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ODU Women's Basketball Team Pulls Off Another Upset, Beating Charlotte in OT for Third Win in Three Days

By Harry Minium

The Old Dominion women's basketball team is now truly a Cinderella.

Playing their third game in three days, the gritty and determined Monarchs upset Charlotte, 90-89, in double overtime Thursday afternoon in the Conference USA tournament quarterfinals at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.

ODU rode on the shoulders of Amari Young, who scored a career-high 31 points and had 10 rebounds. But it was Ajah Wayne who put ODU over the top.

Wayne scored ODU's last seven points, including the winning point when she made one of two free throws with .