MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Brewton-Parker women's basketball traveled to Montgomery, Alabama to take part in the SSAC Women's Basketball Championship in a quarterfinal matchup against Stillman (Ala.) on Thursday night.

The No. 3-seeded Lady Barons (22-6) defeated the No. 6-seeded Tigers (16-13) in a tough battle at the Multiplex, advancing to the semis with a 55-44 victory.

"Postseason wins are tough to get, and we found a way to get things done tonight," Head Coach Steve Edwards said. "We didn't have our best stuff tonight, which had much to do with Stillman. We will get a little rest and toss it up again tomorrow."

How It Happened | 1st Q

• Stillman opened things up with a 5-0 lead nearly two minutes into the opening quarter before the Lady Barons eventually found a bucket from Madison Evans at the 6:58 mark to get points on the board.
• A jumper from Sy-Marieona Williams moments later pulled Brewton-Parker back to just a one-point deficit, leaving 5:40 on the clock.
• After a pair of Stillman scores from the charity stripe, Williams netted another score to remain within a one-point ballgame.
• Stillman closed out the quarter on a 6-0 run in the final three minutes of play to lead 13-6 after the first 10 minutes of play.

How It Happened | 2nd Q

• After an opening free throw from Keaynna Tolbert to move the score to 13-7, the Tigers put together a pair of foul shots to lead 15-7 with eight minutes to play.
• A layup from Tajahnae Wiggins and a trey from Williams pull the Lady Barons within a three-point deficit with seven minutes until half.
• Stillman moved back to a five-point advantage with a score at the 5:43 mark, but Brewton-Parker utilized a 7-1 run over the next three minutes to capture a 19-18 lead.
• The Tigers quickly answered with a trey to lead by two points, yet the Lady Barons were able to close out the second quarter with a layup from Williams and a perimeter shot from Wiggins to lead 24-21 at the break.

How It Happened | 3rd Q

• Stillman came out of the half with a trey at the 9:11 mark to level the game before following up nearly a minute later with a jumper to lead 26-24.
• After an equalizing score in the paint from Chardell Jones, the Tigers took advantage of a foul by converting two free throws to lead by two.
• Another trey from Williams at the 6:35 mark boosted BPC to a one-point advantage, but Stillman responded with a layup to reclaim the lead.
• Evans laid a shot up to give BPC yet another one-point edge before the Lady Barons managed to add to the tally at the 3:16 mark with a free throw from Tolbert for a 32-30 lead.
• The final few minutes resulted in scoreless efforts until under the minute mark as the Tigers scored to level things up with 54 seconds remaining.
• Brewton-Parker finished strong with a trey from Williams and a lay from Evans to give BPC a 37-32 lead with 19 seconds left on the clock.
• In the final seconds, Stillman knocked down a three-pointer to narrowly beat the buzzer to pull within two points of the Lady Barons.

How It Happened | 4th Q

• Williams opened things up with a layup to move the BPC lead to a 39-35 advantage with Evans adding to the Lady Barons' ledger to move to a six-point lead with 7:58 on the clock.
• Both teams traded successful trips to the charity stripe to move the score to a 43-37 ballgame.
• Evans connected on a jumper with 6:45 to play which gave BPC an eight-point advantage but the Tigers were able to piece together some scores to shift their deficit back to five points.
• Angel McRae found her first score of the night at the 5:36 mark to move Brewton-Parker to a 48-41 lead before the offensive production for either side began to slow down as both teams struggled to find a basket in the following few minutes to play.
• Tolbert eventually broke the scoring drought with a fastbreak layup to advance BPC's lead to nine points with 90 seconds remaining.
• With time running away from Stillman, the Lady Barons were forced to the foul line with Williams finding three scores to give BPC a 53-41 lead with 20 seconds remaining.
• Stillman took advantage of a free throw odd a technical foul and followed with a jumper to pull back under single digits, but Williams was fouled late, scoring a pair of free throws to close out the game with a 55-44 victory.

Inside The Statistics

• As a team, Brewton-Parker shot for 36.7% (18-of-49) from the floor, 22.7% (5-of-22) from three, and 48.3% (14-of-29) from the foul line.
• The SSAC 6th Woman of the Year, Williams, produced a total of 27 points on the night while gathering five steals to lead the scoring efforts for both sides.
• Evans also produced a double-digit scoring performance with 12 points as well as four assists.
• McRae led with 13 rebounds to help give the Lady Barons a 45-33 advantage off the glass.

Other Notables

• This is just the second time this season that Brewton-Parker has held their opponent to under 50 points with the last contest being against Faulkner (Ala.) back on Jan. 26 in the 71-46 win in Gillis Gymnasium.
• Brewton-Parker makes the SSAC Women's Basketball Championship Semifinals for the second-straight season and looks to return to the Championship Game for the first time since the 2005-06 season.

Next Up

• The Lady Barons face No. 2-seeded Faulkner at 6:00 p.m. ET in Montgomery.