ORANGEBURG, S.C.-
Ta'Quasia Lampkin hit a free throw with one second left to give Savannah State a 65-64 victory over South Carolina State, in a game played at the S-H-M Memorial Center.
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Savannah State led 63-58 with 6:23 left but the Bulldogs rallied to tie the game at 64-64 with 34 seconds remaining.
SSU's Le'Andrea Gillis missed a layup with time running out and South Carolina State's Taylor Brown fouled Lampkin.
Lampkin made her first free throw attempt but missed the second.
The win gives Savannah State a 7-18 overall record and a 5-11 conference mark to end the regular season.
Lady Tiger Myasia Jones led all scorers with 20 points and six rebounds while Heniaya Moton added 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
Savannah State raced out to a 16-5 advantage in the opening quarter and held a 21-14 edge as they headed into the second quarter.
The Bulldogs could only get as close as five points in the second quarter and SSU went into intermission with a 41-35 lead.
Late in the third quarter SC State trimmed their deficit to four but the Lady Tigers closed the half with a 7-2 spurt to take a 57-48 lead into the final quarter.
South Carolina State started the final quarter with a 10-2 run to pull within 59-58 with 7:15 showing.
SSU answered with back to back layups by Jones to go ahead 63-58 with just under six and a half minutes left.
Savannah State only played seven players and all scored at least three points and had at least one rebound. Gillis and Lampkin scored eight points each, Alexus Bryant had six points, Robbi Allen contributed four and Jalea Gray chipped in three points.
The Lady Tigers shot 42.2 percent from the field, 25 percent from the 3-point land and 63.6 percent from the free throw line.
Dashanique Peterson led South Carolina State (15-15, 8-8 MEAC) with 11 points.
The Bulldogs out rebounded SSU 45 to 38.
SC State made 35.8 percent of their shots from the floor, shot 44.4 percent from beyond the arc and made 72.7 percent of their shots from the charity stripe.
