LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama women’s basketball team erased a 26-point deficit to snap a four-game losing streak and earn its first conference win of the season in a 76-74 overtime win of the University of Alabama in Huntsville at Pruitt Hall on Saturday afternoon.

UWA (5-10, 1-0 Gulf South Conference) held UAH to only seven made shots in the second half and then outscored the Lady Chargers 11-9 in overtime to pull out the victory. Under Head Coach Amanda Marks, the Red and White improves to 5-2 in conference home openers and 4-3 in conference lid-lifters in her seven seasons at the helm.

Knotted at 74-74 in the extra session, Ashton Washington hit a jumper with seven seconds remaining to lift the Tigers to the victory. The two points were two of her 10 on the night. Irimar Hernandez paced the Tigers with 14 points, Jessica Thompson supplied 12 and Valerie Harris rounded out the double digit scoring efforts with 11.

Trailing 74-71 with 3:14 remaining the extra period, UWA scored the final five points of the contest in the win.

In the second half, the Tigers began narrowing the UAH 12-point deficit, outscoring the Lady Chargers 15-3 down the stretch, capped by two clutch free throws from Thompson with eight seconds left to play in regulation.

UAH reached its 26-point lead in the first five minutes of the second stanza, but a 19-6 run cut the lead down to 13 points with 8:21 remaining in the second half. UAH pushed the lead back out to 17 before UWA made its run to force overtime, as the Red and White outscored UAH 22-5 in the final seven minutes of regulation.

West Alabama returns to action on Monday, January 14, the Tigers host West Georgia at 5:30 p.m. in Pruitt Hall.