ALBANY, Ga. – The Albany State University women's and men's basketball teams returns to the court on Saturday, February 1st as they host the Tigers of Savannah State University. Tip-off is set for 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. at the ASU West Campus Arena. 
 
The women's basketball team enters the contest (4-15, 2-9 SIAC) securing a 67-63 victory over the Lady Panthers of Clark Atlanta University on Monday, January 27^th.
After breaking through a close game by pulling out to their biggest lead -seven points – late in the third quarter, the Lady Panthers led 50-48 on a 3-pointer with 9:04 remaining.  Albany State answered with a 5-0 run over the next three minutes to take a 55-50 lead. 

CAU then hit three free throws and added a jumper, while the Lady Panthers hit a free throw to put CAU back within one at 57-56 with 4:21 left.  ASU answered when Ciera Norman extended the lead to seven points over by converting three CAU fouls into six successful free throws, the last coming with 2:53 left, making the score 63-56.

CAU made one last run as they hit a jumper, followed with a layup, and added two free throws as Clark Atlanta was down by just one, 63-62 with 00:49 seconds left. Alexandria James hit a jumper for ASU and CAU was unable to hit another basket from the floor.  Norman sealed the win with two more free throws in the last ten seconds.

Alexandria James led Albany State with 24 points, while Norman had 16 points after hitting 11-of-12 free throws. Alexis Smith had nine points and a game-high 14 rebounds.

Miller led CAU with 16 points, along with five rebounds and three assists.  Holloway finished with 12 points, four assists and two rebounds.
 
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The Golden Rams enters the contest (12-9, 9-3 SIAC) collecting a 74-71 win over the Panthers of Clark Atlanta University on Monday, January 27th.
 
The Albany State University men's basketball team collected a jumper with 2:24 left and held the Panthers scoreless to force overtime, a layup by Napoleon Harris with 00:01 second left extended the game to a second extra session before Juwan High secured a free throw with four seconds to play in double overtime, giving the Golden Rams a 74-71 win over visiting Clark Atlanta University on Monday night inside Oliver Jones Court inside the Jones Brothers Health, Physical Education and Recreation Complex. The victory snaps the Golden Rams one game losing streak, and improve to 12-9 (9-3 SIAC). The loss dropped CAU to 7-12 on the year and 7-4 in league play.

Clark Atlanta overcame two-point deficits in the final minutes of regulation, and another in the final seconds of the first overtime to force the first two-overtime tilt at Oliver Jones Court this season. The Golden Rams then broke the 15^th and final tie of the night, securing back-to-back free throws the last one by Juwan High to give Albany State the win. Six Golden Rams finished the contest scoring in double digits. 

Leading by two at halftime (25-23), Clark Atlanta University fought to tie the game 39 all with 11:41 left in the second half. The host then tied the game 45 all on a layup by Mario Young with 7:57 left on the clock. The Panthers advanced its lead 53-46 at the 5:42 mark. A jumper by Mario Young forced the game into overtime. In the first extra session, Albany State never led but also prevented CAU from taking a lead no larger than four points. Down by four with 1:22 left in the first overtime to force the game into second overtime. The second overtime played out similarly, until Titus Burn's jumper and adding five from the free throw line, the last one by Juwan High with four seconds to go in the game.
Mario Young led the Golden Rams with 17 points and nine rebounds. Napoleon Harris finished the contest with 14 points, followed by Kamil Brown who added 11 points. Randy

McClure, Joshua Jerome and Titus Burns all added 10 points each respectively to close out the double-digit scoring for Albany State.

The Panthers was led by Tyler Singleton who finished the contest with a game-high 25 points and five rebounds. Romine Thomas completed the contest with a double-double performance with 15 points and 16 rebounds.

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