Box Score SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Grace Pytynia-Hillier beat the buzzer to give the No. 20/14 Puget Sound women's basketball team a 59-58 win over No. 16/12 Mary Hardin-Baylor Tuesday evening. Trinity (Tex.) hosted the game between the top-20 nationally-ranked teams.
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The Loggers trailed by five points, 58-53, with 1:45 left in regulation when
Katie Minnehan made it a one-possession game by scoring in the paint. The Loggers then got a defensive stop, and
Kennedy Brown scored on a fastbreak to cut the deficit to 58-57.
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From there, the teams exchanged a couple of misses, but
Jenai Ancheta pulled down a crucial defensive rebound with 19 seconds remaining. Puget Sound immediately called timeout to plan its final possession.
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The inbounds from in front of the Loggers' bench went to Minnehan, who drove baseline but missed a shot from up close. She got her own rebound, and swung the ball back out to the perimeter.
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The ball reached Pytynia-Hillier's hands at the top of the 3-point line. The senior quickly drove down the middle of lane and hit the game-winning floater with 0.1 seconds on the clock.
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Pytynia-Hillier finished the game with 11 points, and
Samantha Swartout scored a team-high 12 points. Brown added 10 points in the winning effort.
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Minnehan filled the stat sheet with eight points, 10 boards, five assists, and two steals.
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Tuesday marked the Loggers' second win against a nationally-ranked team this season. Puget Sound beat Whitman when the Blues were ranked No. 21/41 (d3hoops.com/WBCA), Dec. 3.
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The Loggers remain in Texas to take on No. 3/3 Trinity (Tex.) Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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