Oh So Close to 3 an O

In the night cap of the basketball double header Saturday at Fifth Third Arena the women's team was trying to get their third conference win. Syracuse came in with with a good team (12-3) and confidence after knocking of Rutgers earlier it the week. The Bearcats jumped out to a 21-6 lead early on but Syracuse is a good team and they battled back. In the final minute of the game with the score tied at 70 UC had the ball and Kahla Roudenbush drove the basket and her shot was blocked from behind. Replays would show that she was clearly fouled on the play. Later with 7 seconds on the clock and The Orange up 71-10 Syracuse missed their second free throw and UC had the final shot, it just didn't fall. Courtesy of out friends at Fox Sports Network, here is are the final plays. First you will see the play where Kahla drove and did not get the foul called. Then we jump ahead to the final shot after the missed free throw with Syracuse up 71-70

This was a heartbreaking loss for Head Coach J Kelley Hall and his team. The consolation that they lost to a good team probably won't sit well considering they were up by as many as 15 early on. The Cats have a week off until they host Seton Hall next Saturday night at Fifth Third Arena, Game time 7:00.