With the win, the Lady Panthers improves to 14-13 overall. Lane College closes out the 2014-15 season with a 5-20 overall record.
Junior Jaquanna Davis led the way for Claflin with a double-double, 17 points, 13 in the first half, and a game-high 19 rebounds. Davis also had two blocks in the game. Uniqua Mitchell also had a double-double for the Lady Panthers with a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds. Claflin had three players to finish in double-figures as Shaniece Brown finished with 12 points including 6-of-6 from the charity stripe.
Claflin, who controlled the game from start to finish, scored the first eight-of-12 points of the of the second half en route to its biggest lead of the game, 16, 46-30, at the 13:33 mark. Lane managed to put together an 8-0 run of its own over the next four-plus minutes to cut the deficit to single digits for the first time in half, 49-41, with just under 10 minutes remaining. The Lady Panthers remained poised, using a 9-2 run to push its lead to 15, 58-43, with 7:02 remaining in the game. Lane pulled within 10 points on five occasions but could not get any closer falling by the 14 point margin.
"First I want to congratulate Lane and coach Buchannon on its season," head coach Deont'a McChester said. "We finally played the type of game I knew we were capable of playing especially Jaquanna who finished the game with a double-double."
The Lady Panthers opened the first half on a 10-2 run with Davis scoring eight during the run. Claflin pushed its lead to 15, 19-4, with 13:41 remaining in the half before Lane picked up its offensive intensity. Lane managed to cut the deficit to five, 25-20, with 7:55 remaining, but the Lady Panthers kept pressing pushing its lead back to 12 at intermission, 38-26.
Claflin will take on the number one seed in the East, the Lady Tigers Benedict at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4. This will be the third times the teams will meet the season. The Lady Tigers won both meetings this season.
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