The UMBC women’s basketball team lost in overtime to Binghamton 72-66 in the second round of the America East Conference Tournament. The Retrievers ended their season 15-13.
Binghamton scored first in opening seconds of the game with a rewarded foul shot. UMBC battled back and forth with the throughout the half with nine ties and seven lead changes. The Retrievers ended up with the lead at halftime at 30-27.
The second half seemed much like the first. Binghamton’s Jen Blues scored a three-point shot in the first 15 seconds of the half. UMBC answered back with three-pointer from Sharri Rohde off a pass from Matea Pender. There were two lead changes and two ties before the Retrievers took the lead at 5:43 left in the half when Brittine Hughes scored a layup, bringing the score to 51-50. UMBC went on a small 7-2 run before Binghamton’s Rachel Laws would score a jump shot to start the Bearcats’ run at the basket. With 20 seconds left in the game, the Bearcats scored eight more points to tie the score at 60-60. The Retrievers tried twice to retake the lead in the final seconds but a missed jumper and three-pointer would send UMBC into overtime.
The overtime started out with Binghamton scoring a three-pointer from Shea Kenny to take the lead. Hughes fired back with a jumper and a three-pointer to give the Retrievers the lead 65-63. The Bearcats came back to score a jumper and back-to-back lay-ups to pull ahead 69-66 with 32 seconds left in the extra period. Binghamton would seal the win making three out of four foul shots awarded in the final seconds.
Rohde led UMBC in scoring with 14 points and three assists. Pender and Hughes followed behind with 13 points and two assists while Amanda Robinson added nine points. | 