Glendale, AZ. - The Arizona Christian University women's basketball team (3-1) won a thriller 62-59 on a game winning three as they came behind to beat Warner Pacific (0-1) 62-59 on Friday evening in front of a packed crowd at home in the ACU Events Center.

Thoughts from Coach:

After the game, Head Coach Rusty Rogers said, "Really proud of the perseverance and persistence of our girls tonight. Clearly, not one of our best games but we searched and searched for some sort of spark from our bench and we found it. Coming back from a 16-point deficit in the third quarter was amazing. We have got to clean up our game and take better care of the basketball but the effort and enthusiasm we have displayed shows the character of our squad!"

Game Details:

The Firestorm jumped out to a 6-2 lead to start the game, but the Knights came storming back to take a 24-15 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Knights continued to control play in the second as they creeped their lead up to 39-26 at halftime. The Knights continued their momentum into the third as they hit a three to take a 16-point lead, their largest of the game. From there the Firestorm fought back as they went on a 17-2 run led by Kaycee Brown with nine points as they closed within 44-43. The Knights would respond by closing the half with a 3-2 run to take a 47-45 lead at the end of the third. It was a tight fourth quarter as the Knights continued to lead and have a response for every Firestorm basket as they led 59-56 with :11 seconds left. With :05 seconds left Tee Waters would then hit and then purposely miss a free throw that Alyssa Alvarez would lay in off the rebound for the game tying basket to make it 59-59. The Firestorm then forced the Knights to turnover the ball with Brown then laying it off for Alvarez who banked in the game winning three at the buzzer as the Firestorm prevailed 62-59 in a thriller.

Inside the Box Score:

Kaycee Brown: 16 points, seven rebounds

Alyssa Alvarez: 10 points, three rebounds

Angela Shorter-Kinney: nine points, nine rebounds

Next Game:

The Firestorm open up GSAC play as they head to Southern California to take on Hope International in Fullerton at 6:30 PM MT.