Taylor's late 3-pointer carries Lady Owls past Culver-Stockton

Junior guard Ashlee Taylor banked in a 3-pointer with 14 seconds to play Friday night, helping lift the No. 23 William Woods University Lady Owls to a 65-62 victory over Culver-Stockton College at Anderson Arena.

The game was tied 30-30 at halftime, but Culver-Stockton was able to open up a 48-38 lead with 12 minutes, 31 seconds left in the game. William Woods, though, answered with a 19-9 run, tying the game 57-57 on senior guard Ciara Tatum's basket with under 4:00 to play.

The Lady Owls went in front on their next possession when senior center Miranda Loesch was fouled and hit both ends of a 1-and-1 opportunity. William Woods led the rest of the way, outside of one possession, setting up Taylor's pivotal shot.

Senior guard Sharron Andrews - who was 6-of-9 from the field - guided the Lady Owls (3-2) with 15 points. Senior forward Megan Aubuchon also tallied 14 points and freshman guard Blake French contributed 11 as William Woods shot 48 percent (26-of-54) as a team and committed 16 turnovers.

Andrews also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds for the Lady Owls, who were outrebounded by a 38-31 margin.

Aneshia Starks connected for a game-high 22 points to pace three players in double figures for Culver-Stockton (4-3), which shot 42 percent (26-of-62) from the field and totalled 19 turnovers. Monica Wilson added 14 points and Jessie Logsdon provided 10.

William Woods travels to Kansas City to face Avila University at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.