The Cowley College women's basketball team built a 17-point second half advantage over No. 14-ranked Butler and held on with all their might to defeat the Lady Grizzlies 71-69 Sunday afternoon inside W.S. Scott Auditorium.
The win was the fourth in the past five games for the Lady Tigers as they improved to 11-7 overall and 5-7 in the Jayhawk Conference.
Cowley got 18 first half points from reserves Zuzanna Komor and Georgia Knight as they built a 39-29 halftime advantage.
Cowleys lead would grow to 48-31 before a 12-0 Butler run pulled the Grizzlies within 48-43.
Leading 51-47 entering the final quarter of play, Cowley would see Butler grab its first lead of the game at 59-58 on a basket by sophomore Freddie Wallace with 3:50 remaining.
The lead would change hands seven times over the final four minutes, with the final lead change coming on a basket by Komor that put Cowley in front 71-69 with 26.5 seconds left.
Trying for the win, Butler's Randi Harding missed a three-point attempt with 7.7 seconds left and Cowley held on for the two-point win.
All seven players that played for Cowley scored in the victory. Komor led all scorers with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor.
"We had a lot of people contribute to a good team win," Cowley head coach Todd Clark said. "I am proud of our effort."
Lady Tiger sophomore Anna Przyszlak added a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds.
Dayuna Colbin led Butler with 18 points. The Grizzlies are now 15-3 overall and 9-3 in the conference.
Cowley will look to continue its resurgence when they play at Northwest Kansas Tech Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The Mavericks are 1-15 overall and 0-12 in the conference.
"We need a good effort on the road," Clark said.
