BANGOR, Maine – January 12, 2018 - Sophomore Tianna Sugars (Oxford, Maine) completed the Colby-Sawyer rally with a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left to lift the Chargers to a 54-53 victory at Husson, in a critical North Atlantic Conference (NAC) contest Friday evening.

Colby-Sawyer, which snapped a five-game losing skid to the Eagles, improves to 9-3 overall and 5-1 in the NAC. The Chargers will remain in Maine to play at Maine Maritime tomorrow at 1 p.m. Husson falls to 6-6 overall and 5-2 in the NAC. The Eagles will host New England College tomorrow at 1 p.m.

Sugars finished with 15 points for Colby-Sawyer, including 9-of-12 from the free throw line, and grabbed nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Lexie Hamilton (Sunapee, N.H.) led the Chargers with 16 points and eight steals. Senior forward Emmani Robinson (Newburgh, N.Y.) posted nine rebounds and six points.

Husson was led by Kenzie Worcester with 17 points and six assists. Sophomore center Sami Ireland grabbed a game-high 15 boards to go with six points. Freshman guard Joan Overman tallied four steals, three assists, and nine points. Freshman center Megan Peach contributed 10 points and came down with seven rebounds.

After a slow start for both teams, the Eagles grabbed an eight-point advantage (12-4). The scoring then picked up and Husson would take a 19-12 lead after the first ten minutes.

Joan Overman helped the Eagles jump into an 11-point lead three different times throughout the second quarter, but the Colby-Sawyer cut the deficit to nine with a pair of Hamilton free throws to trail 33-24 at the half. 

With 3:53 remaining in the third quarter, the Chargers caught up with the Eagles for the first time since tip-off, tying up the game 39-39 on a jumper by Emmani Robinson. Under thirty seconds later, Worcester reclaimed Husson's lead draining a deep 3-pointer (42-39). Nearly tying up the score again, Jordyn Enos (Salinas, Calif.) made the final basket of the third quarter just inches inside the arc to leave the score at 44-43, a one-point lead for the Eagles entering into the final ten minutes of regulation.

The Chargers captured their first lead of the night, 47-46, with 6:52 on the clock in the final quarter after Tianna Sugars drove to the basket for a layup. Sugars continued to dominate the floor connecting on four consecutive baskets for five points in the 60 seconds to follow.

Worcester helped give the Eagles the lead back in the final 37.5 seconds of the game, as she sunk two free throws to reclaim a one-point lead over the Chargers, 53-52. The Chargers then held the possession with a chance to take the lead as time was winding down. With just 11.4 seconds left, Sugars continued her precision from the charity stripe after drawing a foul as she went in for the layup to give Colby-Sawyer the one-point lead, 54-53, to secure the win. She then played great defense at the other end of the floor forcing a wayward jumper from Worcester that was rebounded by Hamilton. 

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