CARROLLTON, Ga. – A final rally from a 12-point fourth quarter deficit came up short for Delta State University women's basketball (9-4, 4-2 GSC) falling to the University West Georgia (9-3, 4-2 GSC) 65-59 on Monday, Jan. 7, 2018 at The Coliseum.
 
THE BASICS:
Score:  Delta State 65 | West Georgia 59
Records: Lady Statesmen 9-4, 4-2 | Wolves 9-3, 4-2 GSC
Series: Lady Statesmen lead 37-7
Location | Time:  The Coliseum – Carrollton, Ga., | 4:30 pm (CT)     
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Lady Statesmen led 7-2 following an Alondrea Rush 3-pointer just under three minutes into the contest.
• West Georgia went on an 11-0 run to build e 14-9 lead on a Zaria Bankston bucket with 1:25 left in the opening quarter.
• Delta State scored the final four points of the first quarter to trim the UWG lead to 14-13 on an Ernesha Chatman shot with one second left.
• Chatman knocked down two free throws to put the Lady Statesmen up 19-16 at the 7:00 mark of in the second quarter.
• The Wolves went on a 7-0 run to forge back ahead 29-24 with 1:55 to go before halftime.
• A Frederica Haywood rebound and put back cut UWG's advantage to 29-26 at intermission.
• Delta State cut the deficit to 31-28 on a Quantesha Patterson jump shot two minutes into the third quarter.
• Kilah Nixon gave UWG a 38-31 lead with 3:29 left in the third quarter before a 3-point play by Kirstin Brown cut the deficit to 38-34 with 3:02 to play.
• Nixon would knock down a jumper at the third quarter buzzer to give the Wolves a 48-38 advantage going to the final period.
• The Wolves claimed a 12-point lead with 6:10 remaining in the fourth when Aysha Harris made a shot in the paint.
• Johnson scored six points during a late 8-0 run to get DSU within five, 62-57, with 1:06 left.
• Two free throws by Lee Ashley with 19 seconds to play pushed the UWG lead to 64-57.
• Johnson hit two free throws to cut the deficit to 64-59 with six seconds before UWG'sJessica Brown closed the scoring, sinking a free throw with five seconds to go.

 
TURNING POINT
 

• West Georgia used a 7-0 run with 1:55 left in the second quarter to seize the lead for good, 29-24.

 
STAT OF THE GAME
 

• The Wolves shot 53 percent and took advantage of 13 Lady Statesmen turnovers in the second half

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
 

• Rush scored five points to push her career points total to 1,075 points and needs three points to move into 33^rd. Shawnna Wright (1997-2000) is currently third with 1,077 career points.
• The Green-and-White fell to 4-2 on the road this season.
• Rush went 1-of-2 from beyond the 3-point line to remain ranked third in career-pointers made (190).
• Chatman led the Delta State scoring attack with 14 points followed by Johnson with 10.
• Haywood had a team-high seven rebounds.
• The Wolves have won the last three games in the series and trail the overall series 38-7.

 
UP NEXT
 
The Lady Statesmen return to Walter Sillers Coliseum to host the University of West Florida on Thursday, Jan. 10 at 5:30 pm. Philip Tang will call the action on the Statesmen Sports Network beginning 5:15 pm CT.