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79
Clark Atlanta University CAUM 0-6
92
Winner Georgia College GC 6-2
Clark Atlanta University CAUM
0-6
79
Final
92
Georgia College GC
6-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Clark Atlanta University CAUM 21 58 79
Georgia College GC 48 44 92

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at Miles College

12/5/2015 | 3:00 PM

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Dec. 05 (Sat) / 3:00 PM
at Miles College
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Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Panthers Come Up Short At Georgia College, 92-79

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - These two team met ten days ago in Atlanta but Clark Atlanta was unable to overcome Georgia College on the road, 92-79.  GC defeated CAU from Epps Gymnasium on Nov. 23, 83-74.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Score: Georgia College 92, Clark Atlanta 79
Record: Georgia College (6-2), Clark Atlanta (0-6)
Date: Dec. 3, 2015 | Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Centennial Center | Milledgeville, Ga. | Attendance: 688

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Najee Whitehead scored the first points for Clark Atlanta after the Panthers fell behind the Bobcats, 4-0. The Whitehead layup after grabbing the offensive-rebound made the score 4-2 with 18:02 in the opening half.
 
Whitehead struck again, this time taking the James Arnold assist to keep the whole two points, 6-4.
 
Damien Enoch bookended layups around a Tim Sanders jumper as CAU trailed 15-10 with 12:18 left before halftime.
 
GC jumped out to a 35-14 advantage after a 20-4 run ending on a Derrick Herbert layup with 4:57 left in the opening half.
 
Over the course of 1:02, Joseph Hughes made a layup off of an assist from Lawrance Freeman and added a 3-pointer on the assist from Herbert.  The score was 41-19 with 1:50 left in the first half.
 
The score at halftime favored the home team, 48-21, thanks to a 7-2 run to end the opening half.
 
Clark Atlanta outscored Georgia College in the second half, 58-44, but was unable to overcome the 27-point GC advantage.
 
Clark Atlanta trailed by as much as 29 points after GC scored the opening basket of the second half, 50-21.
 
Arnold came right back and buried a 3-pointer with the Sanders assist, 50-24.
 
Clark Atlanta drew within 11 points, 76-65, thanks to a 41-26 spurt ending with a Hughes 3 with 4:37 left in the game.

THE NUMBERS:
Five Panthers reached double-digits in points as starters Arnold (18), Whitehead (12) , and Sanders (11) were joined by bench players Enoch (14) and Hughes (13).  Whitehead, Sanders, and Hughes all scored season-highs in points.
 
Freeman hauled in a team-high 10 rebounds.  He has both double-digit rebounds game of the season versus Georgia College having pulled in 10 rebounds on Nov. 23 also.
 
Sanders dished out a game-high eight assists, setting a team-best for a game this season.
 
Clark Atlanta shot 42.9 percent (30-for-70) from the floor, including 8-for-23 from 3-point range.  CAU struggled from the free throw line going 11-for-21 (52.4 percent).
 
Clark Atlanta was able to convert 18 Georgia College turnovers into 26 points.  Clark Atlanta held the 31-30 advantage on points in the paint along with a 10-6 advantage in second-chance points.

UP NEXT:
Clark Atlanta travels to Miles (Dec. 5) before returning to Epps Gymnasium on Dec. 12 to host Young Harris.


 
 
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Players Mentioned

Lawrance Triplett

#00 Lawrance Triplett

G
6' 4"
Junior
Tim Sanders

#01 Tim Sanders

G
6' 2"
Junior
Damien  Enoch

#04 Damien Enoch

F
6' 7"
Senior
James Arnold

#05 James Arnold

G
6' 4"
Senior
Derrick Herbert

#22 Derrick Herbert

G
6' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Lawrance Triplett

#00 Lawrance Triplett

6' 4"
Junior
G
Tim Sanders

#01 Tim Sanders

6' 2"
Junior
G
Damien  Enoch

#04 Damien Enoch

6' 7"
Senior
F
James Arnold

#05 James Arnold

6' 4"
Senior
G
Derrick Herbert

#22 Derrick Herbert

6' 2"
Junior
G