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FARMVILLE, Va. - Senior forward Deja Watson hit an 18-foot jumper from the right corner to give the Morehead State women's basketball team its first and only lead Saturday against Gardner-Webb and an apparent win over the Runnin' Bulldogs, but a loose ball foul was whistled against MSU with 0.3 seconds left, and Courtney Epps hit two game-tying free throws. In the overtime period, GWU outscored MSU 14-4 to pull out a 75-65 win in the Longwood Lancer Classic at Willett Hall.
The Eagles fought back from double digits to tie the game on a Watson layup with 1:50 left and then took the lead on her jumper with 9.4 seconds left. Epps had the ball stripped near the end line as time wound down, but a foul was called on Chynna Bozeman and Epps hit both free tosses to send the game into overtime. Epps then scored nine of her 19 points in overtime. The Eagles fell to 3-3, while the Runnin' Bulldogs improved to 5-1.
Bozeman led the Eagles with a season high 23 points, including four of MSU's 10 three-pointers. Senior Tiffany Hamilton scored a season high 18 points, hitting 4-of-7 from three-point range. Freshman forward Ashar Harris had her fourth double digit rebounding effort with a team and game high 13 boards.
Dominique Hudson and Epps led the Runnin' Bulldogs with 19 points each. Margaret Roundtree posted 15 points, while Sandra Viatkute tallied a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds.
The Eagles shot only 30 percent for the game, including being held to 24 percent in the first half when they trailed 30-24. In the second half, MSU improved to 41 percent. GWU's inside presence proved to be tough for the Eagles as they were outscored 26-10 in the paint. MSU held its own on the boards, however, only being out-boarded 43-40.
With 6:19 remaining, the Eagles trailed 53-44, but two minutes later a Hamilton trey brought MSU back to within three at 57-54. LaTroya Pope hit a jumper to push the GWU margin to 59-54. Bozeman canned a three-pointer with 2:35 left, and after a missed three-pointer by Hudson, Watson got a feed on the block and managed to power up a layup to tie it at 59.
The Eagles forced GWU to miss a shot with 41 seconds left. With the shot clock under 10, Watson got the ball on the right side from 18 feet and drilled the go-ahead shot. On the other end, it appeared the Eagles had the game put away after Epps lost the ball. Both Epps and Bozeman ended up on the floor, the ball went out of bounds, but the foul was called as time expired.
Morehead State plays the host Longwood Lancer on Sunday at 2 p.m.
