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Wildcats Travel to Battle Lions

1/31/2020 1:36:00 PM

By: Chris Myers
FORT VALLEY, Ga. – The Wildcats put their short losing skid to rest and aim to start a win streak on Saturday afternoon. Fort Valley State travel to August, Ga., to battle the Paine College Lions for the first of two meetings in 10 days.
 
Game Information:
Tip-off – 1 p.m.
Location – Heal Complex, Augusta, Ga.
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The Wildcats (9-10/5-5 SIAC East) put together what turned out to be a game-deciding second quarter where they outscored the rival Golden Rams of Albany State, 29-13. The FVSU halftime lead of 46-30 was enough as the double-digit lead never went below the final eight-point margin, 75-67.
 
With the victory, FVSU halted a two-game losing run and moved back into a tie for second place in the SIAC East at 5-5. The Wildcats were 4-2 in the January part of their schedule and seek to hit double figures in victories for the first time since back-to-back 10-17 seasons in 2015-16 and 2016-17.
 
Paine College dropped to 6-11 overall and 5-5 in the SIAC East with a Monday night (Jan. 27) road loss at Savannah State, 81-61. The Lions have claimed victories in two of their five January matchups, including a home win (Jan. 18) over Albany State (76-62).
 
The two SIAC East members split the two meetings last season with each winning on its home court – FVSU won 78-60 in Jan. 23 in Fort Valley, before Paine took a 62-54 decision on Feb. 9 in Augusta. The Wildcats recorded its last win in Augusta two years ago on Jan. 10, 2018 via a 66-58 final.
 
Individuals of Note:
Wildcats freshman forward Taziha Fanning posted one of the top two-week periods in the SIAC and in recent years for FVSU by averaging 18.5 points and 13.0 rebounds in the last four games along with making 29-of-38 attempts for an astounding 76.3-percent.

Paine's Keondra Archie stands 6th in the SIAC in scoring at 16.5 ppg and pulls down 6.0 rebounds per night.
 
Stats comparisons:
                                    FVSU               PC
PPG                              67.6                 60.5
Scoring Margin           -0.4                  -9.3
FG%                             .365                 .406
3FG%                           .250                 .292
FT%                              .568                 .663
Reb.                             47.7                 39.4
Reb. Margin                +4.1                 -7.7
Asst                              13.3                 11.2
Turnover Avg              22.3                 19.9
Asst/TO Ratio              0.6                   0.6
 
Scoring Leaders
PC:
Keondra Archie (F, 5-10, Jr.)   16.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg
Akirah Robinson (G, 5-7, So.)  8.5 ppg, 17 3FGM, .857 FT%, 2.9 apg

FVSU:
Nola Carter (F, 5-10, Sr.)        12.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 3.9 apg
Taziha Fanning (F, 6-0, Fr.)     9.3 rpg, .551 FG%, 8.6 rpg, 1.1 bpg
Torri Myers (F, 6-0, So.)          9.2 rpg, 5.8 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Alicia Franklin (G, 5-3, Sr.)      8.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg
Nikki Culbreath (G, 5-3, Fr.)    8.2 ppg, 29 3FGM, 3.3 rpg


 
 
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