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Campus Review
January 10, 2012
Griggs and Woodard Light Up Wingate
Clayton State Ties Peach Belt
Consecutive Home Victory Record
With a big milestone at stake, the Clayton
State Laker women’s basketball team
turned to Drameka Griggs and Tanisha
Woodard for the spark.
Griggs had a remarkable game, scoring a
career-high 28 points and adding seven
steals and three assists in just 20 minutes
of play as Clayton State knocked off visit-
ing Wingate 76-60 in the Heritage Bank
Holiday Classic at the Athletics and
Fitness Center. The Lakers tied the Peach
Belt Conference record with their 26th
consecutive home victory.
Griggs scored 21 of her points in the sec-
ond half as she fueled the Lakers on two
key rallies. In fact, of Clayton State’s 16
points in the final five minutes of the
game, Griggs accounted for 12 of them,
and her jump shot at the 14:43 mark
sparked a 17-0 Clayton State run.
However, the Bulldogs answered the chal-
lenge with an 11-2 run as Nikki Burton
and Kurie Washington drilled back-to-
back 3-point baskets. Two free throws by
Washington trimmed the Clayton State
lead to 58-51 with 6:46 remaining, then
Griggs took over with two transition lay-
ups and a jump shot to increase the Laker
lead to 70-56 with 1:52 remaining.
In addition to Griggs, Woodard recorded a
double-double with 12 points and 10
assists, and came close to the first triple-
double in Clayton State women’s basket-
ball history, as she added six rebounds.
Brittany Hall also scored 12 points and
sophomore center Shacamra Jackson
added 10.
To the surprise on no one, Clayton State
limited the Bulldogs to only 33 percent
shooting from the field and forced 29
Wingate turnovers.
onds remaining to give the Lakers a 95-92
lead.
Gary tried to tie the game on a long 3-
point basket for the Patriots, but it was off
with 11 seconds remaining. Williams and
Salter each hit two free throws to seal it
for the Lakers.
Williams and Salter paced the Lakers with
21 points each as five Clayton State play-
ers scored in double-figures. Bachanov
recorded a double-double with 15 points
and 11 rebounds, while Reco Lewis
scored 13 points and Tony Dukes scored
12 points – both off the bench. Overall,
the Clayton State bench outscored the
Francis Marion bench 33-2. The Lakers
shot 48 percent from the field and 85 per-
cent (22-for-26) from the free throw line.
“The way we played tonight is to play
offensively,” Gibbons says. “We are also
doing better on the glass, and we are tak-
ing it to the basket more and finishing.”
Five Francis Marion players scored in
double-figures, led by Gary with 28 points
on 12-for-14 shooting from the free throw
line. Wright scored 21 points, followed by
Turner with 20 points. Center Andrew
Smith scored 12 points, and McLendon
added 11 points. For the game, the
Patriots shot 54 percent from the field, 57
percent from 3-point range and 84 percent
from the free throw line.
Clayton State is off this next week before
returning to action next Saturday (Jan. 14)
at home against Augusta State.
Keona Dixon paced a balanced Clayton
State scoring attack with 15 points off the
bench on 7-for-11 shooting from the field.
Woodard scored 14 points with eight
rebounds, five assists and three blocked
shots, and Brittany Hall added 10 points.
The Lakers shot 41 percent from the field
and out-rebounded North Georgia 39-36.
Defensively, Clayton State limited North
Georgia to only 38 percent shooting from
the field, including only 27 percent from
3-point range, and forced 31 Lady Saint
turnovers.
Sophomore forward Carnes, who came
into the game averaging 28 points per
game, paced North Georgia with a dou-
ble-double, scoring 23 points with 12
rebounds on 9-for-13 shooting from the
field. She was held to eight points in the
first half. The rest of the Saints scored 21
points, total, for the entire game.
Overtime, cont’d. from p. 12
Record, cont’d. from p. 15