STATESBORO, Ga. – ULM's Daja Chase hit a runner with 0.7 seconds left on the clock, and Alayshia Hunter stole the inbounds pass on Georgia Southern's final possession to lift the Warhawks to a 50-49 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball victory over the Eagles Saturday afternoon in Hanner Fieldhouse.

Patrice Butler hit a pair of free throws to put Georgia Southern on top 49-48 with 1:01 to play. Each team missed on a 3-point try on their next possessions, and ULM had the ball with 15 seconds to play. Eagle Trellanie English-Lurry blocked Chelsea Tieuel's 3-point try, but Ashley Aune got the rebound in a scramble and fed Chase, who drove to the basket, hit the runner and was fouled.

Chase missed the free throw, Angel McGowan got the rebound for Georgia Southern, and the Eagles called timeout with 0.5 seconds left to advance the ball. Georgia Southern tried to lob it to a cutting Butler, but Hunter stepped in front for the interception, sealing the win.

Patrice Butler scored 17 points with nine rebounds to lead Georgia Southern (4-11, 1-5), and Alexis Sams shot 4 of 7 from the floor, scoring 11 points. McGowan finished with seven points, five rebounds and four assists.
  
Tieuel led ULM (7-8, 1-5) with 20 points to go along with five rebounds, while Chase scored 12 points with a team-high nine rebounds.

THE STORY
ULM trailed by seven points early in the fourth, but netted seven straight points to tie the score 43-43 with 4:13 to go, and the game saw three ties and three lead changes the rest of the way. ULM shot 6 for 14 in the final period, while the Eagles made 3 of 12.

ULM jumped out to a 12-2 lead as Tieuel scored six of the team's first 15 points. A three-pointer by Sams and two layups by Butler in the second period was enough to give the Eagles the momentum they needed to tie the game with 1:32 left on the clock. One shot by Butler and four shots by McGowan from the charity stripe pushed the Eagles to a 25-20 lead at the end of the first half. The Eagles continued to lead throughout the third period, ending the frame with a 37-33 advantage over the Warhawks heading into the fourth.

QUOTABLES FROM COACH KIP DROWN
"It was a disappointing loss. When you're trying to build a program, you're really trying to find a lot of positives and that would have been a nice one to have gotten today. I was proud of our kids; I thought we made some improvements in some areas, and I thought we competed real hard. It came down to they made a play at the end and we didn't, and they came out with the win." 

On Alexis Sams and Patrice Butler
 "Alexis is such an integral part of everything we do, and she is kind of an unsung player; she's the glue that holds everything together for us. She had a great Saturday. For her to play Thursday and come back Saturday, I thought she had a great night. Patrice is such a talented player. She keeps battling, she keeps trying to work within the system. I know her best days are still coming up for in the program." 

On Tuesday's Upcoming Game
"We're going to bounce back. One thing I told our players all year is we've been very resilient this whole season. We've had ups, we've had downs, but we kept battling and bouncing back. We expect to do that in Atlanta at Georgia State, and we expect a great effort." 

NEXT UP
The Eagles head to Atlanta to face the Georgia State Panthers Tuesday night at 5:30 p.m. The game will air on ESPN3 and the GS Radio Network, and a point will be on the line in the Southern vs. State Rivalry Series.

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