Raleigh, NC—The Bluefield State Women's Basketball team lost 74-75 in overtime against the Falcons of Saint Augustine's University tonight in Raleigh, NC.

Box Score

For the game, the Lady Blues shot 38% from the field, 23.5% from three, and 66.7% from the free-throw line. The Falcons shot 37.1% from the field, 29.4% from three, and 54.5% from the free-throw line.

The Lady Blues forced 23 turnovers while committing 21. The Falcons out-rebounded the Lady Blues 52-48.

Tonight's game was very evenly matched, both teams having the lead at different times throughout the game. At the break, the game was all tied up, 28-28.

Towards the end of the third quarter, Lady Blues had a 7-point lead, but the Falcons went on a 6-2 run. The Lady Blues took the lead 47-44 heading into the fourth quarter.

The Lady Blues were down by 4 points with under 1-minute remaining in the game. After a layup by Tanasia Blake and a jumper by Lyndsay Hatfield, the Lady Blues were down by 3 points with 12 seconds remaining. The Falcons turned the ball over to give the Lady Blues a shot to tie the game, which is exactly what happened. Lyndsay Hatfield passed the ball to Chaunte McDowell, who made a three-pointer to tie the game 68-68.

In ovetime, the game continued to be close and the Lady Blues just ended up on the wrong end of the game by 1-points, 74-75.

Sophomore Chaunte McDowell (pictured) was close to a double-double with 21 points and 8 rebounds. She also had 4 assists and 1 steal. Junior Tanasia Blake had a career high of 18 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. Freshman Lyndsay Hatfield had 16 points, 3 assists, and 2 rebounds.

The Lady Blues host Bluefield College on Nov. 30th at 5:30 p.m. in the Ned E. Shott Gymnasium in Bluefield, W.Va.