MEMPHIS-Visiting Valdosta State out-scored the Christian Brothers University Lady Bucs 7-0 over the final 3:04 as they rallied for a 69-63 win Thursday night at Canale Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• The Lady Blazers (4-4, 1-1 GSC) opened the game on a 10-4 run capped by a Madi Mitchell layup with 5:19 remaining in the first quarter, they they would hold the lead until late in the third quarter, leading by as many as nine points in the third when a Sonya Franklin triple gave them a 41-32 edge with 7:04 remaining.
• The Lady Bucs (4-3, 1-2) answered with an 11-2 run, tying the game at 43 on a Rachel Lee (Jackson, Tenn./Jackson Christian School) three-pointer with 4:52 remaining in the quarter.
• Back-to-back Madison Luckett (Memphis, Tenn./St. Benedict HS) baskets gave CBU a 49-45 lead with 27 seconds remaining in the third quarter, and the teams traded baskets, and leads, through the early part of the fourth.
• Another Lee three-pointer gave the Lady BUcs a 63-62 lead with 3:20 remaining, but they would not score again as VSU outscored them 7-0 the rest of the way to seal the victory.

KEY STATS:
• Samantha Reeves (Somerville, Tenn./Fayette Academy) scored 17 points with three rebounds, two blocks and two steals, becoming CBU's 16th 1,000-point scorer on her first basket, a layup with 6:24 remaining in the first quarter.
• Lee scored 14 with seven rebounds and three assists.
• Luckett tacked on 12 in 19 minutes.
• Courtney Banks (Memphis, Tenn./White Station HS) scored 11 with seven assists as she played all 40 minutes.
• Mikaela Blissett (Oran, Mo./Scott County Central HS) grabbed a career-high nine rebounds.
• The teams were roughly even from the field, with CBU shooting 40.4 percent (23-of-57) overall and 37.5 percent (9-of-24) from three-point range to VSU's 40.3 percent (27-of-67) and 33.3 percent (4-of-12).
• The Lady Blazers held a 44-35 edge on the boards, including a 15-7 lead in offensive rebounds. CBU committed 14 turnovers to Valdosta's eight.

HEAD COACH SARAH CONDRA'S THOUGHTS:
"Valdosta's a good team, they've played some really close games and I knew eventually they were going to pull one of those out. Unfortunately I didn't feel like we played with as much energy and as much passion as they did. I think they won a lot of the 50-50 balls, loose balls. Obviously they killed us on rebounding, and I preached that's just an effort stat. 15 offensive rebounds. We told them one of the keys was winning the battle in the paint and one of those things would be keeping them off the offensive boards, and we didn't do a very good job of that tonight. So extremely disappointing. We talked all week about not having a hangover, we're not done, that's not the highlight of the season. We have a great opportunity heading into Christmas, and we blew it. Valdosta came in here and took it."

"We were not crisp. Statistically, you look at it and we were right there. I could feel it in our team. I could feel the energy level from the very beginning. I know we took finals, but you know what, nobody cares. Valdosta just played West Florida on Monday, got on a bus and traveled 9 hours here. I'm sure they're tired too. So we can't use that as an excuse, because in real life nobody cares, they just care that you do your job. And that's what we needed to do, and the energy level just wasn't there from the beginning."

"It's not that we didn't play hard, I just didn't feel the energy, the fight that we had the last week. You can't just turn it on and turn it off. I told them you can't just show up in the fourth quarter and think every time you're going to turn it on."

WHAT'S NEXT:
The Lady Bucs wrap up their pre-Christmas schedule Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. as they host West Florida.