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WBB Morgan Helgesen UT Tyler LSC SF 2324
70
Winner Tex. Permian Basin UTPB 24-6,17-5 Lone Star
68
UT Tyler UTT 25-8,18-4 Lone Star
Winner
Tex. Permian Basin UTPB
24-6,17-5 Lone Star
70
Final
68
UT Tyler UTT
25-8,18-4 Lone Star
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Tex. Permian Basin UTPB 13 21 12 24 70
UT Tyler UTT 18 11 16 23 68

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Falcons Pull Off Thrilling Win Over Patriots

FRISCO, Texas – It went right down to the very end as The University of Texas Permian Basin women's basketball team (24-6) beat UT Tyler (Receiving Votes) (25-8) 70-68 in a Lone Star Conference Tournament Semi-final game, Saturday night at Comerica Center.

This is the first time that UT Permian Basin has advanced to the Lone Star Conference Championship game.  It's the Falcons first conference final appearance in nine years (Heartland Conference – 2014-15).

For the first almost five minutes, UTPB and UT Tyler went back-and-forth on the scoreboard.  Down 8-6 with 5:03 to go, the Patriot scored nine straight points to make it 15-8 at the 3:47 mark.  UTT led by four to seven points the rest of the period.

In the second period, down 21-15 at the 7:47 mark, UT Permian Basin made its move.  Sophomore Makala Bingley hit a tough shot in the paint.

That started a 15-3 run to put UTPB up 30-24 with 2:18 left.  The Falcons led the rest of the period.

In the third period, UT Tyler began to chip away.  The Patriots took the lead back with 27 seconds to go.  Graduate student Alexus Quaadman hit a bucket with 10 seconds left to put UT Permian Basin up 46-45 going into the last period.

The final period was just a battle as only once was the lead, either way, more than four points.  UTT looked to be in control, up 65-61 with 2:33 to go.

Bingley dropped in a bomb from the Jersey Shore to close to 65-64 at the 2:11 mark.  She hit two free throws with 1:36 left to put UTPB up 66-65.

Tied at 66, graduate student Kamryn Lemon hit two charity tosses to make it 68-66, Falcons with 46 seconds left.  Eight seconds later, UT Tyler scored to tie it once again.

The Falcons pushed the ball down court quickly and senior Andreea Mancha hit a jumper in the paint.  That put UT Permian Basin up 70-68 with 31 seconds to go.

The Patriots worked for the last shot.  UTT missed a 3-pointer, got the rebound and saw the second chance shot fall short in front of the buzzer.

For UT Permian Basin, Lemon had 28 points, two steals and was 10-of-19 from the floor and 8-of-10 from the line while Mancha scored 15 points with two triples.  On the boards, sophomore Khiara Flugence had nine rebounds while Quaadman pulled down eight.

Quaadman pushes her career rebound total to 1004, the first UTPB player, male or female to reach that mark.  Quaadman is also the first player, male or female, in UTPB history to have 1000 points and 1000 rebounds.

WBB Celebrate LSC semi-finals 23-24

For UT Tyler, Frances King and Martina Machalova scored 13 points each.

UT Permian Basin will play Texas Woman's in the Lone Star Conference Championship Final, Sunday, Mar. 10.  The game, which is in Frisco, Texas, is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.  The winner gets an automatic berth to the NCAA Division II national tournament.

- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN –
 
 
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