Box Score (Rolla, Mo.) – It was a game of runs on Thursday night at the Bullman Multi-Purpose between Missouri S&T and Wisconsin-Parkside. Fortunately for S&T it had the last one as it rallied from a nine-point deficit with less than six minutes to play to upset the 24^th ranked Rangers 69-66.

Both sides opened the contest shooting the ball extremely well as the two sides traded baskets for the first nine minutes of the game. The Lady Miners (6-4, 2-0 GLVC) went on the game's first run outscoring Parkside (6-3, 0-1 GLVC) 12-2 over a six minute stretch turning a 17-15 deficit into a 27-19 advantage on a three by Senait McLeod (Miami, Fla./Coral Reef). The Rangers would cut it to 29-24 on an old-fashioned three-point play by Gaby Bronson with less than four minutes left in the half.

S&T responded with another run, this time scoring 10 of the next 12 points to take its largest lead of the half at 37-26 on a free throw by Karli Sample (St. Joseph, Mo./Benton) with 0:23 left. Parkside trimmed the lead to eight on a three by Alayna Cutter with 0:03 left in the stanza.

The Lady Miners shot 50 percent (12-for-24) from the floor in the opening frame, were 4-of-7 from downtown and 9-for-14 at the foul line. They were led in scoring by Hailee Parks (Sullivan, Mo./Sullivan) with eight points and Katelyn Heil (Dexter, Mo./Dexter) with seven. Each team had 14 rebounds in the first 20 minutes.

The Rangers were 12-of-26 (46.2 percent) in the first half, 3-of-7 from three and only 2-for-2 at the foul line. Jalessa Trussell and Jenna Endisch had six points apiece while Bronson and Cotter dropped home five each.

Parkside opened the second half scoring six of the first eight points to trim the S&T lead to 39-35 less than three minutes in. The Lady Miners would push the lead back to seven on a layup by Kylie Cooper (Andover, Kan./Andover) and a free throw from Taylor Jensen (Farmington, Mo./Farmington).

The Rangers countered on the other end with a three from Endisch sparking a 9-2 surge which eventually tied the game at 44-44 with 12:10 to play. Parks gave S&T the lead back with a layup as the two sides started trading baskets over the next three minutes.

The game was tied at 50-50 with less than eight minutes to play when Parkside hit the Lady Miners with a 10-1 run giving them their largest lead of the night at 60-51 with less than six minutes to play.  Endisch had eight of the 10 points in the run.

S&T scored six straight points to cut the deficit to three, but Endisch hit yet another three to extend the lead to 63-57 with 3:39 remaining. The Lady Miners refused to go away as Parks put the team on her back scoring six straight points tying the game on a pair of free throws with 1:15 left.

Toni Knar (Mundelein, Ill./Mundelein) was whistled for a foul on the ensuing possession sending Trussell to the line for a 1-and-1. She would miss the first and Heil came away with the rebound with under a minute to play.

Cooper put S&T back in front for good burying a 10-foot jumper with 0:34 left for her sixth field goal of the contest. Trussell had a chance to tie the game on the next possession, but missed a layup. Heil again secured the rebound and was fouled. She made both free throws to make it a four point contest with 0:15 left.

Trussell cut it to one hitting a three from the top of the key with 0:11 left. Forced to foul the Rangers fouled Parks, who made the first and missed the second keeping it a two-point game. Tara Knapstein got the rebound and gave it to Sierra West. West tried to race up floor, but lost control of the ball and McLeod reached in forcing a held ball which gave possession back to S&T with 0:03 left in the game.

Parks was again fouled and had a chance to ice the game, but she made only 1-of-2. Endisch's three-point to tie the game from three-quarters court was off the mark and the Lady Miners snapped a three-game losing streak to Parkside.

S&T shot 50 percent in the second half and for the game making 23-of-46 from the field. It was just 4-of-10 from three, but had a sizeable advantage at the foul line. The Lady Miners shot 28 free throws to just eight for the Rangers and made 19 of those. Parks had a double-double for S&T finishing with a game-high 21 points and 10 rebounds. Cooper finished with 13 points and three rebounds. Heil added nine points while McLeod and Knar dropped in seven each.

Parkside finished the game shooting 46 percent (26-for-57) from the floor, 8-of-20 from three and was 6-for-8 at the charity stripe. Endisch led the Rangers with 20 points, 14 in the second half, while Trussell dropped in 15. Parkside held a 32-28 edge on the glass.

The Lady Miners are back at home on Saturday when they play host to Lewis University at 1 p.m., at the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building.