CLEVELAND, Miss. – Haris Price made a layup with 0.2 seconds left to give Lee University (17-8, 14-6 GSC) a 54-53 win over Delta State University (18-5, 15-5 GSC) on Saturday at Lloyd Clark Court-Walter Sillers Coliseum.
 
Inside the Matchup

• Score: Lee 54 | Delta State 53
• Matchup:  Hawks (18-8, 15-6 GSC) | Lady Statesmen (18-6, 15-6 GSC) |
• Series: Series tied 3-3
• Date:  Sat., Feb. 20, 2016 | 2 p.m. (CST)
• Location: Walter Sillers Coliseum | Cleveland, Miss.

How It Happened

• The Lady Statesmen took a 7-2 lead after a Chelsey Rhodes 3-pointer with 5:31 left in the half.
• A Flames layup with 24 seconds left cut the Lady Statesmen lead to 11-9 heading into the second period.
• Kaelin Kneeland made a jumper and a Becca Ruckes free throw gave DSU a 22-13 advantage at the 4:22 mark of the second quarter.
• The Lady Statesmen carried a 27-21 lead into halftime after a Rhodes layup with 25 seconds left.
• Delta State kept the lead between 6-8 points throughout the third quarter taking a 41-35 lead into the final quarter.
• Lee cut the lead to 46-45 on a Price layup and then grabbed its first lead of the game on a Erin Walsh 3-pointer with 3:52 remaining.
• A three-point play by Mary Carol Davis gave DSU a 49-48 lead with 3:18 to go followed by Anissa Jackson increased the lead to 51-48 with 2:57 left in the fourth.
• Jackson made two free throws give DSU a 53-50 lead with 59 seconds to go.
• Price made a layup to cut the lead to 53-52 with 41 seconds showing.
• The Lady Statesmen did not score on their next offensive possession giving the ball back to Lee with 14 seconds left setting up Prices game-winning layup at the buzzer.

Notables              

• The game marked the final regular season home game for three Lady Statesmen seniors Chelsey Rhodes, Becca Ruckes and Antionette Riddle.
• The loss dropped the Lady Statesmen into a tie with Lee for the second seed in the GSC standings with a 15-6 record.
• Rhodes' 16 points increased her career points total to 1,673 points and passing pass Tanya Redmond (1,662 pts./1995-98) and Caroline Boclair (1,632 pts/1998-01) for sixth.
• Rhodes went 1-for-7 from 3-point range and is now 194-of-583 for her career from long range, ranking second in both categories.
• The Lady Statesmen fell to 10-2 this season and 1-2 all-time vs. Lee at home this season.
• The Lady Statesmen 7.7 percent (1-of-13) shooting from 3-point range was a season low.
• Anissa Jackson followed Rhodes with a season-high 12 points and seven rebounds.
• Ruckes finished with a team-high eight rebounds.
• Walsh led Lee with 24 points while Christina Johnson collected a game-high 10 rebounds.

Who's Next?

• Delta State closes out the 2015-16 regular season against Mississippi College on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Clinton, Miss.