The Little Rock women's basketball team came out with a 75-61 win at Southern Indiana, thanks to an outstanding shooting performance by graduate guard
Sug Williams. Williams set a career high with 21 points, shooting 8-of-10 from the floor with five made free throws.
Jordan Holman contributed 20 points with eight rebounds.
Jayla Brooks shot 6-of-9 from the field, 4-of-5 from the three, ending the night with 16 points.
It was a tight game going into the final quarter, with Little Rock leading 47-43. Little Rock's lead was extended to 10 at the 6:19 mark with an assist by Brooks to Holman for the layup.
The Screaming Eagles didn't lay down, cutting the lead back to just five points with a series of layups and free throws by Ali Saunders and Chloe Gannon, respectively, with 4:07 on the clock.
USI's Triniti Ralston kept the momentum going, draining a three with 3:33 left to go. Little Rock led 61-56. The Trojans then took another double-digit lead with just 1:04 left to play, when Brooks drained a three-pointer. Little Rock took the lead 70-59.
With just 48 seconds left in the fourth, USI head coach Rick Stein was called for a technical foul after Brooks took an elbow to the face and a foul was called on USI. This set the Trojans up for four free throws, which
Brenna Burk converted on three of the four. That sealed the deal for the Trojans.
Little Rock's largest lead came in the final 45 seconds of the game, with a 16-point lead.
The Trojans shot 53.1% from the field, 40% from the three, and 60% from the free-throw line. Little Rock held USI to just 40.8% shooting and forced 16 turnovers.
USI was led by Gannon with 16 points and five rebounds. Ralston contributed 12 points, shooting 3-of-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the three.
Little Rock moves to 11-11,overall, and 9-4 in conference play, while Southern Indiana is 16-8 overall, and 8-5 in the conference.
The Trojans now head to Morehead, Ky. to face the Morehead State Eagles (8-15, 3-10) Saturday. Tipoff is set for 10 a.m.
