Jadah Waite
Kyle Hess
50
Georgia College GaCol 9-8,3-4 Peach Belt
73
Winner Clayton St. CSU 5-11,3-4 Peach Belt
Georgia College GaCol
9-8,3-4 Peach Belt
50
Final
73
Clayton St. CSU
5-11,3-4 Peach Belt
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Georgia College GaCol 9 13 18 10 50
Clayton St. CSU 19 13 24 17 73

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Sam Viebrock, Assistant AD for Communication, SamuelViebrock@clayton.edu

Women's Basketball Outlasts the Bobcats, 73-50, at the Loch

Waite led the Lakers with 20 points

MORROW, Ga. – The Clayton State University women's basketball team welcomed the Bobcats of Georgia College & State University to the Loch on Wednesday evening.  The Lakers bounced back after a loss last Saturday and took down the Bobcats, 73-50. 
 
The Lakers saw early production from Jadah Waite, Nina Blade, and Tamaria White to start the first quarter. The score was 15-9, Lakers.  Waite hit a three and added a pair of jumpers. Jasmyn Burts and Hannah Wright added field goals towards the end of the quarter as the Lakers pulled in front, 19-9 going into the second quarter. 
 
Georgia College started the second quarter scoring the first four points and then the Lakers went to work.  Aaliyah Reid then converted a three-point play and Waite buried a field goal and moved the score to 24-13. 
 
The Lakers saw Devyne Turner hit a three and White and Waite hit shots towards the end of the half as Clayton State pulled ahead, 32-22 going into the halftime break. 
 
Halftime: Clayton State 32, GCSU 22
 
The third quarter started with Deborrah Redmon and Blade making field goals and moved the score to 36-24.  The Bobcats then went on a 7-0 run and closed the gap to 36-31.  Burts then drained a three and extended the Laker lead back to eight at 39-31.  The Lakers then saw three-pointers from Waite and Alston and made the score, 48-38.  Clayton State led Georgia College, 56-40 going into the fourth quarter. 
 
The fourth quarter saw the Lakers take over offensively as they outscored the Bobcats, 17-10.  Waite shot through a three and Sariya Henry made a field goal to start the quarter and the score moved to 61-40.  At the score, 66-45, the Lakers went on a 9-2 run and led, 73-47. 
 
The Lakers went onto win the game over Georgia College, 73-50. 
 
GAME VITALS
Final: Clayton State 73, GCSU 50
Records: Clayton State: 5-11 (3-4 PBC) | GCSU: 9-8 (3-4 PBC)
Location: The Loch | Clayton State University | Morrow, Ga.
 
QUICK HITS
  • Waite led the Lakers with 20 points on 7-for-10 shooting.
  • Alston dropped in 11 points
  • Blade led the Lakers with six boards.
  • The Lakers shot 6-for-15 from beyond the arc.
  • Redmon led the Lakers with five assists.
  • Clayton State outscored the Bobcats 34-20 in the paint.
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Lakers host the Pacers of USC Aiken on Saturday, January 27th.  Tipoff is set for 1:30 p.m. Saturday's game is also Women in Sports Day. 
 
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