Lady Wildcats Drop Heartbreaker to No. 14 Lady Patriots

MCKENZIE, Tenn. – The (RV) Bethel Lady Wildcats lost a heartbreaker Thursday night in Crisp Arena, falling 68-65 to No. 14 University of the Cumberlands.

Bethel trailed 20-12 after the first quarter and 33-26 at the half. The Lady Wildcats entered the fourth stanza down 52-44.

Behind the scoring of Kylie Reynolds and Alyia Lee in the fourth, the Cats   whittled away at the deficit and then with two free throws by Madison Hart with 59 seconds left in the game found themselves tied 65-65.

 Cumberlands' Destiny Howorth nailed a three-pointer with eight seconds left to put the Pats up 68-65. Bethel's Lauren Bryant missed a three-pointer at the buzzer and UC survived moving to 15-5 overall and 3-1 in the MSC. Bethel dropped to 13-7 and 0-4. The rare home loss saw Bethel drop to 162-33 all-time in Crisp.

Reynolds (10) and Lee (5) teamed up for 15 of Bethel's 21 points in the final quarter. Reynolds led Bethel with 15 points, Lee followed with 14 while Hart had 11 points.

Kassie Monday led UC with 18 points. Victory Fredricks scored 10 for the Pats.  

Cumberlands shot 43 percent from the field while Bethel finished at 39 percent from the floor. The Lady Cats connected on 7-of -18   three- point attempts. UC had six treys. The Lady Cats left some points on the court however, hitting just 20-of-31 fee throw attempts.

The Lady Cats remain at home Saturday, hosting No. 9 Georgetown (17-3, 2-2)  at 1 p.m.

The Tigers let a second half lead get away and fell to No. 22 Freed-Hardeman 64-51 Thursday in Henderson.

Stats:

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