Box Score

(Rolla, Mo.) – Toni Knar (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein)'s jumper from just outside the free throw line with 0:50 left in overtime proved to be the game winner as Missouri S&T hung on for a 65-63 win over Maryville on Saturday afternoon. S&T rallied from 16 down early in the second half and gave head coach Alan Eads his 121^st win to become the school's all-time winningest coach.

The Lady Miners (15-5, 9-3 GLVC) were able to win the game despite shooting 25 percent (3-for-12) at the foul line and was 4-of-22 (18 percent) from downtown.

The Lady Miners scored the game's first bucket on a layup by Courtney Kemp (Fredricktown, Mo./Fredricktown) but after that it was all Saints (8-12, 3-9 GLVC).

Maryville shot 43 percent from the floor and from behind the three-point arc in the opening stanza. It led by as many as 12 on two different occasions including 35-23 at the break. The Saints were led in scoring by JoAnn Thompson with 10 points. Abby Duethman had seven while Brittany Fish added six and Kate Childs had five.

S&T shot just 33 percent from the floor and was even worse from three making just 2-of-12 from downtown. The Lady Miners did win the battle on the glass however 20-to-12. Hailee Parks (Sullivan, Mo./Sullivan) had eight to lead S&T while Kemp had five and Knar dropped in three.

Maryville took its largest lead of the game scoring the first four points of the second half on baskets from Childs and Angela Pepowski just under two minutes into the second stanza.

S&T cut the lead to nine on three different occasions but each time the Saints had an answer pushing the lead back to double figures.

The Lady Miners closed to within 46-44 on a three by Knar with exactly nine minutes to play. However, Maryville again had an answer as Samantha Robison hit a three in the corner to push the advantage back to five.

Knar and Duethman traded three's about 0:20 apart to keep the contest at a five-point margin.

Parks brought S&T back to within a point on a layup with 4:46 to play.

Neither side scored for nearly two minutes until Thompson hit a jumper with just over three minutes left.

Parks again made it a one point game, but Courtney Pedersen's layup with 2:08 left pushed the lead back to three.

Fareedah Washington (Forrest City, Ark./Forrest City) scored a pair of baskets 0:22 apart to give the Lady Miners their first lead since the opening basket at 59-58 with 1:22 left.

Pedersen missed a layup and Parks came away with the rebound but S&T was unable to ice the game as it turned it over with 0:38 remaining.

Maryville had a chance to regain the lead as Pepowski went to the foul line with 0:12 left. She made the first but was called for a lane violation on the second negating the second make.

The Lady Miners held for the last shot and Julie Meyer (Marthasville, Mo./St. Francis Borgia)'s jumper at the buzzer rimmed out to send it to the extra frame.

The Saints scored first in OT as Thompson hit 1-of-2 at the stripe to make it 60-59 just 1:15 in.

Meyer gave S&T the lead back with a layup a minute later then Kemp hit a jumper in the paint to make it 63-60 with less than two to play.

The Lady Miners had a chance to ice the game but Knar's three rimmed out and Parks couldn't get put home the rebound with 1:27 left.

Maryville tied the game on Brittany Fish's fourth three of the afternoon with 1:13 to play.

Knar scored on the ensuing possession to give S&T the lead back.

The Saints missed a jumper almost 0:10 later and Parks came away with the rebound. After a couple of timeouts the Lady Miners ran the clock down to 0:16 as Kemp was fouled. She went to the line with a chance to make it a two possession game but missed both.

Maryville got the rebound but was unable to get a shot off as Parks stole the ball from Thompson with 0:03 left to preserve the win.

S&T shot 53 percent (19-for-36) from the floor in the second half and overtime and finished the game shooting 29-of-66 (44 percent). It outrebounded the Saints by a 44-to-36 margin and outscored them 26-10 in the paint.

Parks had a double-double with 21 points and 14 rebounds on 10-for-15 shooting to lead the Lady Miners. The 10 field goals made were a career-high and the 14 rebounds matched her career-high. Knar finished with 13 while Washington had 12 points and 11 rebounds.

Maryville shot just 11-for-36 (31 percent) in the second half and overtime. It finished the game shooting 36 percent (23-of-64) from the field and was 10-for-24 from behind the arc. Thompson had 13 to lead four Saint players in double figures. Fish had 12 while Pepowski had 11 and Duethman finished with 10.

S&T continues its three-game home stand next Thursday hosting Northern Kentucky beginning at 5:30 p.m.