NEW ORLEANS -- Kyra Collier slowly trotted backward, smiling wide, knowing the three-pointer she made with less than a minute remaining was the dagger to send the University of Arkansas at Little Rock women's basketball team to the Sun Belt Tournament championship game.
"Everybody was smiling," said Collier, a junior guard from North Little Rock. "It was fun."
Collier recorded 17 of her 25 points in the second half and was the lead player in a special fourth quarter when No. 1 seed UALR outscored No. 5 seed Appalachian State 23-9 en route to an 80-64 victory in Friday's semifinals at Lakefront Arena.