Women's Basketball | November 3, 2022
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The Peach Belt Conference (PBC) announced on Thursday its selections for its women's basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll and All-Conference. The Clayton State University women's basketball team was represented on both preseason lists.
The Lakers receive the third spot on the PBC Preseason Coaches' Poll and gathered one first-place vote. Clayton State just trailed Georgia Southwestern State and North Georgia, who combined for eight first-place votes. This is the same spot that the Lakers found themselves in the 2021-22 season.
Gathering Preseason All-Conference honors was senior forward
Audrey McElhaney. The Tifton, Ga. native earned second-team All-PBC honors in the 2021-22 season while earning first-team honors in the 2020-21 season. McElhaney led the Lakers with 14.3 points a game and 7.9 rebounds a game. In addition, Audrey led the Lakers with 142 field goals made, 385 points, and with 212 total rebounds. Last season, McElhaney set a new career-high with 18 rebounds against North Georgia on January 12
th and recorded seven double-doubles. McElhaney becomes the first Laker to be picked as a Preseason All-Conference selection since Drameka Griggs in the 2012-13 season.
Below are the full results of the Preseason Coaches' Poll
| School |
Total Votes (1st-Place Votes) |
| Georgia Southwestern State |
75 (5) |
| North Georgia |
74 (3) |
| Clayton State |
61 (1) |
| Columbus State |
58 |
| Lander |
44 (1) |
| Augusta |
43 |
| Flagler |
35 |
| Young Harris |
28 |
| Georgia College and State |
21 |
| USC Aiken |
10 |
Below are the Preseason All-Conference Selections
| Player |
Position |
School |
| Mackenzie Johnson |
Forward |
Young Harris |
| Ava Jones |
Guard |
Georgia Southwestern State |
| Kayla Lingley |
Forward |
Georgia Southwestern State |
| Caroline Martin |
Guard |
North Georgia |
| Audrey McElhaney |
Forward |
Clayton State |
The Lakers open their 2022-23 season with an exhibition game against the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech on Thursday, November 3
rd. Tipoff at McCamish Pavilion is set for 7:00 p.m. Admission to the game is free. The Voice of Laker Basketball Todd Corder will also be doing a radio broadcast and that link will be available the date of the game on social media and on claytonstatesports.com.
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