The Colorado College women's basketball team erased an 11-point first-quarter deficit to build a six-point lead with eight minutes to play, however Southwestern University stunned the Tigers with a late three-point bucket to escape with a 71-68 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference victory on Friday night at Robertson Arena.
 
Taylor Carney scored the pivotal triple with 19 seconds remaining and the Pirates sealed the win by going 4-for-4 at the free-throw line during the final eight seconds.
 
After Anna Fanelli scored on a layup with to extend CC's lead to 57-51 with 8:05 remaining in the game, the Tigers missed an opportunity to close out a win by going scoreless during the next four minutes. Zoe Tomlinson broke the scoring drought to put her team back in front 59-57.
 
The Pirates took a 64-61 lead when Mia Paz sank a pair of free throws with 2:37 to go, only to see Colorado College answer with a pair of baskets from Rosie Braley and a free throw from Fanelli to give the Tigers a 64-66 edge with 30 seconds remaining.
 
Southwestern scored more than half of its points from long distance, going 12-for-36 from behind the arc. CC connected on nine of 34 attempts from three-point range.
 
The Pirates led 28-17 at the end of the first quarter when they drained six three-pointers. Colorado College clamped down on Southwestern's outside attack during the next 20 minutes and allowed only two three-pointers while outscoring the Pirates 35-23.
 
Ellie Ward, who finished 4-for-10 from three-point range, led the Pirates with 19 points.
 
Zoe Tomlinson led the Tigers with a season-high 16 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
 
Fanelli produced 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
    
      
Colorado College Standouts
Audrey Bayston produced 13 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
Rosie Braley finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.
 
Southwestern Standouts
Princess Roberts grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds and scored nine points.
Lauren Fulenwider scored 12 of her 15 points during the first half, all from behind the arc.
 
Notes
Colorado College slipped to 3-7 overall and 1-1 in the SCAC.
Southwestern improved to 5-4 overall and 1-0 in conference play.
 
Next for the Tigers
Colorado College finishes its two-game trip to Texas on Saturday against Texas Lutheran University in Seguin. The game is scheduled to tip off at 2 p.m. MT.