Kiki Taylor's 3-pointer with less than a second to play in regulation helped spark the Western Nebraska Community College women's basketball team to a 79-75 overtime victory over Western Wyoming Community College Saturday evening.
Taylor's heroics helped the Cougars tie the contest at 67-67 at the end of regulation after WNCC trailed by as many as 14 in the second half. In the overtime period, WNCC took its first lead of the game with about a minute and a half to play before nailing down enough free throws down the stretch to preserve the win.
WNCC flexed its muscles defensively by holding Western Wyoming to without a field goal in the overtime period. "Defensively, we really stepped it up late in the second half and in overtime," WNCC assistant coach Jennifer Pedersen said. "We hit a couple big shots and we rebounded a lot better."
Tiara Scott paced WNCC in scoring in the game with 18 points. Scott was a perfect 10-for-10 from the free-throw line. Taylor added 11 points for the Cougars and Chelsea Lyles tallied 10.
Dana Iverson canned two 3-pointers in finishing with nine points and also pulled down a team-high six rebounds. Defensively, Lyles totaled four steals and Taylor added three.
WNCC, now 22-1 on the season, hosts Northeastern Junior College on Tuesday.
WNCC 31 36 12 - 79
Western Wyoming 39 28 8 - 75
WNCC
Kiki Taylor 11, Dana Iverson 9, Emma Beddome 7, Tiara Scott 18, Lesley Olson 5, Victoria Martin 6, Alison Cheney 5, Shiraya Soto 4, Aurelie Derenoncourt 4, Chelsea Lyles 10.
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