MONTEVALLO, Ala. – A 14-6, West Alabama run over the final four and a half minutes leads the UWA women’s basketball team to a 75-67 victory over Montevallo at UM’s People’s Bank and Trust Arena on Saturday evening. The win improves the Tigers to 8-12 overall and 4-2 in the Gulf South Conference.

Four Tigers scored in double figures, led by a career-high 19 points from Valerie Harris. Jessica Thompson poured in 13 points with Omeshia Frost adding 11 points and Jenni Thomley supplying 10 points. Ashton Washington pulled down 16 rebounds, tying her season-high.

UWA led 36-26 at the intermission, but a 19-8 run by the Lady Falcons (5-16, 1-5 GSC) in the first four minutes of the second half gave UM its first lead of the contest at 45-44. The Tigers regained the lead at 46-45 on a jumper from Frost, but the margin would be short lived as Alex Vollmeier hit a jumper to give UM a 47-46 lead. The Lady Falcons held the lead for almost nine minutes before a layup from Washington tied the game at 61-all. Harris gave UWA the lead back, 63-61, on a pair of free throws with 3:48 remaining in the second stanza.

The Red and White opened the contest on an 18-4 capped by a jumper from Thomley with 12:20 remaining in the opening stanza. The Tigers would increase their lead as another trey by Thomley, with just over three minutes to play before the break, gave UWA its largest lead of the contest, 17 points, at 35-18. UM answered with an 8-1 run, led by Jamie Graham and Tiffany Johnson, to close the gap to 10 points at the half.

West Alabama returns to action on Tuesday, February 5, as the Tigers host Mobile in non-conference play. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.  The game can be followed via live stats at athletics.uwa.edu.