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Evansville tops Marshall in dramatic overtime win

EVANSVILLE - Powered by a trio of double-figure scorers, the University of Evansville women's basketball team grinded out a 66-62 overtime victory over Marshall inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse on Sunday afternoon.

Evansville was led by junior Jada Poland, who scored a game-high 19 points to go along with eight rebounds. Following Poland were freshman Abby Feit with 17 points and nine boards and sophomore A'Niah Griffin with 16 points. For the Herd, Khadaijia Brooks finished with a team-best 15 points.

The Aces struggled coming out of the gate in the contest, finding themselves down 14-3 with 4:19 left in the first quarter.