Claflin University Women’s Basketball Releases 2015-16 Schedule

Orangeburg, South Carolina  --  The Claflin University women's basketball program has released its 2015-16 schedule, which includes five teams which participated in the 2015 NCAA Division II tournament. For the third straight season, the Lady Panthers will open their season at home.

Claflin will open the season with five-of-six games at home, beginning with Florida Tech University on November 14. The Lady Panthers will then host Brevard College (Nov. 15), Newberry College (Nov. 18), and Allen University for homecoming on Nov. 21. Claflin will travel to Fayetteville, NC to face Fayetteville State University on November 23 before returning home versus Florida Southern University.

Claflin University 2015-16 Women's Basketball Schedule

"Playing against five 2015 NCAA Division II Tournament participants early in the season will definitely help prepare us to meet the challenges we will face later," said head coach Deont'a McChester, who is in his third season at the helm of the Lady Panthers. "Our conference opponents will be a tough go night-after-night and facing the high caliber of competition early will definitely prepare us for the challenges." McChester continued, "I believe our senior leadership will provide us with the tools we need to be competitive inside and outside of the conference."

The Lady Panthers will open Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) play on Thursday, Dec. 3 at Lane College. Claflin will play its next two conference games on the road as well, traveling to Kentucky State University (Dec. 5) and Central State University (Dec. 7).

All Claflin home games are played at the Tullis Arena inside of the Jonas T. Kennedy Health and Physical Education Center on the campus of Claflin University. You can keep up to date with the Claflin University women's basketball team and purchase tickets by visiting athletics.claflin.edu. Live streaming for all home games will be available via pay-per-view on the Claflin athletics website. Live stats will also be available at no charge on the Claflin athletics website.

For a complete schedule visit the 2015-16 schedule link on the Claflin University women's basketball page at athletics.claflin.edu.

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