NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Manchester women's basketball team rallied from a 20-point deficit late in the third quarter to force overtime, however, the visiting Earlham Quakers were able to withstand the Spartans' late heroics for an 82-75 win in overtime in a packed Stauffer-Wolfe Arena.

Earlham's fullcourt pressure to begin Saturday's contest proved difficult to break for Manchester. The Spartans were forced into seven turnovers in the opening period and Earlham built a 17-9 lead through 10 minutes of action. The Quakers extended their advantage to as much as 16 points in the second quarter. Manchester battled back and cut Earlham's lead to 35-26 heading into halftime.

The Quakers regained control the game comfortably in the third period, buidling a 20-point lead with 1:47 left in the period. Manchester's late game heroics were setup by a 6-0 run to end the third quarter that placed the Spartans down 59-43.

The Spartans outscored Earlham 23-7 in a frenetic fourth quarter. Macy Miller (Huntertown, Ind./Carroll) accounted for 6 of MU's 10 points during a critical 10-0 flurry toward the end of regulation. Hannah Lindsey (Speedway, Ind./Speedway) and Miller hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime - sending a packed Stauffer-Wolfe Arena into a frenzy.

Manchester was unable to complete its comback as Earlham hit the Spartans with a 16-7 run in overtime to seize control of the game.

MU was led by Macy Miller who finished with 21 points and six rebounds. Miller shot 50 percent (8-16) from field-goal range and was a perfect 4-4 from the free-throw line. Haley Farris (Sharpsville, Ind./Tri-Central) chipped in 13 points and six rebounds. Hannah Lindsey added 12 points off the bench.

As a team, the black and gold shot 45.6 percent (26-57) and 28.6 percent (6-21) from behind the arc. The Quakers ended the game shooting 47 percent (31-66) from inside the arc and 33.3 percent (3-9) from behind it.

Trinity McClendon led Earlham with 32 points on 13-27 shooting. Zoe Curtis finished with 14 and Camryn White with 10.

The Manchester women ended their season 8-17 overall and 5-13 in the HCAC. Earlham improved to 8-17 and 7-11 against HCAC teams this year.