MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The
Benedict College Lady Tigers hit 13-of-18 shots in the fourth quarter to run away from
LeMoyne-Owen College 83-55 in a SIAC women's basketball game on Monday night.
The Lady Tigers scored the final eight points of the first quarter to build a 13-point lead (23-10), and maintained a 15-point lead (38-23) at the half. After taking as much as a 19-point lead in the third quarter, LeMoyne-Owen cut the lead to 54-43 heading into the fourth quarter.
Benedict hit five of their first six shots in the fourth quarter to build a 64-47 lead, and increased the lead to as much as 30 points, 83-53, late in the quarter.
Alaysia Nash led the Lady Tigers with 18 points, and recorded five of Benedict's 11 steals.
Raven Johnson added 16 points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
Andrea Duncan added 11 points and
Christyonna Jackson scored 10 points.
Benedict forced LeMoyne-Owen into 27 turnovers and the Lady Tigers converted those into 27 points.
Benedict improves to 12-7 overall and 12-7 in the SIAC. LeMoyne-Owen falls to 2-16 overall and 2-16 in the SIAC.
The Lady Tigers will take on Lane College on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern as they wrap up their makeup games from the earlier winter storms.
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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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