CAU Panthers, 6-2 overall, are a work in progress

Clark Atlanta University (in black) played a preseason game at Georgia Tech in November. The Panthers started the regular season 6-0 before losing two in row last week. Photo by Menra Mapfumo/The Atlanta Voice Clark Atlanta Panthers men’s basketball head coach Alfred Jordan sat on a section of bleachers under one of the baskets inside L.S. Epps Gymnasium on a Friday afternoon. His team was back home after playing consecutive games in Alabama the previous week and going through a regularly scheduled workout. The Panthers, 6-2 overall, won’t have a game for another week when they host the Lane College Dragons (3-2 overall) on Saturday, Dec. 16. Jordan, dressed in team gear that matched his black Jordan 15’s, hopes that game will be the start of a winning streak and the end of his team’s current two-game losing streak. “Put 45 on the clock and let it run,” Jordan said, referring to the scoreboard clock that doubles as a workout timer. The week of practice and workouts without a game in between might be the break the Panthers need, according to their coach. Clark Atlanta won eight games last year, Jordan’s first as head coach at his alma mater. The...