Box Score

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Senior Abby Hurlbert (Thomaston, Conn.) hit the game-winning shot as time expired in overtime to lift the Southern Connecticut State University women's basketball team past Saint Michael's College this afternoon, 64-63.
 
RECORDS: So. Connecticut (15-7, 9-5 NE10) | St. Michael's (7-12, 4-10 NE10)
 
1^st Quarter Score: SCSU 10, STM 6
2^nd Quarter Score: SCSU 18, STM 18
3^rd Quarter Score: SCSU 38, STM 38
 
Key Performers
Points: Hurlbert (20), Kiana Steinauer (14), Imani Wheeler (11)
Rebounds: Steinauer (13), Hurlbert (7), Africa Williams (3)
Assists: Wheeler (5), Paige Decker (4), Steinauer (3)
Steals: Wheeler (4)
 
Key Facts
- Kiana Steinauer (Oakville, Ontario) tallied her ninth double-double of the year with a 14-point, 13-rebound performance.
- This is the second game straight that Hurlbert has scored 20 or more points.
- Much like last game in which she scored 16 of her eventual 30 points in the fourth quarter,  Hurlbert scored 10 of her eventual 20 points in the fourth quarter of today's game.
- The game was deadlocked 14 different times.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- SCSU started the game on a 7-1 run and held Saint Mike's scoreless for 4:32 of the first quarter.
 
- Both teams traded points and the lead in the second frame, but the quarter would finish deadlocked at 18 going into halftime.
 
- The excitement heightened in the second half of the game as both teams continued to trade points in the third frame with Saint Mike's eventually taking a brief lead. However the Owls force continued and the quarter finished at a standstill for the eighth time, 38-38.
 
- The script stayed the same in the fourth quarter as the both teams relentlessly battled for the lead. Hurlbert nailed a three-pointer with 1.4 seconds in regulation off a crisp pass from Steinauer to seemingly close out the game. However, Nicole Anderson of Saint Mike's counterattacked with a three pointer of her own to retie it and send it into overtime.
 
OVERTIME
- It was a battle from the beginning for both squads and overtime was no different. The Owls would take an early lead on a 5-0 run in the opening minute, but Saint Mike's rallied back, tying it for the 13^th time this game with 1:11 remaining in overtime.
 
- Murphy Murad (Storrs, Conn.) made two free throws to put the Owls up by two with 1:05 remaining, but Saint Mike's countered with three good free throws-the final two by Samantha Delaney to go up by one with only 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime.
 
- The Owls called a timeout and advanced the ball to frontcourt. Paige Decker (Pleasantville, N.Y.) inbounded the ball to Hurlbert, who knocked down a layup with no time remaining on the clock to lift the Owls past the Purple Knights, 64-63 in overtime.
 
UP NEXT
The Owls are set to host crosstown rival the University of New Haven in Moore Field House on Wednesday, January 31 at 5:30 p.m.

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