WBB Falls to Coppin State in OT

BALTIMORE – The Sun Devil women's basketball team dropped its first true road game of the season, falling to Coppin State 74-68 in overtime on Thursday. 

Jalyn Brown led the Sun Devils (4-4) with 17 points to go with six rebounds and three assists. Tyi Skinner added 14 points and Nevaeh Parkinson just missed a double-double, scoring nine points and grabbing a team-high 10 rebounds. Parkinson, who scored a career-high 26 points in ASU's prior contest vs. South Dakota at the Music City Classic, knocked down the second 3-pointer of her career in the game.

Trailing 46-37 with 5:54 remaining, ASU used a 9-1 run to get back within a point, 47-46. Jyah LoVett, who scored nine points in the game, started ASU's rally with a 3-pointer. Also contributing to the run were Brown (four points) and Heavenly Greer (two points).

The Eagles (6-4) went to the fourth quarter with a one-point lead, an advantage that vanished after Parkinson's layup put the Sun Devils up 50-49.

Neither team led by more than three until Brown hit a triple to give ASU a 59-55 lead with 3:33 remaining.

The Eagles scored the next four points to tie the game at 59-59. Two free throws by Lovett returned the advantage to ASU with 70 seconds left in regulation. The Eagles tied the game on their ensuing possession. Neither team was able to break the stalemate in the last 50-plus seconds and the game went to overtime.

In the extra session, Skinner's 3-point play gave the Sun Devils a 68-67 lead – the fifth lead change in overtime – with 1:28 left.

Unfortunately for ASU, Skinner's free throw was the last of its offense as the Eagles closed the game with a 7-0 run to claim the win.

ASU went 2 for 11 from the floor in the overtime period while the Eagles were 6 for 10. What the Sun Devils lacked in their ability to hit shots in the first and fourth quarters (11-31/35.4 percent), they made up for in the middle 20 minutes in which they connected on 52 percent of their attempts (13-25). The Sun Devils also made all nine of their free throw attempts in the game.

Jackson, Brown and Maggie Besselink had six rebounds each. For the game, the Sun Devils were plus-3 (42-39) on the boards and outscored the Eagles 10-3 in second chance points.

Thursday's game was the third in a seven-game stretch in which ASU is on the road for either a neutral site contest or as the away team in a true road game. ASU's game at Coppin State was its first of the four true road games. 

ASU concludes its two-game trip to the DMV on Saturday when it faces Maryland Eastern Shore (1:45 p.m. EST/11:45 a.m. MST) in the fourth annual Coaches Vs. Racism Roundball Classic.