NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Stillman College women's basketball team closed the 2024-2025 regular season with a 75-53 victory at Fisk University to finish as the HBCU Athletic Conference regular season champions at 17-1. The Lady Tigers were picked to finish third in the HBCUAC preseason coaches' poll with only one first-place vote, but are now the No. 1 seed in the HBCUAC Hope Credit Union Basketball Championships and will recieve an automatic bid to the NAIA Tournament.
Rapid Recap:
The Lady Tigers raced to a 25-6 lead when
Hannah Boykin-Williams finished a fast break run with a shot with 2:26 left in the first quarter. However, the Lady Bulldogs countered with an 8-2 run to end the half, but Stillman ended the first with a 27-15 lead.
Stillman pushed the lead to 17 again in the second when
Raena Suggs hit a three with 5:07 on the clock to go up 36-19. The Lady Tigers finished the half with a 43-28 advantage.
The lead continued to bloom in the third with Stillman pushing to a 23-point, 60-37 with 42 seconds left when
Jaida Minter got a three to go in transition. The visitors ended the quarter ahead 60-20.
Stillman maintained a comfortable lead in the fourth quarter as Fisk only came within 16 points with 4:44 to go, as the Lady Tigers went on to collect a 75-53 win in the team's season finale.
Notes and Numbers:
- This is Stillman College's first women's basketball conference championship and the first by a women's basketball conference title by a four-year institution in Tuscaloosa.
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Raena Suggs led a quartet of double-digit scorers with 19 points and six steals added.
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Jaida Minter finished with 15 points and six rebounds;
Kashara Preston went for 12 points; and
Hannah Boykin-Williams posted 10 points and seven assists.
-Stillman hit 10 or more three-pointers for the ninth time this season after going 12-of-23 from beyond the arc.
-The Lady Tigers finished the regular season 24-4 overall and 17-1 in HBCU Athletic Conference competition.
Up Next:
Stillman College awaits an official announcement of seeding for the 2025 HBCU Hope Credit Union Basketball Championships hosted in Birthright Alumni Hall from Feb. 25 to March 2, 2025. Stillman's first game will be Friday, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m.
This story was updated Friday, Feb. 21 at 1:20 p.m.
