Box Score (Evansville, Ind.) – The Missouri S&T Lady Miners struggles on the offensive end continued on Thursday night, but it was able to overcome them to defeat Southern Indiana 55-50 in overtime to remain perfect in league play. With the win S&T snapped its two-game losing streak.

The Lady Miners (9-2, 4-0 GLVC) scored the first points of the contest on a jumper from Courtney Kemp (Fredricktown, Mo./Fredricktown) before falling into a hole. Southern Indiana (6-5, 0-3 GLVC) started out shooting hot making six of its first seven taking the biggest lead of the night at 14-6 more than five minutes into the contest.

S&T worked back to tie the game at 15-all on a layup by Kyesha Hall (Dodson, La./) at the 8:14 mark.

It didn't stay tied for long as Cootie Leeburg and Stephanie Carpenter scored the next five for the Screaming Eagles to make it 20-15 a minute later.

Julie Meyer (Marthasville, Mo./St. Francis Borgia) made it 20-17 at the 6:31 mark, but Cayla Herbst pushed the advantage back to five two minutes later.
Hailee Parks (Sullivan, Mo./Sullivan) brought the Lady Miners back to within a basket on an old fashioned three-point play at the 3:39 mark, but

Carpenter answered with her second triple of the half extending the advantage back to five.

Meyer and Parks combined to score the next six points allowing S&T to regain a 26-25 advantage with more than a minute to play in the opening frame. The lead didn't last though as Leeburg hit a jumper at the buzzer to send USI into the locker room with a 27-26 lead at the break.

The Lady Miners shot just 34.5 percent (10-for-29) from the floor in the first half but were able to hang around thanks making 6-of-8 at the foul line. They outrebounded the Screaming Eagles by a 23-to-14 margin but turned it over 13 times.
Parks, Meyer and Senait McLeod (Miami, Fla./Coral Reef) combined to score 18 of the 26 points.

USI shot 44 percent (11-for-25) in the stanza and were led in scoring by Carpenter and Leeburg with 20 of the 27 points.

Parks gave S&T the lead early in the second half with a pair of free throws but it would be their last lead for awhile.

The Screaming Eagles ran off the next eight points to take a 35-28 lead with 15:11 left in the contest.

The Lady Miners cut the lead to 39-36 on a layup by Karli Sample (St. Joseph, Mo./Benton) at the 10:45 mark, but once again USI had an answer scoring the next four to regain the seven point lead.

S&T clawed back with seven straight behind four from Parks and a basket by Carissa Richardson (Sullivan, Mo./Sullivan) to tie the game with 3:39 left.

The Screaming Eagles regained the lead on a layup by Nicole Hazemi just 0:12 later. The Lady Miners tied it again on a pair of free throws by Parks with 3:12 left.

Carpenter gave USI the lead as she got the roll on a 15-foot jumper with 2:54 to play. Parks again responded hitting a pair of free throws to tie it back up with just over two minutes remaining.

After a missed shot Toni Knar (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) committed a foul which sent Leeburg to the line where she made 1-of-2 to give the Screaming Eagles the lead back.

S&T struggled to make a shot and hang onto the ball over the final two minutes missing a three and turning it over twice.

Thankfully for them USI couldn't make a free throw as it was 1-for-4 in the final 0:20. That one though came from Carpenter which gave them a 49-47 lead with 0:07 left.

Meyer sent the game into overtime hitting a fall away 15-footer at the buzzer off a pass from Kemp.

Neither side scored for the first 1:30 of the overtime until Leeburg split a pair of free throws to put the Screaming Eagles up 50-49 with 3:27 to play.

S&T tied it back up when Meyer split a pair with 2:43 left and then took the lead when Parks made 1-of-2 from the foul line with 1:15 left.

USI had a couple of opportunities to regain the lead but a turnover and a missed layup kept the Lady Miners in front.

S&T went ahead by three as Parks broke free from the defense on an inbounds play laying it up and in off a feed from Meyer with 0:17 left.

The Screaming Eagles had one chance left to tie it but Marina Hartman missed a three badly with 0:04 left.

The Lady Miners were able to seal the game away as McLeod was hammered from behind on a fast break attempt by Leeburg. She hit both free throws to ice it.

S&T shot just 31 percent (17-for-55) and were 0-of-9 from three. It was however 21-of-31 at the foul line and held a 47-to-40 edge on the glass. It marked the first time in over six years that the Lady Miners didn't hit a three breaking a string of 177 straight contests.

Parks led S&T with 22 points which included a career-high 12 at the foul line. She finished with a double-double also grabbing 11 boards. Meyer finished with 12 while McLeod matched her career-high with seven points.

USI wasn't much better making just 34.5 percent (19-for-55) from the field but was only 8-of-20 at the foul line. Carpenter and Leeburg combined for 28 of the team's 50 points.

The Lady Miners return to action on Saturday traveling to Owensboro, Ky., to take on Kentucky Wesleyan  at 1 p.m.