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November 12,2026-The Lady Hornets had seven more made field goals and the same number of three-pointers but Ouachita Baptist had a 15 point advantage from the free throw line in a 69-66 OBU win on Thursday night in Arkadelphia, Ark.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Emporia State jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first 1:18 of the game and led 14-7 midway through the opening period.  Ouachita Baptist closed the quarter on an 11-0 run to take an 18-14 lead into the second.

Addie Kirmer broke the run with a three-pointer to open the second quarter and KaeLani Albert-Neha hit a pull up jumper with 9:10 left to give the Lady Hornets a 19-18 lead. The Tigers answered with an 8-0 run and took a 37-28 lead into the break.

The OBU lead would reach 13 points with 3:34 left in the third period when the Lady Hornets began to chip away.  An 8-0 run pulled ESU within 50-45 with 1:28 left.  With less than six seconds left the Lady Hornets missed a three-pointer and Kayden Porter was able to grab a desperation heave from Brooklynn Mitchell in the air and lay it in at the buzzer to give the Tigers a 52-45 lead going to the fourth.

The teams would trade scores through the first half of the fourth quarter as OBU went up 62-54 with 3:48 left on a free throw by Mitchell.  Albert-Neha hit two free throws with 2:59 left and Vanessa Coleman scored on back to back possessions to get the Lady Hornets within 62-60 with 1:39 left.  A layup from Bree Hubbard followed by one of two free throws   from Mitchell gave the Tigers a 65-60 lead with 44 seconds left. 

Albert-Neha scored on a layup with 36 seconds left to make it a three point game at 65-62. The Tigers hit four free throws in the next nine seconds to take a 69-62 lead with 27 seconds left. Valeria De La Fuente Arcala scored inside with 21 seconds left. Mitchell missed two free throws with 21 seconds left and De La Fuente Arcala scored inside to make it a three-point game with nine seconds left.  After a timeout to advance the ball, the Lady Hornets fouled immediately on the inbounds play.  Porter missed both free throws and with no timeouts ESU got down court quickly.  Albert-Neha would score on a layup with 1.2 seconds left for the final margin.
 
A LOOK AT THE STATS
Valeria De La Fuente Arcala had 18 points on eight of 11 shooting with six rebounds to lead four Lady Hornets in double figures.  KaeLani Albert-Neha scored 13 points with a team high eight rebounds, Addie Kirmer had a career high 11 points and Vanessa Coleman added ten points. 
 
UP NEXT
The Lady Hornets are back in action on Friday afternoon when they take on Henderson State. Tip-off from Vining Arena in Arkadelphia, Ark. is set for 12 noon.