Warrensburg, Mo. - For the first time since 2009 Missouri Southern Women's Basketball team beat Central Missouri on their home court, and for the first time since 2008 Southern swept the season series from the Jennies with the 76-73 overtime win Saturday afternoon.

The Jennies (9-15, 8-12) started the game on a 4-0 run before sophomore Dru Clark drilled a three from senior Sharese Jones to ignite a 12-0 Southern (17-10, 11-10 MIAA) run to take the 12-4 lead with threes from Jones and junior Deb Holcomb, a jumper from Holcomb, and a free throw from sophomore Bri Shavers. The Lions pushed their lead up to nine on a lay-up from Clark with just under a minute left in the quarter and then again to ten, 24-14, on a three pointer from sophomore Kayla Kivinski from sophomore Jenson Maydew with 30 seconds left in the quarter. A free throw from UCM's Ashley Jones with eight seconds on the clock made it 24-15 headed into the quarter break.

The Lions pushed their lead to 11 on their first possession of the second quarter when Holcomb hit a jumper in the lane off an offensive rebound by Kivinski. Central Missouri traded buckets with the Lions on the next three possessions until a lay-up from Maydew at the 5:58 mark made it 34-25 and a lay-up from Jones 1:40 later made it 36-25. Central Missouri closed the quarter on a 7-0 run to cut the lead down to 36-32 at the half. Southern out shot the Jennies 58 percent (15-for-26) to 56 percent (14-for-25) in the opening half. The Lions made four three pointers in the first two quarters to UCM's zero and the Jennies out rebounded Southern 13-10. Jones led the Lions with 13 points while Holcomb added 11 to go with three assists. Central was led by Shelby Winklemann with 11 points and Ashley Jones added 10.

Central Missouri pushed their 7-0 run to 13-0 as they started the third quarter with six straight points to take a 38-36 lead before Jones sank a lay-up to stop the bleeding at tied it back at 38 all with 8:28 left in the quarter. From that point on no team lead by more than two points with Central Missouri leading three times, three ties, and the Lions taking their only lead of the quarter (46-44) on a pair of free throws by Clark with :08 on the clock.

Central Missouri tied the game at 46-46 just a minute into the final quarter and took the two point led on a layup by Winklemann with just over eight minutes left. A three point play from Jones gave the Lions a one point lead at the 7:42 mark before a 5-0 run by UCM gave the Jennies a 53-49 lead with 6:16 to go. The Lions mounted a 6-0 run of their own with a three from Maydew and a jumper and free throw from Holcomb to take a 55-53 lead with two and a half left in regulation. The Jennies closed the fourth on a 5-1 run, all five from Winklemann, to force overtime at the Multipurpose Building. The win gave the Missouri Southern men a chance to complete the first ever season series sweep of Central Missouri.

In the extra period it was all Lions after a pair of freebies from Jones made it 60-59 just a minute and a half into it. The Southern lead got up to seven, 71-64, on a pair of charities from Holcomb with 48 seconds left and another pair of free throws from Jones with 18 seconds left made it 76-71 and gave her a new career high of 31 points.

Jones led all scorers with the 31 points and UCM was led by Winklemann with 29. Holcomb added 18 points and a set a new career high in assists with eight for the Lions while Shavers pulled down a team high seven rebounds. Senior Kenya Wilson-Brown finishing with five swipes, recorded her 49th steal of the year. Jones' 31 points gives her 1,383 points for her career and puts her four points behind Linda Castillion (1979-83) for for fourth place all-time at MSSU.

Southern will be back in action a week from today as they host currently 19th ranked Pittsburg State on senior day inside The Leggett & Platt Athletic Center. Tip off on Robert Corn Court is scheduled for 1 p.m.