MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – It was a day full of fanfare and celebration as the women's basketball program hosted Life (Ga.) for Senior Day to wrap up the final home contest in Gillis Gymnasium for the 2022-23 campaign.

The Lady Barons (20-5, 12-4 SSAC) gathered their 11th-consecutive win on Saturday by soaring past the Running Eagles (13-13, 5-11 SSAC) in a 74-67 victory. Prior to tip-off, the women's basketball program honored several senior student-athletes for their hard work and dedication to the Lady Barons' program. Those recognized were Cisley Copper, Nakayia Green, Chardell Jones, Keaynna Tolbert, and Sy-Marieona Williams.

"We had a long break away from play this week and we knew today was going to be a battle," Head Coach Steve Edwards said. "We found a way to make some big plays late in the game and we are finding ways to win despite not having our A-game."

How It Happened | 1st Q

• After an opening bucket from Life, the Lady Barons moved to a 5-2 lead in the first few minutes of play before Tolbert gathered a turnover for a steal and laid score in for a three-point lead with 6:16 on the clock.
• After a couple of minutes, the Running Eagles notched back-to-back buckets while taking advantage of a BPC turnover to lead 8-7.
• Life recaptured the lead with a jumper at the 4:22 mark after a free throw from Madison Evan. The Lady Barons answered with a huge perimeter jumper off the hands of Keonya Mincey to lead 11-10 with three minutes left in the quarter.
• The visitors responded with a pair of scores from the charity stripe to reclaim the lead, but Evans scored in the paint to capture the lead for BPC.
• Life managed to close out the quarter with three free throws to eventually equalize the score 15-15.

How It Happened | 2nd Q

• Williams opened things up in the second quarter, knocking down a trey to give BPC a three-point advantage, but Life leveled things just moments later with a trey of their own.
• Buckets from Daisha Terry and Micah Bess moved BPC's lead to 23-20 before the Running Eagles leveled the score yet again at the 6:17 mark.
• Terry sparked a 7-0 run from Brewton-Parker with Angel McRae finding a bucket followed by a three-pointer from Tolbert to advance the score to 30-23, leaving 4:39 on the clock.
• Life began to claw its way back into the game, going on a 9-2 run to level the score yet again at 32-32 with over two minutes to play in the half.
• After a layup from Tolbert, the Running Eagles put together seven points to lead by five points before Samerria Bryant closed out the half with a trey for BPC, pulling the deficit down to two points at the break.

How It Happened | 3rd Q

• Life moved to a 42-37 lead to open the third quarter with Brewton-Parker taking the next couple of minutes to pull within a one-point deficit with buckets from McRae and Tolbert.
• Both A'Aliyah Clay and McRae converted back-to-back jumpers in the paint to recapture the lead with a 45-43 advantage with 6:20 on the clock.
• The Running Eagles tied the game with 4:32 on the clock, scoring a fastbreak layup before following up with another fastbreak score at the 4:10 mark to lead 47-46.
• Brewton-Parker pieced together three points from the foul line to reclaim the lead, but Life managed to score four points within 20 seconds to level the score twice on two-straight trips down the floor.
• BPC took care of the final moments scoring two points from the charity stripe as well as a perimeter score from Copper to lead 56-51.

How It Happened | 4th Q

• The fourth quarter began slowly with the first score coming at the 7:46 mark with a jumper from Copper finding the net.
• Life went on a brief 5-2 run over the next two minutes to pull within a two-score game behind 60-56 with 5:33 remaining.
• Copper knocked down another trey to help give BPC yet another seven-point advantage.
• After four free throws from the visitors, Brewton-Parker surged to a 13-point lead with Copper sparking the 8-0 run with a jumper from the perimeter.
• The Running Eagles managed to finish the last two minutes with a 7-1 run, but the Lady Barons had just enough cushion to hold off for the win.

Inside The Statistics

• As a team, Brewton-Parker shot for 43.8% (28-of-64) from the floor, 33.3% (8-of-24) from three, and 52.6% (10-of-19) from the charity stripe.
• Tolbert led with 14 points followed by McRae's double-double, scoring 13 points and snagging 12 rebounds.
• Copper also notched double-figure points, scoring 11.
• Evans dished out four assists followed by McRae's three.

Other Notables

• Life led 42-37 off the glass and led 9-7 in steals as well.
• BPC gave up five fewer turnovers than LU, as the Running Eagles were 18-13 on turnovers.
• Brewton-Parker moves to an 11-game winning streak in the new year while riding a five-game streak over Life.

Next Up

• The Lady Barons wrap up the regular season with a road trip set for William Carey (Miss.) next Thursday night and a matchup at Blue Mountain (Miss.) next Saturday.