Jasmyn Burts
Christian Grier
79
Winner Shorter Short 5-1,1-0 Conference Carolinas
56
Clayton St. CSU 2-7,0-1 Peach Belt
Winner
Shorter Short
5-1,1-0 Conference Carolinas
79
Final
56
Clayton St. CSU
2-7,0-1 Peach Belt
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Shorter Short 12 25 25 17 79
Clayton St. CSU 10 10 16 20 56

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

Women's Basketball Falls to Shorter at Home

MORROW, Ga. – The Clayton State University women's basketball team closed out home play in 2024 hosting Shorter University on Thursday evening.  The Hawks shot a blustering 61% from three and defeated Clayton State, 79-56. 
 
Offense was at a minimum for both teams in the first quarter as the two team combined for 22 points and made the score, 12-10, Shorter.  India Dowling-Green, Jasmyn Burts, Etaria Gibbons, and Jadah Waite scored points for the Lakers.  The Lakers continued to struggle offensively in the second quarter as they did not mark a field goal until the five minute mark as Hannah Wright buried a three.  The Hawks led, 22-16.  Shorter pulled away from the Lakers in the second quarter of play and led the Lakers, 37-20, at the halftime break. 
 
Shorter shot 6-for-7 from beyond the arc and the Lakers only made four field goals.  Waite leads Clayton State with five points and Aniya Jones led the team with four boards.
 
Halftime: Shorter 37, Clayton State 20
 
Shorter was hot from the field shooting 5-for-6 from beyond the arc and led the Lakers, 62-36.  The Lakers saw Burts knock down a pair of threes and Waite score five points in the quarter.  The quarter also saw the Lakers get within 14 on multiple occasions which proved to be the closest the Lakers got to the Hawks in the second half.  In the fourth quarter, Waite, Kyla Greene, and Burts produced the early offense for Clayton State and made the score, 70-46. 
 
The Lakers saw Armani Shaw and Nya Young score late baskets but Shorter went onto win 79-56. 
 
QUICK HITS
  • Waite and Burts led the team with 14 points apiece.
  • Gibbons, Jones, Sariya Henry led the team with six boards. 
  • The Lakers grabbed 22 offensive rebounds which is the most offensive rebounds in a game since March 2nd. 
  • Young led the Lakers with five steals while Waite followed with four. 
  • The Lakers scored 32 points in the paint and scored 14 fast break points. 
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Lakers (2-7 (0-1 PBC)) travel down to the Florida Tech Holiday Tournament as they play the University of Tampa on Friday, December 20th at 2:15 p.m.
 
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