In a game heard Thursday night on WHOW, the Clinton Lady Maroons outlasted the Central A&M Raiders, 52-50, in a Central Illinois Conference girls basketball matchup at Clinton High School.  
 

Central A&M jumped out to an early lead, 13-10, after the first quarter, but Clinton used an 11-0 run at the start of the second quarter to claim their first lead of the game.  The Lady Maroons would go into the halftime break with a 32-21 advantage.  The Raiders came out of the half strong, and held Clinton to only four third quarter points, but they could only chip into the lead as the Lady Maroons entered the fourth up, 36-31.  A&M tied the game midway through the fourth quarter at 44-44, but Clinton came through late at the line, and held on for the two point win.  The Lady Maroons shot 8 of 12 at the free throw line in the final period.  
 

Clinton was led by Clara Dempsey's 15-points.  She was named the WHOW / Serv Pro of Piatt/DeWitt County Lady Maroons Player of the Game. Avery Smith added 11 points, and MaKayla Koeppel had eight for the Lady Maroons. 
 

Central A&M was led by Jilyan Burgener and Lyndi Woods, who both had 14 points in the loss.  The Raiders fall to 22-8 on the season, and 3-1 in the CIC.  
 

Clinton improves to 15-11 on the year, and finish 4-1 in conference.  They'll next host Riverton and Unity Christian for two varsity only games on Saturday. Our next Lady Maroons Game of the Week broadcast on WHOW is Wednesday night's Senior Night contest against Cerro Gordo-Bement.