Women's Basketball | 2/26/2014 8:46:00 PM
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February 26,2014-In a top 25 battle the #5 Lady Hornets fell 81-75 in overtime at #23 Pittsburg State on Wednesday night.
The Lady Hornets jumped out to a 13-2 lead to open the game with 11 points coming from Laura Patrick. The Gorillas closed within three at 10:20 left at 21-18 on Alexa Bordewick's lay-up. Emporia State would hold Pitt State to just one field goal the rest of the half. The Gorillas hit eight of ten free throws to stay in the game as the Lady Hornets took a 40-28 lead to locker room.
Emporia State went up 18 on Kionna Kellogg's three pointer with 16:30 left. Pitt State answered with an 11-2 run to cut the lead below double digits.The Lady Hornets led 71-62 with 2:51 left on Desiree Wylie's put back. The Gorillas closed the game on a 9-0 run, tying the score on a pair of Cathy Brugman free throws with 3.3 seconds left.
The Lady Hornets led 75-73 with 2:12 left in the overtime before Brugman's old fashioned three-point play gave the Gorillas the lead. Pitt State would score the final six points of the game from the free throw line to hand Emporia State just their third loss of the season.
Patrick led the Lady Hornets with 20 points while Merissa Quick and Kellogg each scored 12 points.Quick led Emporia State with eight rebounds.
Emporia State can still get a share of the MIAA regular season championship with a Central Missouri loss to Northwest Missouri on Saturday in Warrensburg, Mo.Â
NOTES:
Patrick made four three-pointers to tie Nicole Patry for sixth on the Lady Hornet career list with 157.
Quick's 12 points moved her past Stacy Humphrey into 24th on the Lady Hornet career scoring list with 1,046 points.Â
