HOUSTON, Texas – A late push in the final minutes of the game wasn't enough for the Lady Braves to pick up the victory against Prairie View tonight at the Toyota Center. The Lady Braves season ended tonight with a 66-59 loss to the Lady Panthers.
Angelica Wilson-Reid scored the first basket of the game for the Lady Braves but the Lady Panthers controlled the 1
st half.
Prairie View started a 12-0 run which put them ahead 12-2 at the 16:17 mark.
Just over 13 minutes to go in the 1
st half, the Lady Braves managed to get the lead down to seven, 22-15 at the 3:43 mark.
But Prairie View closed out the 1
st half with a 10-4 run to take a 32-19 lead into the locker room.
After the break, Prairie View held a comfortable lead over the Lady Braves.
At the 12:08 mark of the 2
nd half,
Jasmine Cunningham stole the ball and
Olivia Brown finished with a layup to cut the lead to 38-32.
Both teams traded basket for the next 10 minutes but the Lady Braves powered back in the final minute of the game.
Back-to-back three pointers by
Norianna Haynes and Brown trimmed the Lady Panthers lead to 61-55 with .47 seconds to play.
A few missed free throws by the Lady Panthers kept the Lady Braves alive. Cunningham drove the length of the floor and made a tough layup to put the Braves down four, 61-57 with .36 seconds to go.
But the Lady Panthers made their free throws down the stretch to put the Lady Braves away.
Cunningham led the Lady Braves with 14 points and five steals. Haynes and Wilson Reid each had 13 points while Brown chipped in 12 points.
