The Tuskegee Golden Tigers could easily have an 8-6 record instead of a 6-8 record at this point of the season.  After starting with a 2-0 record in the SIAC, Leon Douglas' team picked up two stressful losses on the road in Georgia.  A 68-62 setback to Fort Valley State was followed with a 100-99 loss to Clark Atlanta in double overtime that ended on a controversial goaltending call.  But, the week wrapped up well for Tuskegee, as the Golden Tigers will go into the season-long four-game road trip after coasting to a 90-72 victory inside the 'Chappie' James Center agaisnt Claflin on Monday.

In Monday night's win, Keith Winn, Jr. caught fire against the Panthers, scoring 12 of high game-high 16 points in the first half by shooting a perfect four-for-four from the three point line.  He also finished with four assists, and shot six-of-eight from the floor for the game.  After Claflin led for most of the first half, Winn hit one of his three-pointers to give Tuskegee their first lead at 30-28 with 5:48 remaining in the opening half.  In the second half, the Golden Tigers went on a 17-4 run over a seven-minute span, to take a 19-point lead at 63-44 with 11:28 remaining in the contest.  Tuskegee took their largest lead of the game, when Elliot Dean found Graham Olatunji on a dunk to give the home team an 84-64 lead with 1:38 remaining.

The most emotional game of the week (and possibly the season) took place in Atlanta on Saturday night.  In spite of shooting a better percentage from the field than the Panthers (49.4 percent to 44.4 percent), Clark Atlanta was able to force overtime after Dwayne Bingham got a rebound after the ball bounced of the back of a Tuskegee player's leg with three seconds left.  He hit the  three-point shot as time went out to force overtime with the game tied at 84-84.  Double overtime was forced when TU's Graham Olatunji got the inbounds pass from Dean and leaned over the CAU defender to get the layup with just a second remaining on the clock, tying the game once again at 93-93.  

Double overtime set up the controversial ending, as neither team had scored since Bingham got a fast break layup with 49 seconds left on the clock.  With one second remaining, Jarrel Joye shot a midrange jumper that looked as if it was blocked by Olatunji.  But, the referees said that the ball was going down by the time it had been blocked, and the points were awarded to Clark Atlanta for the eventual win.  Joye finished with a game-high 23 points, while Olatunji and Richard Dixon tied for team-highs of 19 points for the Golden Tigers.  Camden Foster finished with a double-double, as he had 18 points and ten boards.  Charles Savoy was one point away from a double-double, as he finished with nine points and ten rebounds.

The week started on Thursday, with the 68-62 loss to Fort Valley State.  After the Wildcats led for the first 28 minutes of the game, Tuskegee got their first lead of the night when hit a layup with 12:05 left in the contest to give the Golden Tigers a 52-51 lead.  Moriah Johnson later drilled a three-ball to put Tuskegee up by as many as four points.  But, FVSU retook the lead on a layup from Eugene Thomas with just over nine minutes remaining, and led the rest of the way.  Javier McKinney had a team-high 22 points for TU, but Davey countered with a game-high of 24 points.  Like in the Clark Atlanta loss, Tuskegee shot a better percentage from the floor than their opponents, as TU shot 38.3 percent compared to 37.9 percent for the Wildcats.

The Golden Tigers will partake in a season-long four-game road trip, with games in four different states.  They will be eventually rewarded with a three-game home stand that will take place from Jan. 30th against Miles up until the end of the first week of February, in a contest against Stillman.