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Campus Review
February 13, 2012
Woodard Flirts with a Quadruple Double;
Clayton State Defeats North Georgia, 65-59
came back have shown tremendous
improvement in their game from this
point last season to now.”
It starts in singles, where junior Ivana
Krommelova moves up to the No. 1 posi-
tion after two stellar seasons at No. 3. An
All-Peach Belt Conference and ITA
Division II All-American last season in
doubles, Krommelova has also played in
some big matches in singles in her career.
She is coming off a 2011 season in which
she finished 14-5 overall and 8-3 in the
Peach Belt Conference.
The big battle will be for the No. 2 and
No. 3 positions involving returning senior
starter Marie Cercelletti and freshman
newcomer Hannah Keeling. Cercelletti
Playing its third straight road contest, and
playing without injured guards Genesis
Kelly and Keona Dixon, the Clayton State
Laker women’s basketball team got all it
could handle at North Georgia on
Saturday. However, the Lakers made
some key plays down the stretch to pull
off a 65-59 victory at Memorial Hall.
Throughout the rest of the game, many of
the plays were made by senior co-captain
Tanisha Woodard, who flirted with a land-
mark achievement; a quadruple double.
Playing all 40 minutes, Woodard finished
with 15 points and 11 rebounds, adding
eight assists and seven steals (she also had
three blocked shots) for the Lakers, thus
overshadowing the nation’s leading scor-
er, the Saints’ Jaymee Carnes. To put
Woodard’s game into further perspective,
the quadruple double has only been done
four times in the entire history of the
NBA, and Clayton State’s men’s basket-
ball program has had just two triple dou-
bles, one by Jason Scott (1994) and the
other by Corey Johnson (1995).
The Lakers have now won four straight to
improve to 22-2 overall and 12-1 in the Peach
Belt. Clayton State, ranked No. 4 in the nation
in Division II, has also won 11 of its last 13
games against North Georgia. The Lady Saints
are now11-11 overall and 5-8 in the PeachBelt.
“That was good for us,” says Clayton
State head coach Dennis Cox. “We
learned that no matter what the score was
the first time (a 72-44 Laker rout), teams
are going to get better the second time
around. This has always been a tough
place to play, and all the credit to North
Georgia. They gave us all we could han-
dle.”
The key moment for Clayton State was in
the latter part of the first half. The Lakers
wiped out a two-point North Georgia lead
with a 21-3 run to lead by 16 points.
Brittany Hall gave Clayton State the lead
on a 3-point basket, and a 3-point play by
Shannon Smith gave the Lakers a 27-17
lead at the 5:16 mark.
Smith connected on two more jumpers in
the lane, and a Brandice Howard lay-up
made the Laker lead 36-20 with 1:18
remaining.
“We switched defenses to try and change
the momentum and it worked,” Cox says.
“That allowed us some cushion.”
The Lakers needed that cushion in the
second half as North Georgia rallied. The
Lady Saints trimmed a 10-point Clayton
State lead to two points. Stephanie
Huffman’s back-door lay-up cut the
Clayton State lead to 49-47 at the 8:10
mark.
But the Lakers got the needed breathing
room in the final two minutes. Kayla
Mobley scored inside off an entry pass,
and Clayton State was 6-for-6 from the
free throw line in the final 35 seconds.
“I was very proud of the post players
(Smith and Mobley),” Cox said. “They
got it done today.”
Carnes led North Georgia with 23 points
and 11 rebounds.
Clayton State travels to Georgia
Southwestern on Wednesday for a Peach
Belt encounter at 5:30 p.m.
went 16-6 in singles play last season with
a 9-3 mark in the Peach Belt, while
Keeling has shown tremendous promise
during the preseason and is making a
strong case for the No. 2 position.
“Ivana has stepped up her game well in
preparing for the role as the No. 1 player,”
Mason said. “Hannah is everything I
thought she would be and then some so.
Playing higher in the lineup will put some
pressure on her. With Marie, she has that
experience and crafty game that makes
her dangerous because she can work
through things.”
Sophomore Martina Dedaj moves up from
the No. 5 to No. 4 position after finishing
10-12 overall, but 8-4 in Peach Belt
action, while junior Charlotte Fabricius
may be the Lakers’ most improved player
overall moving up from No. 6 to No. 5.
Fabricius finished 9-9 overall, but 7-2 in
the Peach Belt, and Mason believes she
has elevated her game from a straight
baseline player to a more serve and volley
style to go with that baseline game.
Senior Alyze’ Pagal, a transfer from
Division I Eastern Kentucky, gives the
Lakers that needed experience at No. 6,
giving Clayton State and solid lineup
from No. 1 through No. 6. Also, junior
Jessica Budd has that key experience to
fill in when needed either in singles or
doubles.
Tennis, cont’d. from p. 15
Tennis, cont’d., p. 14