BARTLESVILLE, OKLA. – The No. 2 seeded East Central University women's basketball team fell in a nail-biting double-overtime game against No. 7 Arkansas Tech in the 2018-19 Great American Conference Championship Tournament quarterfinals.

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Scoring
 

• First Quarter: 17-22
  • The Golden Suns (14-15) took a 10-2 lead in the first three minutes
  • The Tigers (21-8) followed with a 4-0 run in the next 30 seconds
  • ECU kept fighting and cut the deficit to one (12-11) with four minutes left
  • ATU followed with a 4-0 run to push its lead back to five (16-11) over the next minute
  • The teams traded shots in the final minutes of the stanza
• Second Quarter: 19-17 (36-39)
  • The Tigers' disadvantage was kept between 3-6 points for the first 4:30 minutes
  • The Golden Suns then went on an 8-2 run over the next 2:30 minutes to push the lead to nine
  • In the final three minutes ECU went on an 8-2 run
• Third Quarter: 14-11 (50-50)
  • The Tigers came out ready to fight and cut the deficit to one (41-40) in the first 2:30 minutes
  • Both teams then went cold for the next 2:15 minutes (6:14 on the clock)
    • Jr. Sam Schwab hit one free throw to tie the game at 41
    • No basket by either team until 5:54 remained – ATU layup
  • ECU took its first lead of the game with 5:07 remaining (45-43)
  • The teams then traded shots for the final five minutes
  • Tied at 50 with 1:12 left and stayed that way through the end of the stanza
• Fourth Quarter: 12-12 (62-62)
  • The Golden Suns took control early in the quarter going on an 8-2 run
    • Led 58-52, 5:29 on the clock
  • An And-1 by Jr. Madison Nickens cut the deficit to three (60-57)
    • That started a 5-0 run that cut the lead to one (60-59) with three minutes to play
  • ATU followed with a 2-1 run to keep control of the scoreboard
  • With 54 seconds left, So. Madison Rehl stole the ball at mid-court and had an easy lay-up to tie the game at 62
  • With 30 seconds remaining the Golden Suns threw the ball out of bounds on their baseline
  • ATU then stole the ball from the Tigers with 4.0 seconds left
  • The Golden Suns had one more chance but missed a three-point attempt as time ran out to force overtime
• Overtime: 6-6 (68-68)
  • ATU went on a 2-0 run in the first 2:30 minutes of the period
  • ECU tied the game 2:21 remaining on a layup by Sr. Lakin Preisner
  • The Tigers then got one free throw from Rehl (1:55) to take a one-point lead
  • The Golden Sun responded with a jumper, with 1:36 left to take a 66-65 lead
  • Sr. Tia Williams gave ECU a two-point lead with a three-pointer, with 43 seconds left on the clock
  • ATU was sent to the free-throw line with 23 seconds left, making 2-of-2 to tie the game at 68
• 2^nd Overtime:
  • The Golden Suns gained the lead early, going on a 5-0 run in the first two minutes
    • Included 2 trips to the free-throw line 4-of-4
  • Williams got the Tigers back on the board with 2 free throws, with 3:40 left
  • ECU cut the deficit to one (73-72) with three minutes left to play
  • The teams traded shots in the remaining time, with an ATU free throw allowed them to hold on to a two-point advantage, with 13.9 seconds left
  • ECU missed a three-point attempt, but Schwab was followed on the put-back with 1.5 seconds remaining
    • Missed both shots, but the Golden Suns got the ball after it went out of bounds with 1.1 seconds remaining

Tiger Quick Shots

• Like the 2018-19 game vs. ATU in Ada, the game came down to free throws
  • Free Throws: ECU – 17-of-22 (77%) / ATU 20-of-29 (69%)
  • Field Goal Pct.: ECU – 26-of-76 (34%) / ATU 24-of-76 (32%)
  • 3PT Field Goal Pct.: ECU – 7-of-26 (27%) / ATU – 6-of-21 (29%)
• The Tigers saw three players score in double-digits
  • Williams: 18 pts., 5 reb., 1 block
  • Preisner: 17 pts., 16 reb. (career high), 2 assists. 1 steal
  • Rehl: 13 pts., 5 reb., 3 assists, 1 steal
• Preisner tallied her first double-double since Feb. 16 vs. Oklahoma Baptist
  • 12 overall and 9^th in 2018-19
  • 17 pts., 16 reb. (career high)
  • Tied for 4^th on the ECU Individual Career list
    • Tied with Rebecca Cotton (1994-96) and Sandi Mitchell (1993-94)
• Preisner and Williams both had 13 points in the first half
• The last time ECU played an overtime game was No. 16, 2017 vs. Arkansas Tech
  • At the Kerr Activities Center – L, 74-84
• First double-overtime game for the Tigers since at least the 2008-09 season (records currently available)
• First double-overtime games played in the GAC Championship Tournament
• Williams will leave the Tigers with a spot on three ECU Career Record Book spots
  • Games Played: No. 2 – 112
  • 3PT Field Goals: No. 3 – 145
  • 3PT Field Goals Attempted: No. 6 – 382
• Williams also earned two spots on the ECU Individual Season Records Book
  • 3PT Field Goals: No. 3 – 68
  • 3PT Field Goals Attempted: No. 6 – 164
• Preisner will leave the Tigers on three ECU Career Record Book spots
  • Free Throw Pct.: No. 1 - .941 (160-of-170)
  • Assist/Turnover Ratio: No. 6 – 1.41
  • Double-Doubles: No. 4 – 12
• Preisner also earned two spots on the ECU Individual Season Records Book
  • Free Throw Pct: No. 1 - .956 (65-68) (2017-18) / .931 (95-of-102) (2018-19)
  • Rebounds: No. 10 – 246
• Jr. Stefany Lourenco made it to No. 2 on the ECU Individual Season Steals List – 63
• As a team ECU set seven Team Season Records
  • Points: No. 9 – 1,976
  • Field Goals Attempted: No. 10 – 1,708
  • 3PT Field Goals: No. 1 – 243
  • 3PT Field Goals Attempted: No. 3 – 681
  • 3PT Field Goals Pct.: No. 4 - .357
  • Free Throw Pct.: No. 5 - .745
  • Steals: No. 9 – 236
• Preisner will also have a chance to repeat at the NCAA Statistical Champion in Free Throw Pct.
  • Ranked No. 3 coming into the game and made all 6 attempts today
• The Tigers 21 wins ranks them No. 3 on the All-Time Best Season Records
  • No. 1 – 30-5 (1995-96)
  • No. 2 – 23-10 (1982-83)
  • No. 3 – 21-8 (2018-19)
    • This was just the third season with 15-or-more wins in the NCAA era
    • 13^th time with 15-of-more wins all-time