ASU guard Haylee Oliver scored 14 points, but it was her blocked shot on a potential game-tying 3-point shot with seven seconds remaining, followed by a clinching free throw that helped seal a 61-57 win for Angelo State, who rallied from 10 points down against Cameron to advance to the semifinals of the LSC Championships.

                The Rambelles, who improve to 13-14 and are the fifth seed in the tournament, advance to Saturday’s semifinal game against the winner of Tarleton State/Eastern New Mexico.

                Trailing 31-21 at the half, ASU shot 51.9 percent in the second half. More importantly, the Rambelles clamped down on Cameron, holding the Aggies to just 8-of-28 shooting from the floor in the second half.

                Three players hit double figures for the Rambelles, including Oliver’s 14, along with Paige Weishuhn, who scored 14 with five rebounds. Cassi Stegall had 12 points and six boards.

                While LSC Player of the Year Sabelle Diata was held to just 12 points, she did have nine rebounds. But Cameron’s Julie Paunovic led the way with 27 points and eight boards.

                The game had nine ties and seven lead changes, and both teams had shots to pull away, but were hampered by free throws. Cameron shot just 13-of-23 from the line while ASU made only 10-of-20.

                With the game tied at 56 with 1:42 left, Oliver hit a short jumper to take the lead. Oliver and Stegall each added free throws down the stretch to preserve the win.

                For the Rambelles, who are not ranked in the South Central Regional, they must win the LSC Championship here in Allen to extend their season. 

•     Angelo holds a 25-18 overall series lead against Cameron University, with the two schools splitting the regular season meetings (the home team won both matchups). ASU won, 54-53 in overtime on 2/1/12 and Cameron got a 56-50 victory on 12/7/11.

•     This season is the 23rd appearance, all-time, for the Belles in the Lone Star Conference Championships, which is third, all-time, in LSC history and second-most for active members, trailing on West Texas A&M. ASU's all-time record in the Lone Star tournament is 23-18.

•     Senior Paige Weishuhn moved up on the ASU all-time scoring list, staying at 13th-best in program history, but giving her a career total of 1,070, which puts her closer to 12th all-time (held by Terri Kvapil's 1,089).

•     Weishuhn's 14 points on Thursday night are the most for her against Cameron in her senior season (she scored 4 points in both of the previous meetings).

•     ASU's record after tailing at halftime is now 3-11 and they are now 1-2 in neutral-site games in the 2011-12.

•     True freshman Haylee Oliver scored 14 points, which is the most points against the Aggies for her all season (she had 13 points on 2/1/12 at home and 8 points on 12/7/11 on the road).

•     Cassi Stegall scored 13 points for ASU, which is one more than her previous season-high against Cameron on 12/7/11.

·         Nicole Pendarvis broke the school record for single-season assists, previously held by Kelsey Bond and now has 144 on the season. She dished out 10 assists in the game, a school-record for most assists in an LSC Tournament game.

·         Julie Paunovic scored a career high 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds. It was the most points and free throw attempts (11) by a CU player ever in the LSC Tournament. She also tied the team record for most made field goals in a tourney game, 10.

·         Cameron dropped to 3-5 on the season in games decided by five points or less losing their last five such contests.

·         Cameron is now 1-8 all-time in the LSC Tournament.

·         Sabelle Diata just missed her 12th double-double of the season with 12 points, nine rebounds and five blocks. The five blocks were the most by a CU player ever in the LSC Tourney.

·         Cameron starters scored 55 of the team’s 57 points in the game.

Angelo State Coach Sally Brooks:

"It's been an interesting year and last week was the year in a nutshell. We beat the best team in the conference (Tarleton State) and lost to the worst team in the league (Texas A&M-Commerce). But our team has a chemistry that we really like each other and pull together.  I haven't had a team with this chemistry and they wanted to win."

"We just kept plugging away and knew it would happen. Allen has been great and these kids don't want to go home and now we'll get to stay around a couple more days. I'm really proud of them."

Angelo State Coach Sally Brooks:

"While Paige (Weishuhn) is the best low post player I've coached, Cara (Gorton) played great defense on Sabelle Diata. We wanted to force her more out to the wing and made it happen."

Angelo State Coach Sally Brooks:

"We tweaked our offense a little bit, and relied more on our guards. They played well and penetrated and were not scared. That really paid off. Paige (Weishuhn) scored well inside. We have great post players, but Paige doesn't care how many she scores, just as long as we are ahead at the end."

Senior Paige Weishuhn:

"I've always tried to be aggressive. And it paid off tonight."

Freshman Haylee Oliver:

"There was only 10 seconds left in the game and I assumed that (Alexis Williams) would shoot it and I was there to get it."

"I really try to play and not show emotion on the court, but after the block I saw that we would win I couldn't hold it in."

On ASU winning it's first LSC Tournament game since 2008

Senior Paige Weishuhn:

"It means so much to win our first game in the tournament. We haven't done it since I've been here. I believed in my teammates and coaches and we made it happen."

"It was tough. We played very well in the first and were up 12 in the second half. We didn't play very well and I didn't call the right plays. In a tournament, anyone can make a run. We just wanted to get the ball in the right place. We didn't do a great job of doing that."

On the Aggies' struggles from the free throw line

"We had to battle around that. We haven't been great all year from the line. Some of that is the ball bouncing the wrong way and some of it was the minutes we were playing. If we make a few plays down the stretch, those free throws don't matter."

On his senior class -- Nicole Pendarvis, Sabelle Diata and Julie Paunovic

"This group has been really good. We've had eight games this year that we feel we could have won. I am going to miss those three great seniors. I have a 2-year-old and I want him to be around great kids and I never have to worry about that with this group. I don't even want to think about recruiting right now."

"I think we had a great season and I'm proud of my teammates. We really love to play with this team. We have great teammates and great coaches. They help us to grow and move on. I think it will be a good thing (for the returners) to learn from."

On her 27-point, 8-rebound performance

"I just tried to get down to the post. There were a few mismatch issues and I thought we could do some work in the post. We didn't do well late in the second half and that was crucial."