In their final home games of the season and the final home game ever for the seniors both Albany State basketball teams delivered wins over Claflin. The ASU men edged Claflin 65-63 on senior night. Rachard Lofton helped the Rams overcome a 7 point halftime deficit and finished with a team high 15 points, Demarcus Blunt added 13 points. The Rams improved to 11-12 in the conference and will play at Stillman on the 23rd.
Meanwhile, the Lady Rams overcame a Claflin run midway through the 2nd half and eventually beat the Lady Panthers 78-65. Senior Symone Wilkerson scored a game high 21 points. Both Breanna Fields and April Thomas added 16 points. The win ended a 3 game skid for Albany State.
Lady Rams' head coach Robert Skinner said "Today I saw the seniors come to the occasion on senior day. They played extremely well they scored, they listened. They didn't play with the attitude they've been playing with in the past few games."
Wilkerson said "We've been a little shaky here and there but when we get it together and we talk it out and get all the kinks out like after the 1st 5 minutes of the game. We got it, we got it going on."
The Lady Rams are now 9-12 in the SIAC going into their final game at Stillman
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