ALAMOSA, Colo. – Gia Bradley hit a three-pointer with eight seconds left in regulation to lift the No. 6 seed University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's basketball team to a 63-60 win at No. 3 seed Adams State University Tuesday night in the quarterfinal round of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament.

 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP

• Final Score: W, 63-60
• Records: UCCS (17-11, 12-8 RMAC) | ASU (19-11, 14-6 RMAC)
• Facility | Location: Plachy Hall | Alamosa, Colo.
• All-Time Series: UCCS improves to 28-20 all-time against Adams State, and 10-13 facing the Grizzlies on their home court.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Mountain Lions came out of a 5-2 hole early in the game and went on an 8-0 run that was capped off by Amyah Moore Allen converting on a three-point play.  Adams State responded on the next possession with a three-pointer from Kilyani Anitileu to bring UCCS' lead down to 10-8 as Moore Allen and Breelyn Robinson each accounted for five points.  A 4-0 run by the black and gold pushed their lead to 14-10 before Adams State blocked a layup and made a transition bucket for a 14-12 UCCS lead with 3:07 left in the quarter.  Despite being called for four fouls within a 12-second span near the one-minute mark, the Mountain Lions took a 19-16 lead after one quarter of action.
• Both teams settled into the game during the second quarter, slowing the pace down. Senior forward Maison White was held to one bucket in the first quarter but netted the first three points of the second stanza for UCCS.  Freshman guard Jayla Jackson Allen poked the ball away and went coast-to-coast to expand the Mountain Lions' lead to 24-18.  Amaya Snowden drained a three-pointer from the left side, just her second trey of the season, keeping UCCS with a comfortable advantage, 28-22.  Moore Allen, who had been held scoreless all quarter, hit a run away jumper off the glass with just four seconds left in the half, pushing the Mountain Lions lead to 34-26 as they entered halftime.
• The Mountain Lions found their rhythm coming out of halftime as Gia Bradley started an 11-4 run with the first bucket of the half (8:41). UCCS's lead grew to 15 in the first minutes, taking a 45-30 lead at the media timeout.  Owning a 15-point lead, the Mountain Lions saw the lead dwindle as Christabel Longe netted six points to lead a 13-4 run in the final four minutes, cutting into the Mountain Lions' lead, 49-43 after three complete quarters.
• A contentious fourth quarter started with the Mountain Lions having a 51-46 lead with 6:24 on the clock.  A 5-0 run by the home team knotted the game at 51-51 after the Grizzlies made 3-of-4 free throws.  Ellie Reynolds hit a monster three-pointer from the right wing to break a 53-53 tie.  With 71 ticks left in regulation, Moore Allen made a driving layup but the Grizzlies answered with a trey from Anitielu, tying the game at 60-60.  White secured a defensive board with 21 seconds remaining before head coach Misty Wilson called a timeout.  The Mountain Lions came out of the timeout throwing the ball into play from their bench.  UCCS worked the ball around the perimeter as the defense collapsed on Moore Allen, who found a wide-open Bradley on the left side of the arc as she drained the long ball for the game-winning bucket, 63-60.

              
GAME STATISTICS

• Moore Allen made 6-of-22 from the floor as part of her 17 points and added 10 rebounds and two assists.
• Snowden came off the bench to net 13 points on 5-of-7 field goals and pulled in five rebounds.
• White was one point shy of a double-double, registering nine points and 16 caroms.
• The Mountain Lions finished the game netting 38.5 percent from the floor (25-of-65), 5-of-22 from three-point range (22.7 percent), and 8-of-11 free throws.
• Anitielu led both teams with 20 points.  Brooke Rodgers and Longe each chipped in 10 points.
• The Grizzlies struggled from the floor, missing several wide-open layups as they finished the game shooting 29 percent from the floor and 71.4 percent from the line (20-of-28).

 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Jackson-Allen registered a career-high six points and five rebounds.
• Moore Allen's 10 rebounds marked a career high and her first career double-double.
• White's 16 rebounds were the second most in a game this season by a Mountain Lion.
• White and Moore Allen moved up the career scoring ranks tonight.  White's 1,344 points puts her fourth all-time in the record books, as Moore Allen moves up to eighth overall with 1,100 points.

 
UP NEXT

• UCCS will head to Grand Junction, Colo. to face No. 2 seed Western Colorado University Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the semifinal round.

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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 14 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.