Despite trailing by 14 early in the fourth quarter, third-seeded Texas A&M-Commerce rallied to not only force overtime, but outlast No. 6 Cameron 93-89 for a quarterfinal victory at the Lone Star Conference Championship.
      After struggling to score all game, the Lions finally got hot in the fourth, making 11 of 15 attempts (73.3 percent) to send the game into the extra session.
      A jumper by Artaejah Gay with 3:50 to play in overtime, gave Commerce its first lead since a 9-8 advantage back in the first quarter. But Brianna Wise, who led the Lions with 28 points, made the final three free throws to seal the win. Wise, who was 14 of 18 from the stripe and also dished out five assists, got some help from Princess Davis, who had 27 points, including a clutch 3-pointer in overtime. Gay and Melanie Ransom each scored 10 points.
      The Lions (18-11) will advance to Saturday’s semifinal round (12 p.m.) to face the winner of West Texas A&M-Midwestern State.   
      Although it looked as if the Aggies would advance to the next round, their season comes to an end at 13-16.
      Ava Battese tied a school record with seven 3-pointers made on nine attempts for a game-high 29 points. However, trailing by 3 in the final 10 seconds, Cameron couldn’t get a good look for to tie the game and settled for a two-point shot that misfired, leading to the final free throws for the Lions.
      Cameron’s Jamie Bonnarens had 22 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out late in regulation. Jazmine Luster came off the bench to post 12 points and six rebounds.
      The Lions entered the tournament losing their final two regular-season games and five of the last seven. To advance to next week’s regional tournament, Commerce will likely have to win the entire tournament here in Frisco to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Commerce hasn’t won the LSC Championship since 2007, which was also the program’s only tournament final appearance.
 
Texas A&M-Commerce Notes

• Texas A&M-Commerce picked up their 11th all time win at the LSC tournament and now has an all-time tourney record of 11-21.
• Commerce now leads the all-time series against Cameron, 27-23.
• The Lions are now 2-1 against Cameron this season.
• Brianna Wise has scored 20-plus points for the Lions now 13 times on the season as she had a team-high 28 today.
• Princess Davis had 27 points and has now scored double digits for the 16^th time this season for the Lions.
• TAMUC was outrebounded 38-31.
• Brianna Wise had a game-high of 5 assists.
• Lauren Parker and Brianna Wise had a team-high 6 rebounds.
• Commerce had 10 turnovers to Cameron’s 22.

 
Cameron Notes

• Cameron is now 1-13 in the Lone Star Conference Championship, and finishes the year 1-2 against Texas A&M - Commerce
• Ava Battese hit 7-9 from 3-point to tie the school record and led all scorers in the game with 29 points, scoring 18 points in the second half and overtime. 
• Cameron went 9-16 (56 percent) from 3-point range.
• Jamie Bonnarens went 3-4 from the field with a pair of threes for 10 points and four rebounds in the first quarter. She ended the game with 22 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for her 6th double-double of the season.
• Bonnarens and Battese combined to shoot 14-14 at the free throw line, but the rest of the Aggies shot just 50 percent at the line (6-12)
• Cameron led for a majority of the game, 34:36 of the 45 minutes