ATLANTA — The
Benedict College women's basketball team opened the new year with a 71-64 victory over
Clark Atlanta University on Saturday in a SIAC matchup.
The Lady Tigers closed out the third quarter with an 8-1 run to pull away from a close game and take a seven-point lead, 53-46, heading into the fourth quarter. Benedict built as much as a nine-point lead, 56-47, in the fourth quarter before the Lady Panthers rallied to take a 62-61 lead with 3:51 left to play. The Lady Tigers then finished the game with a 10-2 run to secure the victory.
Benedict regained the lead on a layup by
Raven Johnson, then got another layup off an offensive rebound by
Andrea Duncan. A fast-break jumper by
Alaysia Nash gave Benedict a 67-62 lead with 45 seconds left. Benedict sealed the game with the final four points in the final 27 seconds at the free-throw line.
The Lady Tigers got balanced scoring, with Duncan and
Asiah Harris scoring 11 points each off the bench. Nash scored 10 points.
Aaliyah Lawrence scored 8 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds. Benedict dominated the boards, out-rebounding Clark Atlanta 66-27, and had a 35-5 advantage in second-chance points.
Benedict improves to 5-5 overall and 5-5 in the SIAC. Clark Atlanta falls to 5-7 overall and 5-4 in the SIAC. The Lady Tigers will continue their road trip with a SIAC matchup against Fort Valley State on Monday at 5:30 p.m.
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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
www.thesiac.com.