The Lakeland women's basketball team traveled to Clark State today to face the Eagles in OCCAC play. The Lakers battled in a back and forth game before downing the Eagles 63-50. With the win, the Lakers improved to 14-2 overall and 4-0 in OCCAC play. Lakeland came out with a lot of energy and led 17-9 after the first quarter. Lauren Perry led the way scoring 6 points for the Lakers in the opening frame. The Eagles battled back in the second quarter to knot the score at 30 going into the break. The Lakers played a strong third quarter that allowed them to finish with a 47-44 lead. Madison Fueger recorded 6 points to lead the Lakers in the quarter. Lakeland then closed out the game with a strong 16-6 advantage in the 4th quarter. Perry finished with 7 points while Fueger added 6 more points to fuel the Laker win. Coach Gardenhire commented, "We were able to get after them defensively to start the game and they were able to close the gap by hitting some 3's. This is the first tight game we have played in about a month - so it was good to see how we responded and played. This was a tough road win against an extremely dangerous team for anyone to play in our league. I was proud of the grit we played with in this game. This was really a good team win as everyone contributed."

Lauren Perry led the Lakers with 21 points while Madison Fueger finished 18 points. Gianna Pegoraro scored 9 points while Makayla Gordon finished with 6 points for the Lakers.

Additional stats and game information were not available at time of print.

Next Up: On Wednesday night (1/18), the Lakers will play host to the Triceratops from Cuyahoga Community College. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30 pm.