Overtime enough for Women's Basketball comeback on Sunday at Colorado College
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – The University of Dallas women's basketball team (9-5, 3-2 SCAC) erased a 12-point deficit at halftime and leaped ahead in its first overtime of the season to secure a 92-86 victory at Colorado College (2-15, 2-4 SCAC) on Sunday afternoon. Dallas matched its season-best scoring output and has won back-to-back conference games since falling in three-straight.
Colorado College scored the first five points, before senior Brooke Hagemann (Oklahoma City, Okla.) got the Lady Crusaders on the board with a pair of free throws. The Navy and White trailed by as many as nine early, but would nip the deficit to 15-12 after a 9-2 run led to that result with 13:25 in the first half.
The Tigers were hot shooting 47.2-percent from the field and 4-of-8 from behind the three-point arc in the opening stanza. Eventually CC opened its first double-digit edge of the day with 5:44 until intermission. Dallas surrendered the most points its allowed in a half on the campaign, and trailed 46-34 at the break.
UD chipped away early in the second frame, bringing the margin to six points, 53-47, after freshman Michelle DeCoud (Monument, Colo.) finished a layup from one of her team-high nine rebounds.
The forward also notched a career-high 27 points in the win.
The Black and Gold countered opening the advantage back to eight points, before the road squad nipped it in half with four unanswered points.
With 5:38 remaining in the game, sophomore Sammi Tso (Las Vegas, Nev.) lifted Dallas in front for the first time with a trey to reflect a 66-65 edge. A free throw from the guard completed the rare, four-point sequence and also capped an 8-0 stretch for UD.
The contest turned into a nail-biter featuring five ties and two big lead changes with under two minutes to play. CC's Francesca Cendali notched a three-pointer to get the home team on top 77-74 with 1:19 minutes remaining.
Hagemann's layup for Dallas with a minute and a pair of free throws from sophomore Seana Stoia (Tulsa, Okla.) completed a 4-0 run.
The Tigers' Danielle Davis went one-of-two from the charity stripe to knot the affair 78-all with 15 seconds. The final two possessions witnessed each team record a turnover and UD had a winning opportunity from Stoia that missed the mark.
In the extra frame, the Lady Crusaders took an early lead from two Hagemann free throws after the first 12 seconds. Colorado College claimed its last advantage, 81-80, of the contest with 3:18 remaining. Tso for UD sank both free throws with 3:02 to tie and take the lead for good at 82-81. The Navy and White outscored CC 10-5 the rest of the way.
Behind DeCoud's personal best performance was Hagemann tying a season-high 24 points, which included a 16-of-18 effort from the free throw line. As a team Dallas went to the line 50 times and totaled an 82 percent success mark.
Tso rounded out the trio of double figure scorers with 13 points, and Stoia pulled down 11 rebounds to match a career-high. Her other time to garner double-digits in rebounding was December 5, 2013 at Arlington Baptist College. DeCoud just missed her fourth double-double of the campaign.
Dallas held an edge on the boards 44-42, and forced 21 turnovers while committing 17.
A quartet of players scored double figures for the Tigers paced by Courtney Tyus with 25. Korbyn Ukasick tossed in 20 points and grabbed a team-best 11 boards. Tyus joined the double-double member with one of her own by garnering 10.
Katie Wirth and Davis added 13 and 10 points, respectively. Colorado College shot 45.1-percent from the floor, while the Lady Crusaders posted a 38.5-clip.
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Dallas returns to the Maher Athletic Center for two conference matchups next week on January 23 and Jan. 24. The Lady Crusaders face Southwestern University and Texas Lutheran University at 6 p.m. and 4 p.m., respectively.