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ALLEN, Texas  – In a championship game with a feel of the last time the two teams played, No. 2-seed Angelo State pulled out a 68-65 double overtime win Saturday afternoon in the 2016 Lone Star Conference Championship.  With the loss, WT falls to 26-4 on the year, while Angelo State improves to 22-7.  The Lady Buffs will await an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the parings will be announced tomorrow at 9 p.m. CT on NCAA.com.
 
The last time the two teams played they needed three overtimes as Angelo State won 112-111 in Canyon on Feb. 3.  In that game, it was more of an offensive game as this game the teams struggled offensively in a defensive battle.  ASU won the opener 69-65 in San Angelo in January. 
 
WT was led by 23 points, eight rebounds and six assists from junior Sasha Watson who was named to her second-straight LSC All-Tournament Team.  Also named to the All-Tournament Team was junior Maddison Wild as she tallied her second-straight double-double with 10 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, including 11 a career-high 11 offensive rebounds.  Watson was 7 of 16 from the field and 9 of 10 from the line.  Senior Michaela Neuhaus added 11 points, but was 4 of 20 from the field and 3 of 16 from beyond the arc.

The Lady Buffs really struggled offensively shooting a season-low .293 percent from the field on 22 of 75.  They were 8 of 35 from beyond the arc which was a season-high for triples attempted and went 13 of 14 from the line.  WT tallied a season-high 28 offensive rebounds and 51 for the game, outrebounding ASU 51-42. 
 
The Rambelles, who won all three season meetings with the Lady Buffs, claim their fifth LSC Tournament title (5-2), while WT now stands at 13-7 in the championship game and 49-15 all-time in the LSC Championship. 
 
ASU was led by Jasmine Prophet who was named Most Valuable Player as she had 21 points and 14 rebounds going 8 of 16 from the field and 5 of 7 from the line.  Lexi Murphy had 20 points off the bench on 6 of 12 from the field and 3 of 6 from beyond the arc, while going 5 of 5 from the line as she was named to the All-Tournament Team as was Brea Mitchell. 
 
Prophet scored on a reverse layup in the second overtime for a 60-58 ASU lead with four minutes left.  Watson was fouled by Prophet and made both free throws to tie at 60 at the other end with 3:37 left.  Murphy drilled a triple for her 18^th point and Neuhaus answered at the other end.  Murphy was fouled earning two shots where she made both tosses for a 65-63 lead with 2:21 remaining in the second overtime.
 
Watson scored a jumper to tie the game at 65 with 90 seconds on the clock.  A block by Decker gave the ball back to WT with 1:09 remaining and a timeout by the Lady Buffs.  Following a miss by the Lady Buffs, Prophet earned two free throws where she missed the first and made the second for a 66-65 ASU lead with 35.7 on the clock.
 
After a timeout, Watson missed a reverse layup with 5.3 seconds left and WT fouled with Prophet at the line making both for a three point lead.  The Lady Buffs had to go the length of the court with no timeouts.  Neuhaus got a look, but the shot wouldn't fall. 
 
Watson scored inside in the first overtime ending a 0 for 12 field goal drought for the Lady Buffs and a 56-54 lead with 4:30 left.  Davis got her fifth foul on what looked like all ball on a rejection of Taylor Dorsey who missed both free throws as WT dodged a huge bullet.  Wild scored at the other end for a 58-54 lead with 2:25 left. 
 
Prophet cut the WT lead to two with a slicing drive to the bucket for a 58-56 score.  A turnover by the Lady Buffs gave ASU the chance to tie or take the lead with 1:08 left down two.  Murphy tied the game with a layup and a timeout by WT with 42.8 seconds left.   McLain missed a triple as ASU got the ball and with a timeout at 17.7 left with another chance at a game winner.  Dorsey again had a look at a winner in the lane as Wild cleared, sending the game to a second overtime.  It was Wild's second consecutive double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds to that point.  She had a career-high 21 points last night and 12 boards against Tarleton State in the semifinals.
 
