ATLANTA, Georgia -- Lauren Turner had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Clark Atlanta University Lady Panthers to their fourth straight win, a 63-55 victory over Lane College Thursday at L.S. Epps Gymnasium.
The Lady Panthers are now 7-0 in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, 9-5 overall. Lane, which was in first place in the SIAC West Division, falls to 3-12, 3-5 in conference play.
On a cold night in Atlanta, CAU only allowed Lane to hit 19-of-72 shots (26.4 percent) from the floor, including just six points in the second quarter.
Reyana Miller's 3-pointer with 8:24 left in the third quarter gave the Lady Panthers their biggest lead at 38-26. But the Lady Dragons fought back, closing the gap to two – 44-42 – on Antice McCoy's basket with 40 seconds left in the third quarter.
But that's as close as they would get as Turner's nine-fourth quarter points helped CAU to hold off Lane for the win.
Turner's double-double is her fifth consecutive double-digit scoring and rebounding game. She also had three assists. Naomi Holloway finished with 19 points, three rebounds, two assists and three steals. Marissa Mandeldove had six points, eight assists, three rebounds and a steal, while Miller and Jonae Lee both added six points.
Lane was led by Rickera Martin and her 13 points.
"I'm happy that we won, but I'm not happy with the way we won," said CAU head coach Yolanda Moore. "We again did not do a good job of blocking out and rebounding. We didn't follow the game plan in terms of what we wanted to do on defense. Offensively, we kind of shut down and got away from what we wanted to do there as well. We kind of got discombulated a little bit. I'm just concerned moving forward. As we get deeper into the conference, those kinds of mistakes we just can't afford to make."
The Lady Panthers are back in action on Saturday, Jan. 6 when they host Lemoyne-Owen College at 2 p.m. in L.S. Epps Gymnasium.
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