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Women's Basketball 2017-18
Steve Simoneau
61
USC Upstate UPST 6-11, 1-1 ASUN
62
Winner Stetson STET 10-8, 1-1 ASUN
USC Upstate UPST
6-11, 1-1 ASUN
61
Final
62
Stetson STET
10-8, 1-1 ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
USC Upstate UPST 16 9 27 9 61
Stetson STET 11 17 12 22 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Athletic Communications

Hatters Edge USC Upstate Behind Historic Fourth Quarter Rally

Stetson battled back from down 14 to Win

DeLand, Fla. -- Trailing by 14 points with nine minutes to play, Stetson rallied down the stretch for a monumental 62-61 come-from-behind victory over visiting USC Upstate Saturday afternoon at the Edmunds Center.

The Hatters (10-8, 1-1 ASUN) took the lead for good on a Brittney Chambers putback with 40.1 to go, capping the team's largest fourth quarter comeback in school history.

"There was a lot of time," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said.  "There was 8-10 minutes left and that's a lot of time.  I didn't think we needed to panic.  For me, you just can't try and get it all back at one time.  We got stops and we converted down the stretch."

The Hatters trailed 59-47 with 5:32 to go when Sydney Wagner's 3-pointer pulled Stetson within nine.  McKenna Beach's three-point play made it a six-point game, and a short runner from Kendall Lentz cut the deficit to four.  After a pair of Upstate free throws pushed the lead back to six, Beach buried a 3-pointer with 1:49 on the clock to pull Stetson within three.

Another defensive stop led to a Chambers' lay-up, making it a 61-60 game with 1:04 to go.  Beach then grabbed her fourth steal of the quarter to give Stetson the ball with a chance at the lead.

After a 30-second timeout, Chambers took the inbounds pass, drove the lane, missed her first attempt but grabbed the rebound and put in the eventual game-winner.

"We just kept encouraging each other," Chambers said about the comeback. "(McKenna and I) tried to pick up the group. 'Ken' brought a lot of energy and that's what we needed."

Bria praised the play of both Beach and Chambers down the stretch.

"You have to have some people make some plays, both offensively and defensively, and I thought those two did that."

Beach and Chambers each scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds, none bigger than Chambers' offensive rebound on the go-ahead basket.

"I am trying to get on the offensive glass more," Chambers said. "(Rebounding) is a big emphasis, so I am just going in strong, getting my own rebound if I don't finish the first time and putting it back in."

The Hatters led 28-25 at the break, but Upstate (6-11, 1-1) outscored Stetson 27-12 in the third quarter behind five 3-pointers.

"I thought the third quarter just killed us, but what I really liked about what we did is I thought our team just fought," Bria said.  "In the fourth quarter, probably the last five or six minutes we played with a real sense of urgency."

After shooting just 25 percent in the first three quarters, the Hatters were 9-for-19 (.474) in the fourth quarter.  The victory improved Stetson to 7-1 at home this season.

The Hatters will look for a weekend sweep at 1 p.m. Monday against NJIT.

Notes:
  • Stetson previous largest fourth quarter comeback was a seven-point rally against Bethune-Cookman in 2016.
  • Stetson had 22 offensive rebounds and 16 second chance points
  • The Hatters held a 44-40 advantage on the glass and outscored USC Upstate 36-18 in the paint
  • McKenna Beach had six steals, including three in the fourth quarter
  • USC Upstate hit nine 3-pointers
  • Beach and Chambers each played a full 40 minutes
  • Stetson has had three double-digit comeback wins this season (SIUE, Texas State, USC Upstate)
  • Kennedi Colclough did not play due to injury.  Jordan Tully made her first career start in Colclough's place.
About Stetson University Athletics: Stetson University's Athletics Program has a vision of developing a culture of champions athletically, academically and within the community. This vision is accomplished through a mission of recruiting and developing student-athletes, coaches and staff, creating a culture of champions, within and outside of competition. The department operates with five core values: Championship Culture, Integrity, Excellence, Pride/Tradition and Leadership. To learn more about the Vision, Mission and Core Values for Stetson Athletics, visit GoHatters.com and click on Mission Statement under the Inside Athletics tab.

 
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