Lady Marauders end regular season with 66-56 win over Miles College
 
 
FAIRFIELD, Alabama – The Central State Lady Marauders concluded the regular season with a 66-56 road win over the Golden Bears of Miles College on Monday night.
 
 
With the win, CSU finishes the regular season at 21-5 overall and 15-3 in the SIAC. MC drops to 8-18 on the year with a 5-12 mark in the conference.
 
 
CSU jumped out to an early 14-9 lead at the end of the first quarter and maintained a six-point lead, 32-26, at the end of the first half.
 
 
The Lady Marauders went up by double-digits, 38-28, early in the third quarter with a Sierra Harley three-pointer and later took their largest lead of the night, 58-46, on a Chavon Banks basket with 4:22 left in the game. MC managed to cut the deficit back down to six with 49 seconds to play before Brooke Spaulding and Jaeda Davis added late free throws to seal the CSU victory.
 
 
CSU never trailed in the ball game and held a 30-15 edge in points scored off of turnovers.


Spaulding led the Lady Marauders with 18 points. Harley finished with 14 points. Destinee Russel delivered a spark off the bench with 13 points as CSU extended its winning streak to four games.
 
 
Victoria Sutton led Miles with 17 points.
 
 
Clinching a No. 1 seed in the upcoming SIAC Tournament, CSU will begin play on Wednesday, Feb. 28. All tournament games will be held at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Alabama
 
 


Notes

CSU has notched back-to-back 20 win seasons since the program joined NCAA Div. II in 2004.
 
CSU is 11-2 on the road this season.
 
CSU sweeps the regular season series with MC (2-0).
 
CSU leads the SIAC in scoring (76 ppg), assists (15.9 apg), steals (13.9 spg), offensive rebounding (18.8 orpg) and made three-point field goals (167).
 
CSU enters next week's SIAC Tournament as the top seed in the SIAC West Division. Earning a first round bye, CSU will play next Wednesday at 5:30 pm cst (6:30 pm est).
 
Spring Hill (20-6; 13-3) currently leads the SIAC West Division. SHC owns the head-to-head tiebreaker with CSU (2-0). SHC has two games remaining against SIAC opponents.
 
Due to Spring Hill's inability to participate in postseason play, CSU has clinched a No. 1 seed in the upcoming SIAC Tournament.
 
 
 
 
Next Game
Opponent: TBD (Winner of No. 4 Seed – East – No. 5 Seed West)
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 28th
Tip-Off: 5:30 pm cst (6:30 pm est)
Location: Bill Harris Arena – Birmingham, Alabama
 
 
 
SIAC Tournament Information
http://thesiac.com/sports/2017/12/1/gen_1201174425.aspx?path=mbball