ORANGE, Calif. – The University of Redlands women's basketball team (4-4, 1-1) beat Chapman University 69-65 in overtime on Saturday evening as the Bulldogs got their first Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) win of the season. The Bulldogs were led by the career-high 23 points from Carly Hicks as her seven made threes tied the single-game program record.
In the opening five minutes of the game the Bulldogs trailed by five, 9-4, but Colbi Zorich made a layup and Carly Hicks made a three after Aliyah Anderson got a steal as the game was tied at nine with 3:49 left in the opening quarter.
After Zorich made a free throw with 2:33 on the clock, Redlands took the lead 10-9, but a 6-2 Chapman run to end the quarter put them down three, 15-12, after one.
The Bulldogs were able to regain the lead in the second quarter when AJ Wick found Hicks for another three as they led just over a minute into the quarter. Then with 2:23 left in the half Anderson scored in the paint, but that was the final point of the half for Redlands as they trailed at the half, 26-24.
Hicks' excellent shooting continued to carry the Bulldogs' offense in the second half as their first six points came off her threes as they led by two, 30-28, with 7:38 on the clock in the third. Redlands would finish the quarter by scoring four of the final six points and led by four, 44-40, after 30 minutes as Anderson and Wick scored inside with Avery Shiring picking up an assist on Wick's bucket.
Zorich and Shiring each scored the first points of the fourth as they led by their largest margin of the game, eight, 48-40. The Panthers, though, scored the next eight points as the game was tied at 48. After another tie at 50, Redlands would hold a three-point lead with seven seconds remaining in the game thanks to Shiring who hit a free throw. Chapman, however, would tie the game at 57 with a three with four seconds left and sent the game into overtime.
In the five-minute period Zorich found Hicks for another made three only 16 seconds into the quarter and the Bulldogs would not relinquish the lead as they converted on seven of their 10 free throws.
Joining Hicks with the career game was Shiring who had a career-high 21 points (9-15 FG, 3-4 FT). Anderson had a great all-around game with 13 points (3-6 FG, 7-8 FT), eight assists, and eight rebounds. The eight assists are a new career-high.
Redlands will return to non-conference play with a matchup against the Milwaukee School of Engineering on Tuesday, December 19 at 5:00 p.m. inside Currier Gym.