MONTEVALLO, Ala. – Jessica Thompson’s career-high 41 points were not enough, as the University of West Alabama women’s basketball team fell in overtime to Gulf South Conference West Division foe Harding, 98-92, in the second day of the UM Coca-Cola Classic at People’s Bank and Trust Arena.

Thompson, a Valhermoso Springs, Ala.-native, shot over 70-percent from behind the arc on the night, converting on 12 of 17 three-pointers.

Leading much of the game, UWA (0-2) saw a six point advantage with under a minute to play in the game evaporate when HU’s Kelsea Lyda hit a trey, with three-seconds remaining, to tie the contest at 83 all and send it to the extra five minute session.

The Bisons (2-0) pushed out to a three point lead in the first two and a half minutes in the extra frame. The Tigers answered the early run and took a one point edge, 89-88, at the 2:08 mark, on a jumper from Irimar Hernandez, but Harding would go on a 10-2 run over the final two minutes to pull out the victory.

UWA, which held as much as a 14-point lead in the contest, shot 44-percent from the floor on the night. Hernandez posted 16 points for the Tigers with Ashton Washington and Dominique Whitfield each adding 13 points. Whitfield, a Crystal Springs, Miss-native, led the Red and White on the boards with eight rebounds.

Garrison Lakyn paced HU with 22 points, followed by 20 from Lyda. Stacey Owens pulled down a game-leading 17 rebounds to go along with her 16 points for the Bisons.

West Alabama opens the home slate of the season on Saturday, November 24, as the Tigers are visited by Auburn Montgomery. Tip-off is 2:00 p.m. at Pruitt Hall.