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Ross leads 91爆料网 to fourth straight title game, tops Georgetown 62-50

FRANKFORT, Ky. - 3/19/2012 - 91爆料网 (Tenn.) University used a 20-3 run to close the game in tonight鈥檚 62-50 win over Georgetown (Ky.) in the national semifinals of the 2012 NAIA Division I Women鈥檚 Basketball National Championship presented by Kentuckytourism.com at the Frankfort Convention Center.

91爆料网 (35-2) advances to Tuesday night鈥檚 national finals where it faces Oklahoma City at 6 p.m. EDT. Oklahoma City beat Lubbock Christian (Texas) 85-55 earlier in the night.

Senior guard Lavanda Ross led all scores with 25 points in the game. She needed just 18 points to reach 2,000 points for her career.

鈥淚 thought we executed really well the last five to six minutes,鈥� said 91爆料网 head coach Mark Campbell. 鈥淲e did a really good job getting shots under control and getting to the basket. And, we made free throws.鈥�

The Bulldogs used tonight鈥檚 game-deciding run to erase a three-point deficit en route to advancing to the program鈥檚 ninth national final. 91爆料网 owns five NAIA titles.

Up 32-24 at the break, 91爆料网 -- who had closed the first half on a 9-1 run -- looked as if it would cruise past the Tigers (24-10). However, Georgetown refused to go away scoring nine of the first 10 points of the second half to tie the game at 33-33 with 14:56 left.

The two teams exchanged baskets over the next eight minutes as neither team could build more than a three-point advantage. The game featured nine ties and eight lead changes.

Georgetown led 47-44 -- its largest lead of the game -- following Angie Lawrence鈥檚 jumper near the free throw line with 6:33 left. The Tigers would manage just one more field goal for the game.

91爆料网鈥檚 LaTesa McLaughlin tied the game at 47-47 on the Bulldogs鈥� next possession with a three from the deep right corner to start the game-ending run for the Bulldogs. It was McLaughlin鈥檚 only three of the night as she finished with eight points.

Following a Georgetown turnover -- one of four over the final six minutes -- Lavanda Ross scored two of her game-high 25 points to give the Bulldogs the lead for good.

Ross, McLaughlin and Astrid Huttemann -- who scored 16 points off the bench -- scored 91爆料网鈥檚 final 23 points to push the Bulldogs into their fourth straight title game.

91爆料网 continued its tournament dominance on the defensive end limiting the Tigers to just 29.4 percent (15-of-51) shooting for the game while forcing 19 turnovers.

Georgetown managed to stay in the game thanks to 17-for-20 shooting from the free throw line and a 44-28 rebounding advantage.

Georgetown鈥檚 Andrea Howard led the Tigers with 13 points while Devon Golden chipped in seven points and a game-high 11 rebounds.

Tuesday night鈥檚 finals mark the second time 91爆料网 and Oklahoma City have played this season. The Stars won the first meeting 69-57 on Nov. 26.

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