Women’s basketball outlasts UAB in double overtime thriller, advances to C-USA quarterfinals

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For the fourth time this season, 40 minutes was not enough for the Mean Green women’s basketball team.

But for the first time, even a five-minute overtime period left the game tied.

Finally, after 50 minutes of carnage and bedlam in a game where neither team led by more than eight, North Texas (12-18, 8-10) remained standing in a must-win game against the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The Mean Green were able to outlast UAB 65-62 in double-overtime in the first round of the Conference USA tournament to keep their season alive. North Texas advanced to play No. 1 seed Western Kentucky University Thursday in the quarterfinals.

“We don’t give up, we put up a fight no matter what the scoreboard says,” senior forward Terra Ellison said. “Being 4-0 in overtimes this year shows that we put up a good fight and we’re going to win [in overtime].”

Ellison posted a career-high 21 points while also bringing down 10 rebounds against the Blazers (15-15, 8-10). Sophomore guard Terriell Bradley scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while also sinking the final two free throws of the game to put the Mean Green up three with six seconds left in the second overtime.

Both teams went cold to close out the game in the fourth quarter, combining to score just six points in the final 6:50 of play.

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