Box Score

RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky overcame a 7-point fourth quarter deficit to beat Chattanooga, 71-65, on Sunday at McBrayer Arena.  It was the Colonels third straight win.
 
Three 3-pointers to start the fourth allowed the Mocs to pull in front by seven, 54-47, with 7:58 remaining in the game.  EKU (5-2) responded by scoring eight unanswered.  Bria Bass hit a lay-up during the run and then capped it with a 3-pointer from the right wing to put the home team in front 55-54.  Chattanooga took its final lead of the game, 59-58, on a lay-up by Lakelyn Bouldin with 3:45 to go and then a free throw with 2:43 showing on the clock.
 
A lay-up from De'ayra Davis with 2:24 to go put the Colonels in front for good, 60-59.  After Samari Mowbray blocked a UTC shot, Bass laid it in on the other end for a 62-59 lead with 1:41 left.  Davis put the game away when she knocked down a 3-pointer from the left wing with 52 seconds to play and stretched the margin to six, 65-59.
 
Davis finished with 23 points, five rebounds and three assists.  Bass had 17 points and five rebounds.  I'Liyah Green scored three points, but grabbed a game-best 14 rebounds.  Mowbray had nine points and nine rebounds.
 
Eastern scored the first eight points of the game and led by 10, 17-7, at the end of the first quarter.  A Davis lay-up early in the second quarter gave the Colonels their largest lead of 12, 21-9.  However, the Mocs out-scored EKU 22-12 the rest of the quarter and closed within two, 33-31, at halftime.
 
Chattanooga (1-8) completed the comeback by scoring the first four points of the third quarter.  A put-back by Bouldin with 9:07 remaining put the visitors in front 35-33.
 
Eboni Williams led the Mocs with 23 points and 11 rebounds.
 
Eastern shot 39 percent from the field for the game, but made 57 percent (8-of-14) in the fourth quarter.  EKU held a 46-34 rebounding advantage, including 13 off the offensive glass.
 
Eastern Kentucky concludes its three-game home stand on Tuesday when Youngstown State visits McBrayer Arena.  The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.