ST. LOUIS, MO. – The University of Missouri-St. Louis women's basketball team dropped a 62-60 decision to visiting Southern Indiana on Saturday afternoon in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.
 
The Screaming Eagles converted the game-winner with 34 seconds, while UMSL missed three potential tying or winning shot attempts in the final 22 seconds in a game that featured 13 ties and 16 lead changes.
 
Records: UMSL (7-6, 1-3 GLVC), Southern Indiana (10-3, 3-0 GLVC)
 
How it Happened
UMSL clung to a 16-15 lead at the end of the first quarter and 31-29 at the break after a first half that saw each team hold a five-point lead.
 
Neither team led by more than three in the third quarter with the game going to the final 10 minutes knotted at 45-45.
 
A three-point bucket by senior Arielle Jackson opened up a five-point advantage with 2:28 to play at 60-55, but the Screaming Eagles answered back with a three of their own and later tied it at 60-60 with 1:26 to go.
 
After the eventual game-winner with 34 seconds to play, Southern Indiana's Kacy Eschweiler blocked senior Kaitlynn Henning's shot as she was driving to the basket. The ball stayed with the Tritons who missed the three-pointer. USI then turned it over with 1.9 seconds to play giving UMSL another shot attempt that fell off the rim.
 
Inside the Box Score

• Senior Arielle Jackson finished with a game-high 23 points, while sophomore Alex LaPorta tallied her sixth double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds to go with four assists.
• Freshman Kiara Stewart added 11 boards to help UMSL to a 45-39 advantage in that category. The Tritons held a 14-11 advantage on the offensive end, outscoring USI 16-9 in second chance points.
• UMSL shot 32.1 percent with USI recording eight blocks. The Screaming Eagles shot 38.8 percent.

 
Up Next: UMSL opens a four-game roadswing at Illinois Springfield on Thursday.