The Lady Ospreys came back

from an opening 4-0 deficit and scored 11 unanswered

points to take the early lead. The Lady Lakers never

rebounded from that scoring streak and went into the

locker room at the half down 50-20. North Florida's

offense was unrelenting as they scored 40 more points in

the second half to take a 90-55 decision over Clayton

State. The Lady Lakers shot 25 percent from the field for

the game, and 67 percent from the charity stripe while

the Lady Ospreys shot 77 percent from the free throw line

and 48 percent from the field.

The Lady Lakers were led by

Chelle Warren who scored all of her 14 points in the

second half. Mandy Cowan tallied a double-double with 12

points and 11 boards. Joya Collier and Shivar Cofield

blocked two shots each.

The Lady Ospreys' Bri

Butery led all scorers with 19 points and ten rebounds.

Erin Cooke dropped in 16 points while Allia McLeod was

four-for-five from the field and a perfect five-for-five

from the charity stripe for 13 points. Misty Lavendar

dished out a game-high seven assists.

Clayton State drops to 4-7

overall and 0-1 in the PBAC while North Florida improves

to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in conference play.

In the men's game, the

Lakers and Ospreys traded leads in the first half, with

North Florida going in to the break leading 35-32. The

second half saw the two teams trade leads until the

Ospreys went up by seven with 4:48 left to play in

regulation. Clayton State cut the lead to three with 1:46

on the clock, and then Charlie Frazier made three free

throws to send the game into overtime.

The Lakers started the

period scoring four unanswered points before North

Florida tied the game with 2:11 left to play. Clayton

State led by as much as six, but the Ospreys' Sedessa

Fisher once again tied things up with 16 seconds to go.

Antoine Wills made the game-winning jumper with four

seconds on the clock.

Antoine Wills came off the

bench for the Lakers to score 23 points to lead CCSU

while Charlie Frazier dropped in 18 points. Marlin Capers

scored 16 points and A. J. Rials tallied a double-double

with ten points and ten boards. Rials also led all

players with six blocked shots and three steals.

The Ospreys were led by

Sedessa Fisher, who scored a game-high 27 points and

snatched two steals. Koran Godwin tallied 20 points and

Gauis Jenkins recorded a double-double with 15 points and

13 rebounds. Cory Caplinger also pulled down ten boards.

Joe Gaetano Jr. dished out a game-high seven assists with

one block.

The Lakers improve to 5-5

overall and 1-0 in the PBAC while the Ospreys drop to 5-6

overall and 0-1 in conference play.

Clayton State's teams

continue their conference slate as they host Augusta

State Wednesday, Jan. 5, at the Athletic Center. The Lady

Lakers tip off at 5:30 p.m. with the men's game to follow

at 7:30.