SIAC Women's Basketball Tournament: Top seeds Tuskegee, Albany State dust off their opponents

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama --€“ The top teams joined the fray Wednesday in the 2014 SIAC Women'€™s Basketball Tournament and each displayed top form with West No. 1 Tuskegee downing Fort Valley 71-61 and East No. 1 Albany State pushing aside Claflin 68-55 in Bill Harris Arena at Birmingham CrossPlex.

Tuskegee connected on 30 of 45 shots from the line, including 23 of 29 in the second half, to dismiss the defending SIAC champions.

Fort Valley jumped out to an early lead, riding the shoulders of D'Ambria Thomas and Carmenonique Dawson. Thomas sank 4 of 5 shots, for eight points, and hauled in six of her game-high 12 rebounds in the first half. Dawson scored six points and grabbed five boards.

The Lady Tigers clawed their way back into the game. Aided by an Alannah Vincent 3-pointer at the buzzer, Tuskegee closed the gap to 30-28 at halftime. Vincent finished with 11 points.



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