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West Georgia's D'Asia Cain drilled a 3-point basketball from the corner at the buzzer to send the Wolves past the Lee Lady Flames, 77-76 on Saturday afternoon from Walker Arena.

Lee's Haris Price split a pair of free throws prior to the last second shot to give the Lady Flames a brief 76-74 lead. Price finished with 19 points and three assists.

The battle between the Gulf South Conference's top scorers did not disappoint. Lee's Erin Walsh is second in the league and scored 25 points on 9 of 18 shooting from the field. The Wolves' Katrina Littlepage is the top point producer in the conference and she added to that mark with 37 points. Littlepage was 4 of 6 from three-point land and 13 of 14 from the foul line.

 "I thought we took a step forward today and played with more purpose, emotion and energy but we still didn't defend with urgency and missed some opportunities late at the foul line," said head coach Marty Rowe after the contest.

Lee raced out to an 18-7 lead in the first period but the Wolves battled back to cut the lead to nine at the halftime break. The two clubs jostled back and forth in the third period before West Georgia used a late fourth quarter run to pull out the victory.

Playing without starting post player Carrie Cheeks for the second straight game the Lady Flames relied on Shelby Brown who pitched in 10 points and added nine rebounds and Christina Johnson who finished with six points and 10 rebounds.

Terrianna Cave added 14 points for West Georgia while Cain scored 14 and grabbed eight boards.

The Wolves did most of their damage from the free-throw line (17 of 20) and from beyond the arc (17 of 20). Lee did convert eight triples and shot 44.6 percent from the field in the contest (29 of 65).

"We gave up 53 points in the second half and that's just bad defense," added Rowe. "We were willing to give up the 3-point shot because they came in not shooting well from there but we needed to adjust once they started hitting those shots. If they shot the ball like that the whole year they would beat anybody in the country."

Lee now falls to 16-8 overall and 13-6 in the GSC. This marks the first time all year the Lady Flames have dropped consecutive games. Lee was 6-0 prior to tonight falling loses.

The Wolves keep their playoff hopes alive and are now 6-13 in conference play and 6-19 overall. West Georgia 

The Lady Flames will now head on the road where they are 6-2 in conference play. Lee battles Mississippi College on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. before taking on Delta State on Saturday at 3 p.m.