SEARCY, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello women’s basketball team picked up a key conference win on the road, but needed overtime in a 94-89 win over Harding Saturday night.

Sophomore Bethaney Turner (Mountain View, Ark.) recorded a season-high with her game-high 25 points in the win, just her second double-digit performance of the season.

“Bethaney really stepped up big tonight,” said UAM head coach Chris Ratcliff. “We had injury problems before the game and as the game progressed, we had foul trouble with our guards, but you wouldn’t have known it with the way she performed.”

Turner finished the game with five three pointers on only seven attempts. Overall, she connected on 9-of-13 shots from the field and 2-of-2 from the charity stripe. She scored 15 of her points in the first half.

As a team, the Blossoms combined to shoot 46 percent for the game, while Harding shot 29 percent.

Senior Andrea Dubose (Hickory, Miss.) was the team’s next highest scorer with 17 points, followed by sophomore Erika Brown with 16, and senior Addie Lees (Plainview, Texas) with 11.

Freshman Jerica Hubard (Ashdown, Ark.) and junior Monica Perkins-Miller (Houston, Texas) both pulled down 10 rebounds, and both scored nine points.

“This was a big win for our team on the road,” said Ratcliff. “Harding is the toughest environment in our conference to play in… It’s always loud and there are always a lot of people. Our team really responded well to the crowd and stayed focused throughout the game… Hats off to Harding, they really fought hard all game long.”

The Blossoms improve to 12-4 overall and 4-1 in the GSC, while the Lady Bisons drop to 13-4 and 1-4 in the GSC.

UAM continues GSC play Thursday, January 29 at home against Arkansas Tech. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. from Steelman Fieldhouse.