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Lady Bears drop last-second heart breaker at Co-Lin

By: Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information
Teshia Jones

Women's Basketball | 2/12/2016 8:50:00 AM

Their first road loss of the season came in a most heartbreaking fashion for the Lady Bears Thursday night as arch-rival Co-Lin scored with 0:0.2 to play to pick up a 62-61 win in Wesson.
 
The loss left the Lady Bears at 17-4 overall (8-1 on the road) and 9-3 in the MACJC South Division. Co-Lin moved to 18-3 and 9-3. With the tiebreaker, Co-Lin is now in second place in the South and the Lady Bears are third.
 
After falling behind early, 4-0, the Lady Bears got on the board with Lillie Snowden's three-pointer with 17:52 left in the first quarter. With 13:39 on the clock, the Lady Bears took their first lead of the game, 7-6, on a Gabriella Cortez jumper and they held a 14-6 advantage at the end of the quarter.
 
Snowden's layup with 9:38 to play in the second quarter, closing out a 16-2 run that began in the first, gave the Lady Bears a 16-6 lead. But, a 12-2 run by Co-Lin brought them back to within two points, 20-18, with 5:33 left in the half.
 
After seeing Co-Lin move to within one point, 26-25, with 3:22 showing, the Lady Bears scored the next seven points to go up 33-25 and they went on to take a 33-28 lead into the locker room at the break.
 
After seeing Co-Lin pulled to within a point, 33-32, early in the third quarter, the Lady Bears scored 10 of the next 13 points in the game. Teshia Jones' three pointer with 4:34 on the clock put the Lady Bears on top 43-35. Co-Lin then narrowed the gap to 48-45 at the end of the quarter.
 
A 10-0 run, that began in the third quarter, put Co-Lin on top 51-48 with 8:12 on the clock in the fourth quarter. Cortez nailed a three pointer with 7:01 to play to knot the game at 51-51 before Co-Lin went back up 55-51 with 5:59 left.
 
Free throws from Alissa Adam started an 8-2 "mini run" by the Lady Bears that ended with them taking a 59-57 lead with 0:57 on the clock.
 
The teams traded baskets with time winding down. Co-Lin took a 60-59 lead with 0:16 to go before the Lady Bears went back up 61-60 with 0:03 to play. At that point, fate stepped in and allowed Co-Lin to get the win.
 
"We made some tough plays late in the game, got a few stops and they (Co-Lin) made a tremendous play at the end," said Lady Bears head coach Brent Harris.
 
Speaking of the last play, Harris said, "That offensive rebound's not the one that beat us. It's some of the others in the middle of the game and not finding some of their better players who were hurting us. Those are the things that cost us. They made a great athletic play (at the end). You've just got to tip your hat to them."
 
Cortez topped the Lady Bears with 21 points while Adam and Jones both finished with 11. Adam also recorded 10 assists. The Lady Bears made 12 of 14 free throws.
 
Co-Lin's Kelley Allen led all scorers with 26 points. Co-Lin was 12-19 from the free throw line.
 
The Lady Bears make their final home appearance of the season Monday night when the host South Division foe Jones County. Tipoff is set for 5:30.
 
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Players Mentioned

Teshia Jones

#1 Teshia Jones

G
5' 5"
Sophomore
Alissa Adam

#10 Alissa Adam

G/F
5' 8"
Freshman
Lillie Snowden

#15 Lillie Snowden

F
5' 10"
Sophomore
Gabriella Cortez

#34 Gabriella Cortez

F
5' 11"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Teshia Jones

#1 Teshia Jones

5' 5"
Sophomore
G
Alissa Adam

#10 Alissa Adam

5' 8"
Freshman
G/F
Lillie Snowden

#15 Lillie Snowden

5' 10"
Sophomore
F
Gabriella Cortez

#34 Gabriella Cortez

5' 11"
Sophomore
F