hawks would tally just three hits, two by Lewis and one by Herndon. Lewis and Gavigan are atop the stats for the Hawks with five hits each through four games.

Shorter returns home this weekend for the first home games of 2013 as the Barry Buccaneers from Miami Shores, Fla. come to Rome for a three game series.