Lady Bobcats fall to UPJ in OT

Wesleyan forward Atavia Blake (34) drives to the basket in the second half for two of her 10 points Thursday in the Lady Bobcats’ 71-67 overtime loss to Pitt-Johnstown. Photo by BRIAN BERGSTROM/The Record Delta

BUCKHANNON — The West Virginia Wesleyan Lady Bobcats erased a 16-point halftime deficit, but came up short in overtime Thursday in a 71-67 loss to the Lady Mountain Cats of Pitt-Johnstown.

Wesleyan trailed 41-25 at halftime, but held UPJ to just 17 second-half points and fourced 14 turnovers in the period, knotting the game with 40 seconds left on a 3-pointer from Allie Browne. Another 3-pointer by Browne opened the overtime scoring and gave the Lady Bobcats their first lead since the opening minutes of the first half, but UPJ reeled off a 10-1 run and never trailed through the rest of the extra period.

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