NORFOLK, Va. -- The Old Dominion women's basketball team battled Charlotte, a top-five team in the league last season, to the wire, but ultimately fell to the 49ers, 63-60, on Saturday evening at the Ted Constant Center.
Kelly Loftus' potential game-tying three with 10 seconds remaining went off the rim and Charlotte (6-9, 2-0 C-USA) grabbed the rebound to hold on for the victory.
"I told our team that this game was going to come down to taking care of the ball," said head coach Nikki McCray-Penson. "I thought for the most part we did that, until the last four minutes of the game.