Four quick points from LSC Player of the Year Prophet and a triple from LSC Academic Player of the Year Neuhaus led to a 6-3 lead for the Rambelles early.  Prophet then scored inside earning the "and one" as WT started the game 1 for 5 – all from beyond the arc. 
 
WT continued to struggle from the field, going 3 of 9 through the first half of the first quarter, while ASU was 6 of 11.  Neuhaus buried her second long ball pulling WT within 14-10 with over four minutes left in the quarter.  Senior Madison McLain buried a triple and junior Alie Decker scored inside for a 17-16 WT lead with 30 seconds left in the first quarter as the Lady Buffs used a 7-0 run, but Brea Mitchell answered for the Rambelles with less than 10 seconds remaining in the quarter for an 18-17 lead at the end of the first. The triple from McLain was her first made field goal and triple since the Texas A&M-Commerce game on Feb. 17. 
 
Mitchell buried a triple to tie the largest lead of the game for the Rambelles at 25-17 with 7:40 left in the half as turnovers started to plague the Lady Buffs.  A steal and layup from junior Sasha Watson pulled WT within 25-19.  Decker hit her second trey for a 25-22 ASU lead with five minutes left. 
 
Angelo State started to turn it over on its last three possessions and a scoreless drought of 3:29, but WT went one of its last five.  Watson made both free throws as the Lady Buffs moved within two on the fourth-straight ASU miscue. ASU turned it over once again for the ninth time in the half.  Watson then scored in the lane tying the game at 26 with 2:30 left in the half courtesy of a 9-1 run. 
 
Prophet scored her first bucket since early in the contest to break the tie, but a foul at the ASU end gave Watson two more tosses tying the game once again.  Prophet then had a turnaround jumper in the lane for two more, but sophomore Madison Parker scored inside to knot it at 30 for the third tie of the half.
 
Following a timeout by ASU with 20.3 seconds left, Prophet had a look at a shot but it went off the back of the iron as the game was tied at intermission.  It was just the third tie of the season for the Lady Buffs at halftime (2-0).
 
For the half, WT went 11 of 29 from the field for 37.9 percent.  The Lady Buffs were 4 of 15 from beyond the arc and a perfect 4 of 4 from the line.  WT held an 18-14 lead in rebounding and a 16-12 lead in points off turnovers.  Neuhaus and Watson each had eight points to lead the Lady Buffs.
 
For the Rambelles, Prophet had 10 points on 5 of 8 from the field and five rebounds as ASU shot 13 of 25 for 52 percent and was 2 of 6 from beyond the arc and 2 of 5 from the line.  Both teams had seven assists and 10 turnovers.
 
Watson gave WT its first lead since early in the game and then Wild scored inside for a 34-30 lead which marked the largest lead of the game for the Lady Buffs.  Watson scored her fourth point of the half on a steal and layup for a 36-30 WT lead.  Another miscue by the Rambelles and score from Watson gave WT a 38-30 lead with 7:11 left in the third quarter and a timeout by the Rams.
 
A bucket and foul for Lexi Murphy was the first made field goal for the Rambelles at the 5:14 mark as they began the quarter 0 of 6 as ASU cut the deficit to 38-33.  McLain buried her second triple for a 41-33 lead with four minutes left in the period. 
 
Two more free throws from Watson swelled the lead to 43-33 with over three minutes left in the quarter.  Diamalises Rivera made three of four free throws for a 43-36 WT lead with 2:39 left in the third.  Murphy made two more free throws for a 43-38 lead as ASU made just one field goal through the first eight minutes of the half (14-36). 
 
Decker, off the 16^th offensive rebound by the Lady Buffs, scored another triple for a 46-38 lead.  Murphy scored a jumper in the paint cutting the deficit to six and then she buried a triple for a 46-43 lead and seven-straight by Murphy.  Rivera made two more free throws for a 46-45 WT lead at the end of the third quarter as ASU used a 7-0 run in the final 1:11 to get back into the game.
 
Prophet scored inside for a 47-46 ASU lead as it was the first Rambelle lead since 30-28 with 44 seconds left in the first half.  McLain hit her third triple ending a 9-0 run by the Rambelles for a 49-47 WT lead with 7:43 left. 
 
