WILMINGTON, Del. – The No. 20 Holy Family University women's basketball team had a chance to send the game to overtime, but a potential tying shot at the buzzer was off the mark in a 68-71 loss at Goldey-Beacom on Saturday afternoon. 
 
Trailing 53-59 with six and a half minutes remaining, an Amy Ngo (Fort Washington, Pa./Upper Dublin) 3-pointer sparked seven unanswered and a 10-1 run that ended with a Kaelah Carter's (Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker (The College of Saint Rose)) triple putting the Tigers on top 63-60 with 3:56 to go. 
 
The Lightning came back with the next eight points though, to go ahead 63-68 with just 46 seconds left.
 
A Carolyn Prevost (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery) layup and Jessica Riepe (Marlboro, N.J./Marlboro) 3-pointer cut the deficit to a single possession at the respective 37-second and nine-second marks, but GBC would make 3-of-4 free throws in the final 15 seconds before the potential tying shot missed. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Carter led Holy Family with 16 points, a game-high four assists and two steals
• Prevost finished with 15 points on 4-of-4 field goals and 7-of-8 free throws and a team-high four rebounds
• Riepe added 14 points, including making 4-of-8 3-pointers
• Ngo contributed nine points on 3-of-4 shooting, while Kara Meredith (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Archbishop Wood) matched Prevost with six boards

 
Inside the Box Score

• HFU made more field goals (24-23) and 3-pointers (10-7) and shot a higher percentage (45.3-41.8), while also out rebounding GBC 37-27, but the Lightning made eight more free throws (10-18) and turned a 14-7 turnover advantage into a 7-14 edge in points off turnovers

 
How it Happened

• Goldey-Beacom led by as many as 11, 15-26, 2:32 into the second quarter, but six different Tigers scored in a 14-6 run to end the half to cut the deficit to three entering the locker room
• Back-to-back 3-pointers by Riepe and Carter gave HFU its first lead, 44-41, since the 5:22 mark of the first period with 4:41 to play in the third
• Carter then made a foul shot to match the Tigers' largest advantage, but a 2-7 GBC surge put the Lightning back on top prior to a Prevost layup knotting things up at 51 entering the fourth
• Goldey-Beacom opened the final quarter with eight of the first 10 points prior to HFU's 10-1 run

 
Up Next
The Tigers close out their regular season with a 1 p.m. tip at Jefferson next Saturday.