VALDOSTA, Ga. | The University of Alabama in Huntsville women's basketball team battled down to the wire in a Thursday night road game at Valdosta State, ultimately falling to the Lady Blazers 62-59. The Chargers drop to 3-13 (2-9 Gulf South Conference) while VSU improves to 16-4 (11-2 GSC).

Holly Harris put up a team-high 14 points including a 3-pointer that came in the last six seconds of the game which cut the hosts lead to three, and she also recorded three steals on the night. Jirah Rogers was also in double figures for the Blue & White with 10 points while eight different Chargers recorded points in the contest.
Alexis Woods led all players on both sides in the rebounding category picking up 10 boards throughout the game. 

The hosts held a 9-2 advantage after the game's opening five minutes and would use a 53.8 percent shooting performance throughout the first quarter to hold a 20-6 advantage over the visitors at the first intermission. Despite outscoring the Lady Blazers in the second frame and holding them to a 15.8 percent rate from the field, the Chargers would see themselves trailing going into the halftime break at 31-19

The visitors would shoot at a 72.7 percent clip in the third stanza and put up 19 points, but VSU would answer with 18 points of their own to hold the advantage at 49-38 with one quarter left to play. Keeping the late pressure going, the Chargers would score 21 points in the last quarter and a three-pointer from Harris with five seconds left on the clock would cut the deficit to three and give UAH a chance at one last scoring play coming out of a timeout. However, Valdosta State would eventually hold on for the 62-59 final.

For the contest, UAH hit 40.4 percent of its attempts from the floor while holding Valdosta State to a 32.2 percent shooting performance. The Lady Blazers picked up an advantage from their three-point shooting going 11-for-34 opposed to the Chargers 3-for-12 mark. 

Nicole Heyn led the way for VSU with 20 points to go along with seven rebounds and four assists while Kwajelin Farrar had 11 points and Tamiya Francis had 10 on the evening to round out the double-figures scorers for the hosts.

UAH will look to bounce back Saturday afternoon as they continue the road trip, traveling to Pensacola, Fla. to take on West Florida.

Tip-off in Pensacola is set for 2:00 p.m CT.