GAME DETAILS
Saint Louis 59, Richmond 58 (OT)
Friday, March 12, 2021 | 7 p.m. (CST)
Siegel Center | Richmond, Va.
 
THE BASICS
• Ciaja Harbison led four Saint Louis double-digit scorers with 17 points, and the third-seeded Billikens survived a late Richmond surge to register a 59-58 overtime victory Friday night in an Atlantic 10 Conference Championship quarterfinal at VCU's Siegel Center.
• Brooke Flowers (14 points, 10 rebounds) and Myriama Smith Traore (10 points, game-high 17 rebounds) had double-doubles, and Rachel Kent scored 14 points for SLU, which advances to a Saturday semifinal vs. seventh-seeded Massachusetts at 3 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.
• The Billikens extended their winning streak to eight games.
• Saint Louis improved to 12-3, while Richmond dropped to 13-9.
 
FIRST QUARTER
• Richmond took an 8-4 lead with 3:50 left.
• Saint Louis ended the quarter with a 9-2 run to go on top 13-10. Harbison scored four of the Bills' nine points.
 
SECOND QUARTER
• After Richmond sank two free throws on its first possession, SLU continued to take command.
• Harbison tallied five points and Smith Traore netted four in a 9-0 spurt that gave the Billikens their first double-digit lead, 22-12, with 5:24 left.
• SLU built the margin to 13 with under a minute to play and took a 33-22 cushion to the locker room.
 
THIRD QUARTER
• A Myia Clark bucket pushed the lead back to 13 at 35-22.
• Richmond hit two 3-pointers and a layup in an 8-0 run that made it a 35-30 game.
• Kent connected on a triple out of a timeout to steady the Billikens, who led 40-33 after three.
 
FOURTH QUARTER
• Saint Louis led 45-33 after Kent knocked down a trey and Harbison had a steal and layup in the opening minute.
• Richmond assembled a 19-5 run and led 52-50 with 46 seconds left.
• Harbison drove for a tying layup with 33 seconds remaining, and a Billiken defensive stop sent the game into overtime.
 
OVERTIME
• Neither team led by more than two points in the extra session.
• Flowers recorded all seven of SLU's overtime points. She gave the Billikens a 54-52 lead on their first possession, answered a Richmond 3-pointer with a conventional three-point play for a 57-55 edge, and broke a 57-57 tie with 1:06 to play.
• The Spiders had a chance to tie but made just one of two free throws with 23 ticks left.
• Richmond had two opportunities to win in the final seconds, but SLU's defense denied the Spiders both times.
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
• Harbison scored in double figures for an 11th consecutive game.
• Smith Traore's double-double was her fourth of the season. She turned in a second straight 17-rebound effort.
• Kent was 4-of-9 from beyond the arc, connecting on at least three 3-pointers for a seventh time in the last eight games.
• The Billikens earned a 48-38 advantage on the boards.
• Smith Traore and Flowers had three blocks apiece.
• Harbison and Julia Martinez notched a game-high four assists each, and Martinez added three steals.
• Clark grabbed seven rebounds, including five on the offensive glass.