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The University of the South women's basketball team dropped a Sunday Southern Athletic Association (SAA) contest to Oglethorpe University, 64-48, inside Juhan Gymnasium. 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final Score: Oglethorpe (12-11, 6-7) 64, Sewanee (4-20, 1-12) 48

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CLASS OF 2023

In between Sunday's doubleheader, the women's basketball team recognized senior Camryn Broussard. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

-Oglethorpe, leading 6-5 with five minutes remaining in the opening period, ended the quarter on a 6-2 run.

-After being down 12 points, 25-13, with 5:36 left in the opening half, Sewanee answered with a 9-4 run, capped by back-to-back 3-pointers by Lilly Phillips to end the half. 

-OU came out of the locker room strong with a 10-2 run to get the Petrels lead to 15. 

-The Tigers posted an 8-of-16 mark from the field in the fourth quarter.

SINGLE-SEASON LEADER FROM DOWNTOWN

Sophomore Lilly Phillips becomes the first Sewanee women's basketball player to knock down 80 3-pointers in a season. 

The Spartanburg, S.C. native tied the record with a long triple at the end of the half and became the new record-holder with a shot from the top of the key early in the fourth quarter. 

Here are the top-5 single-season 3-pointers in Sewanee women's basketball:

• Lilly Phillips (2023) - 81
• Kinsley Logan C'22 (2019) - 78
• Suzanne Smith C'00 (1998) - 78
• Michelle Chambers C'02 (2001) - 77
• Suzanne Smith C'00 (2000) - 73

Leading the SAA in triples, Phillips entered Sunday's game ranked third in all of NCAA Division III in 3-point field goals made.

In terms of SAA history, Phillips becomes the third player since the league's inception in 2012-13 to knock down 80 3-point field goals or more in a season, joining Mel McLean from Berry (2014) and Alyssa Owens of Rhodes (2020). Here are the top-5 SAA players in 3-point field goals made:

• Mel McLean (Berry, 2014) - 83
• Lilly Phillips (Sewanee, 2023) - 81
• Alyssa Owens (Rhodes, 2020) - 80
• Kinsley Logan (Sewanee, 2019) - 78
• Megan Donaldson (Millsaps, 2017) - 67
• Megan Donaldson (Millsaps, 2018) - 67

SEWANEE KEY STATISTICS

-It was a day for Lilly Phillips. Setting the school record for made triples in a game, she led all scorers with 18 points on six 3-pointers. 

-Kayla Antoine added 14 points on 6-of-12 shooting. Knocking down two shots from beyond the arc, she also grabbed eight boards. 

OGLETHORPE KEY STATISTICS

-Keimarya Rivera led the Petrels with 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed six boards. Olivia Tucker also had 12 points. 

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