Lady Tigers Beat Ole Miss In OT, Again
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Source: LSU Sports
BATON ROUGE, La. After a rare four-point play from senior
Karli Seay towards the end of regulation and a 12-3 dominance in the overtime period, the LSU women s basketball team completed the 75-66 comeback for the victory over Ole Miss Sunday afternoon inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. It was the 950
th win in program history.
LSU is now 8-7 overall and 6-3 in SEC play, while Ole Miss drops to 7-7 and 1-7.
As the seconds waned in the fourth quarter, Seay hit a three-pointer and was fouled in the process. She would complete the four-point play giving the Tigers a brief lead, 63-62 with 12 seconds left, before Ole Miss sent the game to overtime, knocking down a free throw with 1.3 seconds left in regulation.
Rennia Davis scored 21 points and No. 20 Tennessee went 11 of 11 from the foul line in the fourth quarter to hold off Mississippi 68-67 on Thursday night.
The Gators are now 9-6 in the season and 2-5 in the SEC.
Ole Miss scored first and took a 4-0 lead early in the first quarter. The Gators responded with a bucket and after that, both teams struggled to score more.
The scoreboard stayed 4-2 until the five-minute mark of the first quarter. Florida then scored two buckets in a row to get their first lead of the game.
The first quarter stayed as a low-scoring frame, ending the Gators on top 13-10.
Both teams connected more on the second quarter as buckets started going in on both sides. The lead changed six times, was tied eight times, and one team would not have more than a four-point lead for most of the frame.