Wild earned two shots with 6:34 left and the Lady Buffs clinging to a lead.  She scored both for a 51-47 lead.  Murphy hit her second triple for a 51-50 WT lead with just over five minutes remaining in regulation. 
 
Taylor Dorsey scored on a driving layup as ASU reclaimed the lead with 3:56 left at 52-51.  Wild earned two free throws out of a media timeout making both to put WT back up one for the ninth lead change.  Prophet was fouled and put ASU back up one for the 10^th lead change at 54-53 with 2:16 remaining.
 
Off an offensive rebound, Watson took the ball to the hole and was fouled where she tied the game and WT go the offensive rebound off the missed as it was the first missed free throw of the game for the Lady Buffs.
 
Prophet missed a shot and WT got the rebound and called a timeout with 54.1 seconds left.  WT hadn't made a field goal since McLain hit a triple with 8:04 left in the quarter as it was 0 of its last 9.  ASU wasn't much better at 2 of its last 10.  Neuhaus missed a triple, but WT got the rebound with 39.4 seconds left by virtue of a jump ball. 
 
McLain had a good look in the paint but it wouldn't fall as ASU took the ball at half court with 9.6 seconds left.  ASU couldn't get a shot off as the game went to overtime for the second time between the two teams this season.
 
In all, the Lady Buffs and Rambelles have played five overtimes this season and 725 minutes of basketball in three games.  The two teams could meet again in the NCAA South Central Regional held next week.

Angelo State Notes

• ·         Jasmine Prophet, the LSC Player of the Year, recorded her fifth double-double of the season and 20th double-figure scoring performance with 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead Angelo State
• ·         Lexi Murphy came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points, besting her previous career high of 11 points (3 times)
• ·         Prophet, Murphy and Brea Mitchell were named to the LSC All-Tournament Team with Prophet earning MVP honors
• ·         Saturday's double overtime championship game was the first in league history and the first overtime title game since Midwestern State defeated West Texas A&M, 85-83, in 2013
• ·         It was the second overtime game of the season for Angelo State, defeating West Texas A&M, 112-111, in triple overtime back on Feb. 3 in Canyon, Texas
• ·         The Rambelles moved to 3-0 on the season over West Texas A&M, handing the Lady Buffs three of their four losses
• ·         Angelo State improved to 5-2 all-time in LSC Championship games with titles in 1994, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2016
• ·         Angelo State and West Texas A&M also met in the 2006 LSC Championship game with the Lady Buffs earning an 83-68 win in Canyon
• ·         Angelo State made its sixth-straight LSC Tournament appearance and 27th overall

 
West Texas A&M Notes

• ·         The Lady Buffs now stand at 13-7 all-time in the LSC Championship Game and are 49-15 all-time in the LSC Championship in 28 appearances
• ·         WT and Angelo State have played three times this season, five overtimes and 725 minutes of basketball
• ·         The Lady Buffs shot a season-low 29.3 percent from the field on 22 of 75 and fired a season-high 35 3-point attempts making eight
• ·         Junior Sasha Watson was named to her second LSC All-Tournament Team as last season she earned MVP honors
• ·         Junior Maddison McLain tallied her fifth double-double of the season and double-doubles in back-to-back nights with 10 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in the championship
• ·         Watson tallied 23 points for a game-high tying her season-high set in the triple overtime game against ASU on Feb. 3.
• ·         WT made its first 11 free throws in the game and went 13 of 14 from the line
• ·         Maddison Wild tallied a career-and WT season-high 11 offensive rebounds
• ·         WT now leads the all-time series with ASU
• ·         The Lady Buffs now are 11-3 in the LSC Championship since it moved to Allen in 2012
• ·         WT is 2-2 in the last four consecutive LSC Championship games
• ·         The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series with ASU 47-16 and ASU is the first team to sweep a three game series with the Lady Buffs since Midwestern State in 2012-13 as MSU won 85-83 over WT in overtime in the championship game