BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- They waited 16 years for a shot at an SIAC title.
After Saturday’s heartbreaker, the Albany State Lady Rams are going to have to wait even longer.
Albany State led by five points in the final minute of regulation in the SIAC championship game against Benedict College, but the Lady Tigers stormed back to force overtime and then knocked off the No. 1 seed Lady Rams, 67-64, in OT to win the conference title and earn an automatic bid to the Division II national tournament.
“We had been able to close the deal in almost every game this year,” ASU coach Robert Skinner said. “There are very few games when we haven’t been able to close it out. I’m very surprised.”
Now Albany State, which is fifth in the Division II regional rankings after the program’s best regular season in more than a decade, can only hope to receive an at-large bid to the national tournament to extend its season.
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