VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Montevallo women's basketball team's season ended Tuesday night with a 71-66 overtime loss to Valdosta State in the opening round of the Gulf South Conference tournament. 
 
Montevallo fell behind 4-0 in the opening two minutes but a pair of threes from Marisa Snodgrass and Michaella Edwards gave the Falcons its first lead of the night at the 6:07 mark. McCarley Northway closed the first quarter with a one-woman five-point run to give Montevallo a 13-12 lead after one. 
 
Edwards and freshman Savanah Cook combined for 16 of Montevallo's 21 points in the second quarter. Edwards opened the quarter with two three-pointers to extend Montevallo's lead to 22-16. Cook got on the board for the first time in the game with five-straight points to regain the lead after Valdosta took it back with 4:14 to go. The freshman forward finished the quarter with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting with a 2-for-3 mark from deep to give Montevallo a five-point advantage, 34-29, heading into the break.
 
Valdosta State started the second half on an 11-6 run to knot the score at 40 all with 5:29 remaining. A quick duo of buckets from VSU left Montevallo in a 45-40 hole but the Falcons upperclassmen finished the quarter on a 6-0 run to regain control, 46-45.
 
The fourth quarter was back and forth down to the wire. After VSU took the lead, Northway answered with a bucket of her own to tilt the score to Montevallo, 48-47. Following an Edwards three, Valdosta State answered with a jumper to tie the game at 51. With the Falcons trailing by two with 1:15 to go, Edwards knocked down a clutch three to take a one-point advantage, 59-58. After a pair of missed free throws from UM, VSU had a chance to win the game in regulation with a trip to the line but failed to convert both, sending the game into overtime at 59-59. 
 
The first three points of overtime came from the charity stripe with Northway trimming the Lady Blazers lead to just one, 61-60, with 3:45 to go. Valdosta State opened up a four-point lead until Shyan Flack nailed one to make the score 64-62. The Falcons couldn't keep up with VSU's late game scoring as VSU took an eight-point lead with 29 seconds left. Free throws from the Lady Blazers made the final score 71-66. 
 
A quartet of Falcons reached double-figure scoring, Edwards, Northway, Flack and Cook. Edwards and Northway each scored 15 points while Northway added 14 rebounds for her first double-double of the season. Flack nearly reached a double-double with 12 points and eight boards. Cook's ten second-quarter points turned out to be her total for the night. 
 
The Falcons season ends with a 12-17 overall record and a 12-12 mark in conference play. 
 
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Montevallo 66 | Valdosta State 71
Records: Montevallo 12-17 (12-12 GSC) | Valdosta State 22-5 (20-4 GSC)
Location: The Complex | Valdosta, Ga. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
1^st | McCarley Northway and Marisa Snodgrass got out to hot starts with five-points each in the first quarter to give the Falcons a 13-12 lead after one. 
2^nd | Savannah Cook erupted in the second quarter with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting as Montevallo took a 34-29 advantage into the locker room.
3^rd | Montevallo's offense shared the rock in the third with Shyan Flack leading the way at six points in the quarter. The Falcons led 46-45 heading into the fourth.
4^th | The Falcons missed two crucial free throws during a back and forth fourth quarter lead to a 59-59 tie at the end of regulation. 
OT | The Lady Blazers outscored Montevallo 12-7 during overtime to take the game 71-66. 
 
GAME NOTES

• Marisa Snodgrass recorded six steals in the game to go along with nine points, five boards and six assist.
• Valdosta State just barely edged out Montevallo in the turnover margin, 17-13. 
• Montevallo lost the battle for the paint with VSU scoring 38 points to UM's 28. 
• The game featured 16 lead changes throughout the contest. 
• The Falcons were outrebounded 45-37.