HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The University of West Alabama women’s basketball team snapped a four game losing skid and earned its first road win of the season with a 66-58 win over the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The Tigers (8-14, 2-4) forced 23 UAH (6-17, 2-6) miscues and scored 23 points off of the turnovers.

 Valerie Harris led UWA with 19 points and 10 rebounds. The double-double was the sixth of the Lake, Miss-native’s, career. Omeshia Frost and Danielle Baldwin also tallied double figures for the Tigers with 16 and 11 points respectively. Stephanie Gehlhausen paced the Lady Chargers with 18 points and eight rebounds. Ashley Boykin chimed in 12 points in the setback.

UWA, which outscored the Lady Chargers 37-23 in the final frame of the contest, found itself down 41-31 in the first four minutes of the second half, but the Tigers rallied to tie the contest at 41-41 on a layup from Harris. A three pointer by Jessie Clark with 11:19 to play gave UWA its first lead since the 2:19 mark of the first half at 44-43. UAH regained the lead on a jumper by Candace Lee with 8:37 to play. Four quick points from Harris put the Tigers back up 51-48 with just over seven and half minutes to play and UWA never trailed again in the contest.

West Alabama will return to Pruitt Hall on Thursday, Feb. 12 to face GSC East Division leader West Georgia. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. The game will be available via live stats at athletics.uwa.edu and streamed over the internet on the B2 Network.