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MORROW, Ga. – In front of the largest home crowd in program history, Clayton State (3-0, 0-0 PBC) rose to the occasion as they earned a hard-fought 63-57 victory over West Georgia (0-4, 0-0 GSC) in an NCAA Division II women's basketball game on Friday, November 20. The 1,649 fans was the most to witness a game at The Loch in the 25-year history of the program.
 
Senior center DaQuenna Moore (Plantersville, Ga.) led the way with a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds, along with three assists, to pace Clayton State while senior forward Shay Upshaw (Tampa, Fla.) finished with 11 points and five boards.
 
Redshirt-junior center Andrea Benford (Madison, Ga.) notched 10 points and six boards and senior guard Kenisha Jones-Barrett (Winter Haven, Fla.) added 11 points, four rebounds and a pair of assists in 20 minutes of action. Redshirt-junior guard Tierra Johnson (Edison, N.J.) chipped in with seven boards to round out the top performers.
 
With the scored deadlocked at 5-5 at the 6:53 mark, the Lakers offense came alive as they put together a 14-3 run over the next 4:42 to take a 19-8 advantage. Fueling that run was eight points, including a pair of threes, from Jones-Barrett. UWG would then close the quarter with five straight points to make it 19-13 after one.
 
They would stay within six points at 24-18 with 6:27 to play in the half but that would change quickly. Led by a pair of buckets from Benford, Clayton State dominated the rest of the half, closing out the frame with a 7-2 run and taking a 31-20 lead into the break.
 
In the third period, the Lakers would not allow the margin to dip below seven points and pushed to a 47-38 lead at 3:19. Over the rest of the quarter and first 1:36 of the fourth, they would put the game out of reach with a 9-1 run to stretch the lead to 56-39. From there, Clayton State would maintain at least a double-figure lead until the closing minutes when UWG used an 8-1 run to reach the final margin of 63-57.
 
Katrina Littlepage posted a game-high 19 points to lead West Georgia while Bre'ana Singleton had seven points and a game-high five assists. April Levy added six points and seven rebounds and Terrianna Cave chipped in with seven points.
 
The Lakers return to action when they head to the 2015 Rollins Thanksgiving Tournament from November 27-28. They will open with No. 14/23 Lubbock Christian at 3 p.m. on Day 1 before taking on the winner of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras and Rollins at either 1 or 3 p.m. on the final day.
 
NOTES
The 1,649 fans is the largest crowd ever at The Loch … the majority of those fans were "A" and "A/B" Honor Roll students from 16 of the 17 middle schools located in Clayton County … each earned a trip to the game in recognition for the outstanding academic achievement.