Rome native Joy Hoskins had a breakout game as the Georgia Northwestern Lady Bobcats continued their brutal non-conference schedule on the road at Alabama's Southern Union on Monday night.

Hoskins, a 5-foot-9 freshman, dropped in 11 points and added 12 rebounds, four steals, and a block, but it was not enough as GNTC fell to the Auburn University feeder school, 73-56.

Lady Bobcat co-captain, sophomore Mia Morrow, had a big night with 14 points and three steals. Fellow sophomore Jessica Williams pulled down 11 rebounds in the effort while freshman guard Jasmine Heath had nine points and nine rebounds.

Georgia Northwestern shot 20-of-28 (71 percent) from the free-throw line in the loss.

“We are improving in a lot of key areas,” said GNTC head coach Jim Williams. “We are inching ever close to knocking off one of these bigger programs. It’s really prepping us for our region play.”

This Saturday, the GNTC men (3-4) will host the 2nd Annual Bobcat Blowout at the Rossville Athletic Center against Johnson University.

The event kicks off at 2 p.m. with Mountain View Christian Academy (Ala.) taking on Cleveland Christian School (Tenn.). The nightcap is Tennessee Christian Prep versus Collegedale CAYA (Tenn.). All four teams are active members of the Southern Christian Athletic Association, the same association that also counts Oakwood Christian has one of its eight members.

Both GNTC teams will open NJCAA Region XVII play on Dec. 10 in Rossville. It will also be the Cats Country Toy Drive Game with fans being admitted free with a donation of one packaged toy.

Dec. 15 will see the Lady Bobcats host West Georgia Tech in region play. The game, held at the Winthrop-King Centre at Shorter University in Rome, will be a special tribute game to the Georgia School for the Deaf. Lady Bobcat freshman Brittney Daughtry is a graduate of the Cave Spring school and students from the school will be on hand for the special event.