ORANGEBURG, South Carolina -- Ashley Fields and Jhanice Stokes scored 12 points each as Claflin University defeated Miles 52-45 in a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) women's basketball game Thursday at the Tullis Arena.With the hard-fought win, Claflin is now 9-7 overall and 6-2 in the SIAC.
Stokes, who posted her fourth double-double of the season, also led the Lady Panthers on the boards with 10 rebounds and three blocked shots.
Joy Okeke contributed seven points and nine rebounds for Claflin, while Zakera Chadmon had five assists and five steals.
Miles, 3-7 and 1-2, was led by Amoni Walker and Najla Shasid-Deen with eight points apiece.
In the contest, Claflin used a strong third quarter to erase a five-point halftime deficit (25-20) outscoring Miles 17-10 for a 37-35 lead.
Fields, who had seven points in the quarter, tied the contest at 31-31 with a free throw at the 4:36 mark. The Lady Bears tied the game at 34-34 with 1:08 left in the quarter, but Chadmon connected on a three-pointer 20 seconds later, giving the Lady Panthers a 37-34.
Claflin led 37-35 heading into the fourth quarter. In that quarter, the Lady Panthers preserved the win by outscoring the Lady Bears 15-10.
In the first quarter, Miles opened the game with six straight points, only to see Claflin returned the favor by scoring the next six for a 6-6 tie at the 4:06 mark. A layup by Katrice Jackson broke the tie, providing Miles the lead at 8-6.
The Lady Bears led 10-8 at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter saw Miles produced its biggest lead of the first half at 20-14 with the aid of a 10-4 run over the first five minutes. The Lady Panthers pulled to within 25-20 at the intermission by scoring eight of the last 13 points in the quarter. Stokes scored four of the eight points for Claflin.
Claflin will continue its SIAC home stand Saturday (Jan. 6), taking on Tuskegee University at 1:30 p.m. The contest will be Community/Youth Day.
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