COLUMBIA, S.C. – The
Benedict College Lady Tigers held
Tuskegee to 27 percent shooting and never trailed as they took a 60-49 victory in a SIAC women's basketball game on Saturday afternoon in the Benjamin E. Mays HRC Arena.
The Lady Tigers held a 12-point lead, 21-9, at the end of the first quarter, and built as much as a 22-point lead in the second quarter before taking a 37-18 lead at the half. The Lady Tigers maintained a double-digit lead throughout the second half.
Benedict improves to 11-7 overall and 11-7 in the SIAC. Tuskegee falls to 11-9 overall and 11-8 in the SIAC.
Gwendasia Page led the Lady Tigers with 13 points, while
Aaliyah Lawrence added 10 points. Benedict out-rebounded Tuskegee 53-37, and grabbed 29 offensive rebounds.
Kayla Fisher equaled her career high with a team-high eight rebounds in just eight minutes of action. Benedict forced 24 Tuskegee turnovers, and scored 30 points off those turnovers. Tuskegee shot 13-of-48 (27.1 percent) from the floor, and made just 4-of-16 (25 percent) of their 3-point attempts.
The Lady Tigers will return to action on Monday, traveling to Memphis, Tenn., to play LeMoyne-Owen in a makeup contest at 5 p.m. Central Time.
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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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