When you catch a break the size of the one Clayton State’s men’s basketball team caught Wednesday night, you don’t let it slip through your fingers — even if it takes two overtimes to wrestle it under control.
That’s what the Lakers did against No. 17-ranked Georgia Southwestern in their Peach Belt Conference opener, against the team that was the consensus preseason pick to finish first in the league.
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