SAVANNAH, Ga. | Corriana Evans charted a game-high 20 points but the Clark Atlanta women's basketball team dropped a 53-51 heartbreaker to the Savannah State Tigers on Saturday afternoon inside Tiger Arena

THE BASICS 
Score: Savannah State - 53  | Clark Atlanta - 51
Records: Lady Panthers 12-9 | Lady Tigers 15-6 
Date: February 4, 2023 
Location: Savannah, Ga. | Tiger Arena 
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HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Corriana Evans laid in a two-pointer followed by a three from Hannah White to put the Tigers in an early 5-0 hole at the 7:13 mark in the first.
• Trinity Jones and Denise Stine combined for four points to put CAU ahead 9-0 with six minutes left to play in the first frame.
• The Lady Panthers outscored the Lady Tigers 18-13 in the first to head into the second quarter with a five-point advantage.
• Evans opened the second quarter with a three-point play to extend CAU's lead to 21-13 with 7:57 to play until halftime.
• Janiah Ellis ended a 5-0 SSU run with a three-pointer followed by a fastbreak layup from Evans to keep the Lady Panthers in front 26-18 at the 3:42 mark.
• Clark Atlanta held a narrow 28-24 lead over Savannah State as both teams headed into the intermission.
• Evans and White combined for CAU's first five points of the second half to keep the Lady Panthers ahead 33-28 with 7:25 left to play in the third quarter.
• The Lady Tigers closed out the third frame on a 13-8 run to tie the score at 41-41 heading into the final quarter.
• Stine opened the fourth quarter with a fast break layup followed by a made free throw from Evans to give CAU a 44-41 lead with 7:15 to play in regulation.
• SSU took a 45-44 lead at the 4:41 mark in the fourth quarter.
• CAU used a 4-2 run to regain the lead at 48-47 with 3:18 left to play.
• SSU closed out regulation on a 6-3 run to edge Clark Atlanta 53-51.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Corriana Evans nabbed her 14th double-figure performance of the season as she logged a game-high 20 points and seven rebounds in Saturday afternoon's matchup. She also had two blocks and three steals to add to her stat line.
• Hannah White registered nine points and two rebounds on the day.
• Trinity Jones and Janiah Ellis led the way in assists as they handed out five helpers apiece. 
• Corriana Evans and Denise Stine took three steals apiece on the defensive end for the Lady Panthers.
• Rose Smith finished with five rebounds.
• As a team, Clark Atlanta shot 35.7 percent from the field, 21.4 percent from three, and 66.7 percent from the charity stripe. 
• The Lady Panthers capitalized on SSU's turnovers with 20 points scored off of turnovers.
• CAU outscored SSU in the paint 32-22.

NEXT UP
The Clark Atlanta women's basketball team returns to the court on Monday, February 6, as they head to Jacksonville, Florida to face Edward Waters at 5:30 p.m.