DENMARK, S.C. - The Allen University women's basketball team held off a big rally from NAIA foe Voorhees University to win 68-64 on the road in a hostile environment Thursday evening to win their sixth straight game overall.

Allen is now 9-6 on the season and will next return home to host rival Benedict College on Saturday at 2:00 pm in their annual "Blackout" game.

Allen got out to a strong start playing terrific defense in the first half en route to a 20-7 lead after one quarter. AU then kept up the intensity and outscored the Tigers 19-8 in the second quarter to take a 39-15 lead at the break. However, Voorhees would then start to mount a furious rally in a high-scoring third quarter outscoring the Jackets 27-21 but Allen still held a 60-44 lead heading into the fourth.

After Allen took their largest lead of the second half at 66-48 with 5:24 to play, VU would mount their comeback going on a 16-0 run over the next 5 minutes of play to get within two points of AU at 66-64. However, Jamison-Whitfield secured the win with two cutch free throws with 10 seconds to play before Allen forced a final Voorhees turnover for the victory.

The AU Ladies held the Tigers to just 19 percent shooting from three and only 33 percent shooting overall while AU shot 40.5 percent from the floor.

Junior shooting guard Keyshuna Fair led the Yellow Jackets  offensively with 15 points on 5 of 9 shooting overall and 3 of 5 from behind the arc while also grabbing a steal and an assist. Senior guard Jazeem Bethea then led Allen in steals with four while scoring 9 points and grabbing 4 rebounds. Fellow senior Cardrina Nolen also added 6 pints, 5 rebounds and a steal while junior guard Destinee Jamison-Whitfield finished with 8 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists.

Junior Guard Kayla Pope scored 8 points with 3 assists and a steal as well while junior shooting guard Tatanyi Morris set a season high with 8 points. Junior forward Jaida Reddin also scored 6 points with 3 rebounds, 2 steals and a block.

Come out Saturday to see the Yellow Jackets host Benedict at 2 and 4 pm.