PITTSBURG, Kan. – The No. 7 Winona State women's basketball team nearly completed its second double-digit fourth quarter comeback in as many days but came up just short in a 66-62 loss to top seed Emporia State Saturday evening in the semifinals of the NCAA Central Region Tournament at John Lance Arena in Pittsburg, Kansas.

Tara Roelofs hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds left to bring WSU to within a basket at 64-62 and a steal by Emily Passint gave the Warriors a chance to tie with 10 seconds left but couldn't convert, as the Lady Hornets had a breakaway on the other end to clinch the 66-62 win and advance to the NCAA Central Region Championship.

Senior Alexis Foley scored a career-high 28 points in her final game as a Warrior, making 12-of-26 shots from the field along with eight rebounds. Connor Nagle added 16 points thanks to a perfect 10-of-10 mark from the free throw line, along with five rebounds and four assists. Roelofs finished with 10 points.

The Warriors were just 3-of-18 (16.7 percent) from 3-point range despite shooting 39.3 percent overall from the field.

After spending much of the game trailing for the second straight day, the Warriors once again made a frantic late charge. WSU trailed 55-45 with 7:04 left and traded baskets for a large stretch to keep the deficit hovering between eight and 10 points with as late as 3:28 to play at 61-51. But a quick 8-0 run with a basket from Nagle, two from Foley and one from Hannah McGlone suddenly had WSU to within two leading up to the frantic finish.

Foley hit a 3-pointer and a layup to open the game but the Warriors found themselves down 13-5 early in a quick-paced game where no foul was called until nearly three minutes into the second quarter. A Nagle steal led to a Foley and-1 conversion to bring WSU to within 26-22 and the Warriors trailed just 28-24 at halftime. WSU trailed by just three, 34-31, with 4:37 left in the half, but a 9-2 Hornet run pushed their lead back to 10 by the 2:43 mark and led 47-39 at the end of the third quarter.

The Warriors end their season with a 30-4 record, the best mark in program history.