PRAIRIE VIEW, TX. - The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff women's basketball team made a late push in the second half, but fell to Prairie View A&M 61-51 on the road Saturday at William-Nicks  Building.

Kyeonia Harris led the Lady Lions (3-13, 2-4 SWAC) with 16 points and two steals. Noe'll Taylor also added six points and two steals and Jayla Atmore chipped in as well with six points and seven rebounds off of the bench.

UAPB out-rebounded Prairie View A&M 30-23 in Saturday's game, paced by Atmore's seven boards.

The UAPB defense held Prairie View A&M shooters to only 38.5% from the field, including 23.1% from three-point range. The Lady Panthers didn't get many second opportunities on the offensive end, as they grabbed only nine offensive rebounds and scored nine second chance points.

After falling behind 7-0, UAPB went on a 5-0 run with 7:35 left in the first quarter, culminating in a bucket from Harris, to narrow its deficit to 7-5. Prairie View A&M answered back and added to its lead, leaving the Lady Lions down 16-12 entering the second quarter.

The Lady Panthers went on a run and went into the locker room up 38-23 at the end of the first half. 

The Lady Lions came out of halftime on fire, going on a 5-0 run to trim its deficit to 38-28 with 7:56 to go in the third. Prairie View A&M increased their lead heading into the fourth quarter, before UAPB went on a 10-0 run, finished by Taylor's jumper cut into their lead. 

The Lady Lions scored eight points off the Lady Panthers seven turnovers, but it was not enough for the comeback. 

 "We would like to give a lot credit to Prairie View," said first-year UAPB head coach Dawn Brown. "They did a good job of playing good defense tonight. We couldn't get in sync on offense like we wanted to, but I told our girls to come out and play hard in the second half.  When you're building a young team, it's tough to play from behind, but we got to find a way and we will."

The Lady Lions will be back in action Monday at Texas Southern at 5:30 p.m. The UAPB Sports Network will have a live radio broadccast starting at 5:15 p.m. on 99.3 FM The Beat, online at uapblionsroar.com, and on the free UAPB Athletics App.

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