SEWANEE, Tenn. –
Micha Lovelace made two free throws with 0.7 seconds remaining, completing a 6-0 run to end the game in Sewanee's 67-65 victory over Centre College in the season finale for the Tigers in women's basketball action Saturday in Danville, Ky.
Hannah Cleveland, who netted a team-high 17 points, made a jumper with just over a minute to play and
Adison Howard's two foul shots with 21.6 seconds evened the game at 65, the third tie of the final quarter. The Colonels missed a jump shot and the Tigers (9-16, 2-2 SAA) called timeout with just over a second to play.
Howard passed to Lovelace under the goal, where she was fouled and made the two attempts for the game-winning points, her only points of the game.
Sewanee tied the contest three times in the fourth quarter, the first on an old-fashioned 3-point play by Cleveland two minutes into the period and the second on two free throws by
Janie Boyd with just under four minutes remaining.
Field goals from Ryleigh Campbell and Tessa Miles pushed the Colonels in front, 65-61, with two minutes on the clock, but the home team missed a pair of shots and committed a turnover to end the game.
That left the door open for the Tigers, who took advantage to end a 10-game losing streak.
Keating-Rendon connected on 4-of-6 from behind the arc and netted 14 points while Howard and Boyd each netted 10 points. Sewanee shot 55 percent from the field and 7-of-14 from 3-point range in the contest.
Miles paced the Colonels with 17 points off the bench, Lilly Reid collected 11 points and KaNiah Edelen and Claire Russell both finished with 10.
Centre scored eight of the first 10 points of the game and led 15-6 after an old-fashioned 3-point play from Miles with four minutes left in the opening period.
Olivia Falvey answered with a 3-pointer and
Elliott Porter and
Grace Gavin each posted field goals, cutting the Colonels advantage to 17-13 after the first period.
The Tigers used a 10-2 spurt in the second period to take their first lead of the contest. Keating-Rendon made a 3-pointer and Howard and Boyd netted baskets before another triple from Keating-Rendon put Sewanee in front, 25-22.
Keating-Rendon added another three later in the quarter before an 8-1 run by Centre, including two baskets by Russell. Cleveland answered with a 3-pointer, but Miles collected a pair of baskets and the Colonels led, 40-36, at the half.
The Tigers quickly knotted the score in the third period thanks to field goals from Cleveland and
Eliza Everett and Keating-Rendon's fourth triple of the game put Sewanee in the lead, 43-42.
Midway through the quarter Cleveland netted a jumper and a triple for a 52-49 edge, but the Tigers scored just two points over the final four-plus minutes of the period. Miles posted a basket plus the foul late in the quarter and one foul shot by Russell put the Colonels ahead, 55-54, headed to the final quarter.
