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Cumberland (6-6) battled all game coming from down 12 in the third quarter to tie the game at the end of regulation as Gordon drilled a desperation three-pointer. The Phoenix found themselves down with the final possession of overtime and went for the win. Ever Walker missed the game-winning 3, but Hyde was under the basket for the putback to keep it alive. In double overtime, CU had the final shot and again hit it as Brillhart won the game with 0.2 seconds left on the clock.

This game was everything, but normal as eight players fouled out, five for Tennessee Southern and three for the Phoenix. The teams combined to shoot 79 free throws as Cumberland finished 35-of-51 and the Firehawks went 20-for-28. The Phoenix had 33 turnovers in the win.

Cumberland finished shooting 17-of-56 and hit four 3s at timely times throughout. The Phoenix outrebounded the Firehawks 59-43. The Phoenix forced Tennessee Southern into 18 turnovers that translated into 15 points. Despite committing 33 turnovers, the Phoenix cleaned it up after half only having 13 in the second half and throughout overtime.

Emaleigh Tarpley finished with a team-high 18 points and 20 rebounds for her third-consecutive double-double. Tarpley did a lot of damage at the line, shooting 14-of-16 from the free throw line before she fouled out. Gordon struggled early, but came up clutch down the stretch. She finished shooting 4-of-18 and went 8-of-11 from the line for 17 points. Walker added in 11 points. Mariyah Person chipped in with nine. Faith Colston and Brillhart added five and Jordan Harris and Hyde each posted four.

The Firehawks went 24-for-78 from the field and just 3-for-25 from three. Tennessee Southern had five players foul out and five players score double-figure points led by Ashley Dickey with 17.

The first half was slow for both teams as Tennessee Southern slowly built up the lead. The Firehawks led 13-8 after the first and pushed that to a 10-point lead at half up 26-16.

Tennessee Southern posted their largest lead in the third quarter up 35-23 at the halfway point and led by 11 going into the fourth up 41-30.

Cumberland started the fourth on a 7-0 run to get life back in the game. Cumberland trailed 47-41 with 5:20 left before another 7-0 run gave Cumberland their first lead of the game up 48-47 with 3:36 to play. The Firehawks regained the lead by two after knocking in three free throws.

Tarpley tied the game with 30 seconds left after she hit two from the line as well.

The Firehawks with the ball and just 30 second to play wasted nearly all of the shot clock and drained a three with just four seconds to play.

After a timeout, CU advanced the ball and Gordon drilled the game-tying three with a heave from the wing to send it to overtime tied at 53-53.

The second overtime was back-and-forth.

Tennessee Southern had a chance to ice the game at the line and just hit one for for a two point, 65-63 lead with nine seconds left.

This time the Phoenix drew up a play for the win, but Hyde came up with a huge offensive rebound and putback to keep the game going into double OT.

The final minute of double overtime Brillhart came up huge for the Phoenix.

Tennessee Southern built a three point lead and Brillhart drained a 3 to tie it with 49 seconds left. The Phoenix got a big stop on defense and advanced the ball with 33 seconds left.

Cumberland milked the clock all the way down as Person tried to win the game for CU.

The Firehawks came up with the board, but Harris knocked it away and Brillhart made the shot with 0.2 seconds left to give Cumberland the win, 73-71.