Our Lady of the Lake (Tex OLLU 28-6

Campbellsville (Ky.) CAMP 33-3

Our Lady of the Lake (Tex OLLU

28-6

Final

Mar. 16, 2019

Campbellsville (Ky.) CAMP

33-3

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Our Lady of the Lake (Tex OLLU	27	17	21	29	94
Campbellsville (Ky.) CAMP	17	17	23	31	88

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 3/16/2019 10:31:00 PM | Jordan Alves

Late fourth quarter rally falls short, Our Lady of the Lake upsets Lady Tigers in quarterfinals

BILLINGS, Mont. — One win away from tallying the most wins in a single season, top-seeded Campbellsville women's basketball lost to three-seeded Our Lady of the Lake by six points, 94-88, on Saturday night in NAIA National Tournament.

The loss ends the Lady Tigers season at 33-3 overall and the Saints (28-6) advance to their first NAIA Fab Four in program history.

A controversial ending to a great season made Saturday night's game go down with negatives all around. After getting behind 10 points in the first quarter, and 16 points with 7:44 left in regulation, Campbellsville had a major rally but never could regain a lead.

Trailing by 16 points, 73-57, the Lady Tigers started clawing their way back in a hurry. CU held the Saints without a field goal for almost five minutes in the fourth quarter and ended up tying the game at 85-all with 45 seconds left.

In that run, it was Savannah Gregory and Jordan Doram leading the charge. Gregory scored 10 of her 23 points in the final 10 minutes and Doram backed her up to score nine of her 15 points in that span.

The rally started after Gregory cut the lead to 10 points, 80-70, with 4:54 left. She finished the night with three Edward Jones 3s and her 23 points led the scoring for Campbellsville.

Madison Kaiser cut the lead to single digits with one of her two 3s in the final 4:21 to cut into the deficit, 80-73. On the ensuing possession, Doram took a charge to give CU the ball right back and she was rewarded with a nifty pass from Gregory to subtract the lead to five, 80-75.

After hitting 1-of-2 free throws, Doram cut the lead to four, 80-76, and Madison Faulkner scored two of her 18 points at the charity stripe to make it a two-point game, 80-78.

Kasey Saldana hit a 3-pointer with 2:29 on the clock to end the field goal drought for the Saints to extend the lead to five, 83-78. After that it was Gregory scoring five straight to get the lead down to two again, 85-83.

Doram tied the game at 85-all with 45 seconds left and Our Lady of the Lake turned the ball over on its next drive. But the Lady Tigers fell victim to one of their 21 turnovers on the night to give the ball right back.

With 16 seconds, the Saints took a two-point lead, 87-85. The Lady Tigers called timeout to advance the ball past half court but a missed 3 by Kaiser and CU foul sent the nation's best free throw shooter - Saldana – to the stripe. She hit both free throws to extend the lead to four, 89-85.

CU called its last timeout to advance the ball past half court and Kaiser nailed her last 3 of the night with 1.1 seconds left cutting the lead to one, 89-88. Then the controversy started.

After the 3, another timeout was called by CU, but the Lady Tigers didn't have one. A technical was assessed and Saldana hit 1-of-2. Now with 1.1 seconds left, the Saints had the ball under the CU basket. A long pass into the front court was thrown away but Our Lady of the Lake was bailed out with a foul call.

Coach Ginger High Colvin didn't like the call and was given a technical foul – which was the second assessed to the bench. The officials took about five minutes to sort out the free throws and technical shots before the Saints finally ran the clock out.

Even though the Lady Tigers had a chance late, CU struggled at the free throw line by only hitting 69 percent (18-of-26). The 33 points off 21 Campbellsville turnovers was a season-high given up by the Lady Tigers as well.

The season comes to a close for the Lady Tigers after reaching the NAIA Quarterfinal for the fifth time in the last six years.

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