Allen Yellow Jackets women’s basketball team Brought in the new year Taking down the Fort Valley State Wildcats in dominant fashion won 89-39.
It’s Allen’s fifth straight win against Fort Valley State, including the third straight in FVSU’s home gym.
Allen is now riding a three-game winning streak, improving to 8-4 overall, including a 7-3 record against the SIAC.
The Yellow Jackets matched their 12-game start from last season by finishing with an 18-9 record last season, their best performance since joining the SIAC in 2021.
Meanwhile, the Wildcats fall to 1-10 in conference play, including an 0-3 record against SIAC East division opponents.
Allen forward Peighton Jambor led all scorers with 24 points on 9-of-16 shooting while adding eight rebounds, one block and one steal.
It’s Jambor’s third 20-point performance in his last four outings, shooting over 50% from the field in each of those games.
Morgan Smith scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting for the Yellow Jackets, while Ebony Clay finished with 11 points.
Fort Valley State was led by Aaniyah Allen with 17 points to go along with three steals.
It was a rough shooting performance for the Wildcats, combined with shooting just 17% (9-of-53) in the game.
They shot below 35% in all four individual quarters, including scoring just two points in the first quarter after missing all seven of their shot attempts.
Allen, on the other hand, had his best shooting game of the season, shooting just over 50% (38-of-75) as a team. In the last three quarters, the Yellow Jackets shot a total of 58% from the field.
