INA, Ill. -  Coach Ashley Allen's game plan for the Feb. 17 conference matchup with Kaskaskia College may have included being down late in the second half. She may have even planned for foul trouble. But there was no way she could have seen this coming.

Starting the game with only seven players, and coming out of halftime down 57-39 and without guard Keke Spurling, the Lady Warriors didn't just last the final seven minutes with only four players. They came back from an 11 point deficit to win! A very excited Allen called the 89-87 victory "the game of the century.

"I've never seen a game played that long with four on five," Allen said. "It was an unbelievable game."

With only seven players and 25 fouls called in the first half, nearly everyone left on Allen's roster was in foul trouble at the start of the second. One of RLC's top scorers, Kujania Walker, fouled out. Then center Heather Murphy was called for her fifth. That left RLC with only four players and an eternity left on the clock. Kaskaskia started with eight players, none of whom fouled out.   

"I honestly thought, we've done it before and we can do it again. Plus, we practice with four people," Allen said. "They would double team whoever had the ball. So, I told them 'We are going to shoot threes.' When I told them to shoot, they shot it. When it went in, we said thank goodness. If it didn't, we had to rebound. It was one of those games where you had to be there to believe it. They played hard, but it was by the grace of God."

RLC used every one of its timeouts and tied the game with only 19 seconds left when sophomore Megan Clark fouled and sent KC to the line. Freshman Misty Webster was the only player on the floor for RLC to have less than four fouls. The Blue Angels went up by three when Allen drew up a play to give RLC's leading scorer, freshman Cierra Dotson, a good look to tie. She didn't get the good look, but she did get the bucket.

"She hit the toughest three ever, with two people on her in the corner," Allen explained.  

Tie game. Less than five seconds left. RLC trapped KC's inbound pass and got a turnover. A designed alley-oop play to freshman forward Talaya Earls drew a foul. Earls stepped to the line and sunk both free throws with eight-tenths of a second left to close the lid on the Lady Warriors' 15th win of the season.

KC sophomore Keianna Evans led all scorers with 13 of 15 from the line for 33. Dotson led RLC with 30, Clark had 19, Earls put up 23 and Webster had 10. 

RLC is now 15-12 overall and 8-5 in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference. Tonight's win could bump RLC up to second or third in the league. The Lady Warriors will head to Wabash Valley College on Monday.   

RLC Lady Warriors 37 89 - Dotson 13 3-3 30, Walker 2 0-0 5, Clark 7 1-2 19, Earls 7 8-10 23, Webster 4 2-2 10, Murphy 1 0-0 2. 3-pointers 7 (Dotson, Walker, Clark 4, Earls), Team fouls 23, Foul outs - Walker, Murphy.

KC Blue Angels 57 87 - Fark 2 0-0 5, Klinkel 1 2-2 4, Evans 8 13-15 33, Oulrey 3 2-2 11, Smith 6 3-3 17, Williams 0 2-2 2, Holder 4 1-2 10, Herron 3 0-0 6. 3-pointers 11 (Fark, Evans 4, Oulrey 3, Smith 2, Holder), Team fouls 18, Foul outs - none.