Nina Blade
Sheldon Whitfield
62
Winner Clayton St. CSU 7-12,5-5 Peach Belt
55
USC Beaufort USCB 5-13,1-9 Peach Belt
Winner
Clayton St. CSU
7-12,5-5 Peach Belt
62
Final
55
USC Beaufort USCB
5-13,1-9 Peach Belt
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Clayton St. CSU 13 15 14 20 62
USC Beaufort USCB 15 13 12 15 55

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

Blade's Double-Double Lifts the Lakers over the Sand Sharks on Saturday Afternoon

BLUFFTON, S.C. – The Clayton State University women's basketball team swept the season series against the USC Beaufort Sand Sharks after winning on Saturday afternoon, 62-55.  Three of the five Laker starters scored in double figures. 
 
The Lakers and Sand Sharks played very evenly matched first half as neither team led by more than four points and found themselves tied at 28 going into the halftime break. Jasmyn Burts led the Lakers with nine points while Tamaria White followed with seven points.  Neither team made a three in the first quarter while White and Jadah Waite made threes in the second quarter. USCB did not make a three in the first 20 minutes of the game.
 
Halftime: Clayton State 28, USCB 28
 
The Lakers took over the game at the start of the second half. Nina Blade was a huge part of that offensive production as she accounted for the first 11 points scored by the Lakers as they pulled ahead by seven at 39-32.  Then, Deborrah Redmon converted a three-point play, and the Lakers grabbed their largest lead of the game at 42-34.  Beaufort then cut the game to two at 42-40 going into the fourth quarter.  The Sand Sharks picked up where they left off in the third quarter and eventually took the lead at 46-42.  With under five left, timely offense by the Lakers saw them take a seven-point lead at 58-51 with 2:20 left. 
 
The Lakers held onto to defeat USCB, 62-55, and thus swept the season series. 
 
QUICK HITS
  • The Lakers move to 7-12 on their season and are back at .500 at 5-5 in the PBC, while USCB falls to 5-13 and 1-9 in the conference.
  • The Lakers were led by 17 points and 12 boards from Nina Blade.  That is her second double-double of the season. 
  • Of the 12 rebounds, Blade grabbed seven of those on the offensive glass. 
  • Waite contributed 11, while White and Burts tossed in 12 and 10 points, respectively. 
  • Both teams combined to go 2-for-19 from beyond the arc as the Lakers buried both of those threes.  The Sand Sharks did not make a three against the Lakers this season.
  • The Lakers forced 22 turnovers. 
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Lakers host the Jaguars of Augusta University for Breast Cancer Awareness Night on Wednesday, February 7th at 5:30 p.m. at the Loch. 
 
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