UALR women win Sun Belt tournament title, head to NCAAs

March 6, 2012 at 3:29 p.m. | Updated March 6, 2012 at 3:54 p.m.

by Arkansas Online

Arkansas-Little Rock's Taylor Ford, center, hugs teammate Taylor Gault, left, as teammate Kiera Clark (4) wipes her eye after the team defeated Middle Tennessee 71-70 in overtime in the Sun Belt Conference tournament final at Summit Arena in March. The conference announces Tuesday that the tournament will be moving from Hot Springs to Lakefront Arena in New Orleans beginning in 2013.
Arkansas-Little Rock's Taylor Ford, center, hugs teammate Taylor Gault, left, as teammate Kiera Clark (4) wipes her eye after the team defeated Middle Tennessee 71-70 in overtime in the Sun Belt Conference tournament final at Summit Arena in March. The conference announces Tuesday that the tournament will be moving from Hot Springs to Lakefront Arena in New Orleans beginning in 2013.

HOT SPRINGS — Arkansas-Little Rock is headed back to the Big Dance.

The Lady Trojans beat no. 1-seed Middle Tennessee State 71-70 in overtime in the Sun Belt Conference tournament finals on Tuesday afternoon in Hot Springs, earning their third straight trip to the NCAA Tournament and second straight Sun Belt tournament title.

UALR (20-12) also handed the first defeat to a Sun Belt team on the year to the Lady Blue Raiders.

Taylor Gault — who was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player — hit a shot at the buzzer to send the game into overtime and Taylor Ford's go-ahead lay-up with 11 seconds left gave the Lady Trojans the lead for good.

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.

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