LUBBOCK, Texas – Nov. 21, 2015 – Facing the No. 23^rd ranked team in Division II, the Fort Lewis College women's basketball team fell in overtime, 82-76, at Lubbock Christian University Saturday night.  The loss was the Skyhawks first of the season as they move to 3-1 overall.  LCU remains undefeated at 4-0.
 
"It was a great game; a very high level game," said Fort Lewis College head coach Jason Flores.  "They're a great team. We played hard; we played well and gave them everything we had.    Turnovers hurt us toward the end of the game but we got a stop on their last possession and hit a shot to send the game to overtime.  They're a really good team and we're going to take some good things away from playing them like we did on the road."
 
FLC was outscores in the first two quarters, 14-13 and 18-12 to trail by seven at halftime.  The Skyhawks came back to outscore the Chaps in the third quarter, 23-22, and again in the fourth, 21-15.  Kate Bayes hit a layup as time expired to knot the game and send it into overtime.
 
Mary Rambo led FLC offensively with 21 points.  Rambo made 7 of 10 field goals and 7 of 9 free throws .  She added 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season.  Astrea Reed added 18 points after making 7 of 13 field goals.  Dallas Dickerson came off the bench to chip in 12 points.  Dickerson notched 4 of 8 field goals, 2 of 5 three point field goals and both free throw attempts to go with her two assists and two steals.
 
FLC finished the game shooting 20 fewer free throws than LCU.  The Skyhawks made13 of 20 free throws compared to LCU's 29 of 40 free throws.
 
Fort Lewis out-rebounded the Chaps, 44-36, and out-scored LCU in the paint, 36-32 and on second chance points, 15-8.
 
FLC will play their final non-conference game of the regular season Nov. 27 against St. Martin's University in Colorado Springs, Colo.