GRAMBLING, La. – The Prairie View A&M University women's basketball team lost in overtime at Grambling State 60-55 Monday night in the Frederick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.
 
Tori Carter scored 18 points and added three rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Lady Panthers (8-16, 3-9). Dominique Newman scored 13 points and Jeronia Allen added 10 points, eight boards, and two assists off the bench for Prairie View A&M.
 
Tough first-half defense propelled the Lady Panthers to a 27-16 halftime lead, holding the first-place Tigers (12-12, 10-3) to 7-for-27 shooting in the first 20 minutes.
 
After Grambling St. took a 38-37 lead after three periods, there were three ties and three lead changes in the fourth. An 8-0 run midway during the quarter put Prairie View A&M back in the lead. A layup by Parker, combined with back-to-back layups by Carter gave the Lady Panthers the lead. A jumper by La'Sha Haynes, who had a team-high nine rebounds, gave PVAMU a 47-42 lead with just over four minutes remaining. However, GSU scored six of the next seven points to force overtime.
 
Prairie View A&M returns home Saturday in a 3 p.m. doubleheader against Miss. Valley State in the Pink Out Game and next Monday, Feb. 20 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff in a 5:30 p.m. doubleheader on Greek Night. Tickets are available online for all remaining home basketball games at pvpanthers.com/pvhoops. Fans can listen to all games this weekend on KPVU 91.3 FM and watch live online at  www.pvpanthers.com.

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