Amiyah Edney-Holmes
Christian Grier
48
USC Aiken USCA 6-20,3-13 Peach Belt
61
Winner Clayton St. CSU 10-16,7-9 Peach Belt
USC Aiken USCA
6-20,3-13 Peach Belt
48
Final
61
Clayton St. CSU
10-16,7-9 Peach Belt
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
USC Aiken USCA 13 8 8 19 48
Clayton St. CSU 10 20 11 20 61

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

Women's Basketball Closes out Home Slate with a 61-48 Win over USC Aiken on Homecoming & Senior Day

MORROW, Ga. – The Clayton State University women's basketball team snapped a three-game losing skid and picked up a 61-48 win on Homecoming and Senior Day inside the Loch. 
 
The game started with Hannah Wright and Jadah Waite burying threes and the Lakers jumped out to an 8-0 lead.  USC Aiken then scored the next six points until Nya Young hit a jumper making the score, 10-6.  The Pacers eventually took a 13-10 lead going into the second quarter.  The Lakers opened the second quarter on a 12-2 run and retook the lead at 21-15.  Waite hit a three and Etaria Gibbons tossed in a pair of field goals. 
 
Dazjanae Greene and Jada Alston knocked down shots in the final moments of the quarter as the Lakers took a 30-21 lead going into the halftime break. 
 
Halftime: Clayton State 30, USC Aiken 21
 
The Lakers started cold from the field in the third quarter and did not score their first basket until Sariya Henry made a layup at the 6:36 mark.  At that point, the Laker lead was at seven at 32-25.  Greene then buried a jumper and made the score, 34-25.  The Lakers then saw a spark from Amiyah Edney-Holmes which tossed in the next five CSU points and made the score, 39-27.  The Lakers took a commanding, 41-29 lead going into the final quarter of play.  Greene converted an and-one opportunity to start the quarter, growing the Laker lead to 44-29.   USC Aiken did not make any headway in the quarter and trailed by as much as 13. 
 
Edney-Holmes, Ky'Leo Worriels, and Waite scored points down the stretch for the Lakers and they pulled out a 61-48 win. 
 
QUICK HITS
  • Edney-Holmes led the Lakers with 11 points while Waite and Dazjanae Greene followed with 10 each. 
  • Alston led the team with seven rebounds. 
  • 13 of 14 Laker players scored points. 
  • The Lakers outscored the Pacers, 30-14 in the paint and 30-5 off the bench. 
  • The Lakers forced 27 Pacer turnovers which led to 26 points. 
  • Currently, the Lakers are tied with Georgia Southwestern in the sixth spot in the standings, with two games left. 
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Lakers (10-16 (7-9 PBC)) finish their regular season on the road as they travel to play Georgia Southwestern on Wednesday, February 26th at 5:30 p.m.  and North Georgia on Saturday, March 1st at 1:30 p.m.

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