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April Levy @ Pearl River

Women's Basketball Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information

Lady Bears fall short at Pearl River

Once again, the Southwest Lady Bears and Pearl River Lady Wildcats battled from start to finish. Unfortunately, for the Lady Bears this contest ended as the last one did, with the Lady Wildcats on top, this time by the score of 60-56.
 
With the loss, the Lady Bears dropped to 15-5 overall and, at 7-4, into third place in the MACJC South Division. Pearl River climbed to 16-4 and is alone in the South with a 9-2 mark.
 
Pearl River climbed out to an early eight-point lead, 12-4, with 15:25 to play in the first half and led by the same margin, 15-7, with 10:51 to go. The Lady Bears battled back to go up top 23-21 on a pair of Fredrikah Wilson free throws with 3:40 remaining.
 
After their hosts briefly regained the lead, 26-25, with 2:52 on the clock, the Lady Bears took their biggest advantage of the night, 31-26, on a Katrina Littlepage free throw with 0:56 showing. Pearl River's Kalisha Washington's three-pointer with 0:02 on the clock sent the Lady Bears into the break with a 31-29 lead.
 
Another Washington three-pointer put Pearl River on top 32-31 with 19:44 to play in the game, but the Lady Bears quickly answered with a bucket from Littlepage to reclaim the lead, 33-32, with 18:30 to play.
 
With the exception of four ties, Southwest stayed on top most of the half. A Madison Mault three-pointer with 8:52 left in the game gave the Lady Bears their biggest lead of the night, 48-42, with 8:52 to play.
 
But, the Lady Wildcats would not quit. Behind a pair of Essence Pulliam jumpers, they took a 57-54 lead with 0:22 to play. A pair of late free throws by Littlepage was not enough as the Lady Bears dropped their third straight.
 
"I'm extremely proud of our effort tonight," said Southwest head coach Brent Harris. We were much better than our last outing. We just needed a break here or there and it's a different story."
 
Littlepage scored 19 points and Wilson 11 to lead the Southwest offense. April Levy totaled eight points while Mault had six and Courtney Epting five. Raven Reyes tallied four points, Talisa Sherman two and Tee Myers one. The Lady Bears made 20 of 29 free throws.
 
Washington hit 20 points for Pearl River to lead all scorers. The Lady Wildcats hit 13 of 18 free throws.
 
Southwest will try to regain their winning ways Thursday in Utica as they visit the Lady Bulldogs of Hinds. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:30.

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