CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — After more than a week off, Lady Tiger basketball returns to the hardwood tonight, Monday, Nov. 21, for the home opener of the 2016-17 schedule.
No. 4 Campbellsville, which has won seven-straight home openers, hosts No. 21 Talladega at 7 p.m. ET. Fans can tune in on the CU Sports Network, as
Jay Turner and
Matt Payton will have the radio and TV call starting at 6:45.
Campbellsville is coming off a big win over Bluefield State College on Saturday, Nov. 12, 108-41. The Lady Tigers also boast a perfect 4-0 record coming into tonight's contest.
Talladega is 6-3 on the season and has won three of its last four games. The Lady Tigers and Tornados met in Talladega, Ala. on Nov. 7 with Campbellsville coming from behind to pull out a 73-72 win.
Madison Clements led CU with 19 points with five of those coming in the final 20 seconds. Clements buried a 3-pointer with six seconds remaining to tie the game at 71 and then hit a runner in the lane with three clicks left to put the Lady Tigers on top for good.
LeeAnn Grider finished with 11 points and dished out a game-high seven assists. For Talladega, Jasmine Stackhouse, Sydnee Clark and Tasheba Henry led all scoring with 12 points, while Ashley Burchfield accounted for 11 points off the bench.
Tiger Clawz:
• CU has won seven straight home openers. The last loss to open the home schedule was Nov. 4, 2008 vs. former NAIA member Union University, 79-52. ?
• The Lady Tigers rank No. 7 in the NAIA by making nine 3-pointers a game and No. 3 by allowing opponents to hit only 15 percent from deep. ?
• After coming back from an ACL injury last season,
LeeAnn Grider ranks No. 4 with 6.7 assists per game and No. 5 with an assist/turnover ratio of 6.7. ?
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Madison Clements has scored in double figures every game this year and leads CU by averaging 16.5 points per game. She was the MSC Player of the Week last week. ?
• After being inserted into the starting lineup the second game of the season, Q. Pradas averages 10 points per game and leads the team with 5.3 rebounds per game.
• Campbellsville travels to the Jackson Rotary Champions Classic on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 25-26.
