Tayong Makes All-Tournament Team as CSU Closes 2015 With Win Over Lafayette

BALTIMORE- The Coppin State women's basketball team completed the 2015 calendar year with a win in its second game of the UVA Cavalier Classic against Lafayette College 64-57 in John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA.
 
Coppin State (3-9) also collected its first win in the month of December and remain undefeated in games played on Tuesday.
 
Senior forward Omaah Tayong was named to the all-tournament team.
 
Tayong finished the game with 10 points, 12 rebounds and three steals off the bench. Her three steals tied a season high. She now has two double doubles so far this season.
 
Tayong averaged nine points and nine rebounds on 47.3% shooting from the floor over the two-game tournament. She now leads the Lady Eagles with 95 rebounds.
 
Overall four Coppin State players reached double figures in the win.
 
Janelle Lane also recorded a double double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. She added two assists, a career high seven steals and one block in 38 minutes on game action. She now has three consecutive games scoring in double-digits.
 
Lane leads Coppin State with 12 blocks so far this year.
 
Genesis Lucas finished the game with a season high 15 points, five rebounds, four assists and two steals in 37 minutes. She has three or more assists and 35 minutes played in three straight games for Coppin State.
 
Lucas leads the Lady Eagles 38 assists and 20 steals through 10 games.
 
Keena Samuels scored 10 points; two rebounds and one steal in her six consecutive starts for Coppin State. Both of her rebounds came on the offensive end.
 
Samuels has four double figure scoring games this season.
 
Senior guard Amber Griffin added nine points, four assists, three rebounds and one steal in 37 minutes.
 
Griffin has dished two or more assists in 10 games this season. She now has 326 assists for her career. Griffin is second on the team with 33 assists this season.
 
The Lady Eagles outscored the Leopards 34-26 in the second half after being down by one point at halftime.
 
Coppin State also outscored the Lafayette in paint points, points off turnovers, second chance points, fast break points and bench points.
The Lafayette Leopards (2-9) now have lost four straight games.
 
Sammy Stipa led all scorers with 17 points, four assists and three rebounds. Jamie O'Hare finished with 12 points, five assists, four rebounds and three steals.
 
Coppin State will return to action after the New Year with its conference home opener against Norfolk State January 4 with tipoff at 6:00 p.m. in PEC Arena.