Daisha Jackson
Gene Breland, Orangeburg, SC
63
Winner Saint Augustine's SAU-W 5-5, 1-3 CIAA
61
Claflin CLAFWBB 0-10, 0-3 CIAA
Winner
Saint Augustine's SAU-W
5-5, 1-3 CIAA
63
Final
61
Claflin CLAFWBB
0-10, 0-3 CIAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Augustine's SAU-W 12 11 21 19 63
Claflin CLAFWBB 11 18 22 10 61

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Morris Wright

Saint Augustine’s Rally Past Claflin Lady Panthers

Orangeburg, S.C. – The Lady Panthers of Claflin University blew a 11-point fourth-quarter lead in falling to Saint Augustine's University (SAU) 63-61 on Wednesday (Dec. 18) at the Jonas T. Kennedy Health and Wellness Complex (Tullis Arena).
 
The loss kept Claflin winless on the season at 0-10 and 0-4 in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The Lady Panthers will try to reach the win column on Saturday (Dec. 21) when Shaw University comes to Orangeburg for another CIAA contest at 1:30 p.m.
 
Dashia Jackson led all Claflin scorers with 18 points on 6-for-13 shooting from the field that also included five three-point baskets. Dionna Long posted a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Lady Panthers. She also dished out five assists.
 
Shakarri Mack came off the bench to contribute eight points with six rebounds for Claflin.
 
SAU, now 5-5 on the season and 1-3 in league play, was led offensively by Kamya Renwicks with 18 points and Milequa Eason at 13 points.
 
The Lady Panthers started the second half of play with a 29-23 lead and finished the third quarter ahead at 51-41.
 
It was the fourth quarter where the Claflin offense hit a cold spell.  After building a 57-46 lead with just under seven minutes remaining in the game, the Lady Falcons used a 15-4 run to rally and pull even at 61-61 at 2:06 left on a basket by Renwicks.
 
A layup by Eason with 39 seconds left giving the Lady Falcons a 63-61 lead proved to be the difference in the game. The Lady Panthers failed to tie the contest in the final seconds, missing two attempts from the field.
 
Claflin scored just 10 points in the fourth quarter and shot just 33.3 percent (4-for12) to finish the game shooting 36.4 percent (20-for-55). SAU ended the game, shooting 44.7 percent (21-for-47) from the floor.
 
The Lady Panthers knocked down six three-pointers compared to only two for SAU, but the Lady Falcons hit 19-of-28 free throw, while Claflin was 15-of-24.
                                                                                                                         
Claflin captured its only lead of the opening quarter (11-10) at 1:33 mark on a three-pointer from Jackson. The lead lasted only a minute when Kaaliya Williams put SAU back on top at 12-11 with a jumper.
 
There would be no more scoring in the quarter.
 
The first five minutes of the second quarter saw the two teams score a combined five points with Claflin scoring three which tied the contest at 14-14. The scoring would increase over the last five minutes as the Lady Panthers, led b giving the Lady Falcons a 63-61 lead y Jackson with a pair of three-pointers, outscored the Lady Falcons 15-9. The offensive surge provided Claflin a 29-23 halftime lead.
 
Jackson had 10 points in the first half including three three-point baskets.
 
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