HOUSTON, Texas – Tayler Jefferson scored a career-high 29 points, leading four Huskies in double figures, but visiting Delaware State scored four points in the final two seconds of overtime to defeat Houston Baptist, 84-83, Saturday evening from Sharp Gym.
Jefferson went 8-of-10 from the floor, 5-of-6 from beyond the arc, and 8-of-10 from the line in her memorable night for HBU (3-13). Shanice Steenholdt had 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Rachel Arthur scored a career-high 14 points, while Erin McGarrachan added 10. HBU had a season-high eight blocks in the game, four by Ashleigh Nwanguma and three by Steenholdt.
Tierra Hawkins came off the bench to score 29 points for Delaware State (3-10), while grabbing a game-high 11 rebounds. Tasia Bristow had 18 points, while Keyanna Tate had 12 points and Chelsea Dukes had 10.
There were three ties in the first four minutes of the game before HBU used a 13-4 run to lead DSU by 9, 19-10, with 13:35 left in the first half.
Leading 27-19 with seven minutes to go in the opening half, HBU scored six-straight points for its largest lead of the game, 14, 33-19, with 5:22 remaining, after a layup by Wiebke Bruns.
The Lady Hornets closed out the first half on a 16-5 run to trail HBU by just three, 38-35.
Jefferson led HBU with eight points at halftime, while Hawkins had 16.
Dukes' three pointer two-and-a-half minutes into the second half tied the game at 40-all. A three pointer by Jefferson jump-started the Huskies, who led the Lady Hornets by seven, 49-42, after a layup by Steenholdt.
DSU answered with seven-straight points to tie the game at 49-all with 9:41 remaining in regulation. The ninth-straight points by the Lady Hornets, by Bristow at the 9:28-mark, gave DSU its first lead of the contest, at 51-49.
After the seventh tie of the game, the two teams traded baskets and leads before Jefferson took over, nailing two treys in a span of less than a minute to give the Huskies a 57-55 lead with 6:49 left in regulation.
The Lady Hornets got as close to two points and trailed the Huskies by as many as seven, on two separate occasions. With HBU leading 67-60 with 1:20 left in regulation, DSU outscored HBU 10-3 to send the game to overtime. N'Kayah Kersey hit a three-pointer to start the rally and Bristow made a basket and the ensuing free throw for a three-point play to tie the game at 70.
With momentum clearly on the DSU side, the Lady Hornets opened overtime on an 8-3 run for their largest lead of the game, 78-73, with 2:26 remaining.
HBU battled back to tie the game at 78-all with 1:36 remaining, following a basket by McGarrachan and free throws by Devyn Weymouth and Steenholdt.
HBU led DSU by three, 83-80, with 10 seconds remaining after a made free throw by McGarrachan. After an HBU timeout, Dukes banked in an off-balance long two-pointer with two seconds remaining. The leading scorer for the Lady Hornets, Hawkins, then stole the ensuing in-bounds pass, spun around, and made a layup at the buzzer, completing an improbable comeback by DSU.
HBU will look to regroup as the Huskies head to New Orleans to face the New Orleans Privateers on Sat., Jan. 12 at 2 pm.
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COURTESY HOUSTON BAPTIST UNIVERSITY HUSKIES ATHLETICS
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