PENSACOLA, Fla. – The University of West Alabama women’s basketball dropped a 68-61 overtime decision to West Florida on Sunday afternoon at the UWF Fieldhouse. The contest was the third overtime outing for UWA (7-12, 1-4) this season.

Valerie Harris led the Tigers with 17 points, marking her 31^st career double digit game. Keiara Middleton added 14 while Danielle Baldwin dropped in 10 points. Omeshia Frost paced UWA on the glass with seven rebounds, tying her career-high.

Trailing the entire second half, a layup by Baldwin with 1:42 to play in regulation capped a 13-4 run by UWA to tie the game at 59-59 and sent the contest into overtime. UWF (7-13, 2-3) opened with the first four points of the extra session. A pair of free throws by Middleton pulled the Tigers within two, 63-61, with 1:49 to play, but back-to-back scoring trips by the Lady Argos, including a trey from Tiffany Williams with 21 ticks left, secured the seven-point victory for UWF.

UWF opened the second half with a 14-5 run, reaching its largest lead of the game, 11 points at the 14:25 mark. The Lady Argos maintained the double digit lead until a Jenni Thomley jumper with 11:01 to play in the second stanza. The jumper sparked a 7-0 run by the Tigers that pulled them to 48-46 with 8:29 to play in the second half. A quick, answering 7-0 spurt by UWF pushed the lead back to seven with 6:27 remaining.

UWA opened with the first basket of the contest, but witnessed a 15-4 run over the next five and half minutes that put the Tigers down 15-6 with 14:11 to play in the first half. The Red and White followed with a 7-0 run to narrow the gap to 15-14 with 8:48 to play in the opening stanza. UWF pushed the lead back out to as many as seven following the run before heading into the locker room up 30-28.

Jessica Young led UWF with 22 points and 11 rebounds.

West Alabama returns to action on Thursday, Jan. 29 as UWA hosts in-state foe Montevallo. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. The game will be streamed over the internet on the B2 Network and live stats will be available at athletics.uwa.edu.