HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Brewton-Parker women's basketball traveled to Hattiesburg, Mississippi for a Thursday night matchup at William Carey (Miss.) in the first game of the final weekend of SSAC regular season play.

The Lady Barons (20-6, 12-5 SSAC) unfortunately slipped on the road to the Crusaders (16-8, 10-7 SSAC) in a 79-61 loss, snapping the 11-game winning streak.

"We were punched hard today by a good team," Head Coach Steve Edwards said. "We didn't have it tonight and a lot of that was because of how well WCU played."

"We were on an 11-game winning streak, and I believe today was a great example of how tough it is to win in our conference," Edwards added. "We will learn from this, and we look forward to our final regular season game at Blue Mountain on Saturday."

How It Happened | 1st Q

• The Crusaders opened the game on a hot streak, jumping to a 13-2 lead in the first six minutes.
• Madison Evans scored the lone bucket for BPC at the 9:12 mark before the Lady Barons were able to respond with a jumper from Sy-Marieona Williams at the 3:10 mark and a free throw from Evans at the 2:32 mark.
• William Carey closed out the quarter with a jumper in the final seconds to lead 15-5.

How It Happened | 2nd Q

• William Carey began the second quarter by adding three more points to the advantage, leading 18-5 with 8:13 remaining.
• After a free throw from Chardell Jones, the Crusaders added back-to-back scores to move to a 16-point lead with free throws from A'Aliyah Clay and Keaynna Tolbert gaining two points back for the Lady Barons.
• Williams knocked in a shot from the perimeter to pull the deficit down to 12 points with 4:46 left.
• The Crusaders wrapped up the half with an 11-6 run to lead 34-17 at the break.

How It Happened | 3rd Q

• Daisha Terry opened things in the third quarter, scoring the first bucket of the half at the 9:33 mark.
• After three-straight free throws from the hosts, BPC produced a trey from Terry and a free throw from Angel McRae to cut the deficit back to 14 points with 6:42 remaining.
• Over the next few minutes, Brewton-Parker outscored William Carey 16-10 to knock the deficit under double figures to make the score 47-39 with just over two minutes to play.
• After a quick jumper from the hosts to move to a 10-point edge, Evans snuck in a layup in the final seconds of the quarter to move the Lady Barons behind the Crusaders, 49-41.

How It Happened | 4th Q

• A trey from Terry at the 9:11 mark moved the Lady Barons as close as seven points behind WCU, but the Crusaders managed to respond with four points to move to a 55-44 lead with 8:29 on the clock.
• After a pair of scores from the charity stripe off the hands of Tolbert, the hosts managed to cruise to a victory by holding a double-figure advantage for the remainder of the quarter.
• The Lady Barons were able to get as close as 71-61 at the 2:07 mark, but that was the closest they would get down the stretch as William Carey closed out the quarter with eight unanswered points to win 79-61.

Inside The Statistics

• As a team, Brewton-Parker shot for the second-lowest percentage of the season at 29.4% (20-of-68) from the floor, 29% (9-of-31) from three, and 52.2% (12-of-23) from the charity stripe.
• Williams led the way with 16 points followed by Evans with 13.
• McRae and Williams both notched four steals each while McRae led with seven rebounds and four assists alongside Evans.

Other Notables

• Brewton-Parker struggled off the glass as William Carey held a 48-29 edge in rebounding.
• The Lady Barons managed to pick up 13 steals off 26 turnovers from the Crusaders, scoring 18 points from the host's miscues.
• The loss snaps an 11-game winning streak that dated back to Jan. 3 at Talladega (Ala.).

Next Up

• The Lady Barons wrap up the regular season at Blue Mountain (Miss.) on Saturday.