ALBANY, Ga. — The
Benedict College women's basketball team closed out the regular season with an 89-78 victory over
Albany State University on Saturday.
Raven Johnson scored a career-high 21 points to lead the Lady Tigers. She also grabbed 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.
Alaysia Nash added 18 points and
Gwendasia Page scored 17 points.
Albany State led by as much as 12 points late in the first half, 44-32, but Benedict was able to cut the lead to 44-36 heading into the halftime break. Benedict used a 12-2 run late in the third quarter to take the lead and had a 62-58 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Benedict used a 10-1 run early in the fourth quarter to build a 77-65 lead. Their largest lead came with 1:31 left to play after a free throw by Nash made it 87-73.
Benedict wraps up the regular season at 16-8 overall and 16-8 in the SIAC. Albany State falls to 14-11 overall and 13-11 in the SIAC.
Benedict now awaits the official pairings for the 2026 SIAC Championship. Benedict currently sits in third place in the SIAC East Division, and would be able to host a first-round game. The SIAC will announce official tournament seedings and pairings next week.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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