SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Entering Saturday's contest with a 1-2 mark in the second game of a back-to-back on the season thus far, Hendrix looked to improve that mark with a showdown against non-conference foe Louisiana College in the final non-conference tune-up game of the regular season. Trailing by three with 45 seconds left, freshman forward sensation Jayla King swished home a trifecta from the top of the key and a strong defensive stop helped force five extra minutes from San Antonio, Texas. The Warriors would outscore the Wildcats 4-2 in overtime to earn the big win and improve to 7-4 on the season while the Wildcats were just given their third loss of the year, falling to 6-3 on the year. Sophomore forward Kessie Jenkins also pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds and tallied 11 points en route to her first-career collegiate double-double.

THE BASICS
Score:  Hendrix 81, Louisiana College 79 (OT)
Records: Warriors (7-4) | Wildcats (6-3)
Location | Time: San Antonio, TX | 5 PM
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Up Next: Jan. 2 at Rhodes | 3 PM

TURNING POINT
Trailing by seven points towards the end of the 3rd quarter, sophomore guard Vinessa Daniel found freshman guard Sarah Vogel for a three-pointer to pull within four. King opened the fourth quarter with a layup to pull within two just minutes later.

OF NOTE
- Tied up at 13-all with 4:49 left in the opening frame, freshman guard Macy Moody, who had 3 points on the season entering Saturday, recorded seven consecutive points for the Warriors as Hendrix took a 20-16 lead with 2:44 left. 
- Daniel knocked down a pair of free throws and Jenkins scored a layup to give the Warriors its largest lead of the first period (7).
- Trailing by three, Louisiana College tallied a quick 4-0 run to take a one-point lead with 1:13 left until halftime. Hendrix carded a 5-0 run, capped off by a three-pointer by Moody to walk away with a four-point edge at the break.
- Down five with 6:53 to go, Daniel registered a 5-0 run all by herself to tie the game up just 51 seconds later.
- A mid-range jumper by King gave the Warriors a one-point edge with 3:13 to go but a 8-0 Wildcat run gave Louisiana College a seven-point advantage before Vogel's trifecta make.
- Down four with 3:19 to go, King swished home a three-pointer to pull within one.
- After two free throw makes by Moody, and a score by the Wildcats, the Warriors found themselves down by three with 1:47 to go.
- After a Hendrix timeout, King somehow found herself nearly wide open at the top of the key for the clutch three-pointer to tie the game up. 
- After an impressive defensive stop in the closing seconds of regulation, King nearly netted her second game-winning basket in as many months but missed and both teams went to overtime.
- King netted a free throw make with 2:27 to go, a make that would be the eventual game-winning point.
- On the next possession, the Wildcats missed a contested shot and Jenkins pulled down one of her career-high 12 boards and would score on the next offensive possession as Hendrix quickly took a three-point advantage with 1:46 to go.
- Moody hit one free throw with 14 ticks left to put Hendrix up two. After a missed three-pointer, Daniel quickly corralled it as Hendrix hung on for the 81-79 win.
- King and Daniel finished with a team-best 18 points, respectively. King carded eight rebounds while Daniel nearly got within triple-double territory with seven rebounds and six dimes.
- Moody logged a career-best 16 points and three rebounds while Jenkins shot 5-of-8 (62.5%) from the floor as part of her career night.
- Despite committing seven more turnovers than the wildcats, Hendrix outrebounded Louisiana College 48-39; the most rebounds by Hendrix this season.

WHAT WAS SAID
"Fantastic win for us against a very good team," stated Head Coach Drew Gaeng following the exciting victory. "We played hard and we were extremely resilient throughout the night. I'm super proud of our kids."

WHO'S NEXT
Now that the Warriors have finished over .500 for the non-conference portion of the season, Hendrix will open up the Southern Athletic Association slate of the season Jan. 2 on the road against Rhodes. Hendrix and the Lynx battle it out at 3 p.m.

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