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HOUSTON – Junior guard Rachel Arthur's jumper with 37 seconds to go in the game gave HBU the lead for good and senior forward Erin McGarrachan grabbed a defensive rebound and made a free throw with 10 seconds left to make the score a three-point game, as the Huskies defeated visiting Incarnate Word, 67-64, Thursday evening from Sharp Gym.

Arthur and McGarrachan both scored 15 points to lead HBU (11-14 overall, 5-9 SLC). Anna Strickland registered her fourth double-double of the season, with 12 points and 12 rebounds. She also tied career highs with six assists and six blocks. HBU shot 43 percent from the floor in the game.

Incarnate Word (5-19 overall, 2-11 SLC) had two players record double-doubles, as Yvonne Maosa posted 19 points and 12 rebounds and Shanise Brooks had 17 points and 14 boards. Brooks also had all five of the team's blocks. The Cardinals shot 40 percent from the floor in the contest.

HBU scored 10 of the first 14 points of the game and led by as many as eight before the Cardinals used a 16-8 run to tie the contest at 22-all with 4:07 to go in the first half. Incarnate Word took its first lead of the game following a Brooks layup at the 2:40-mark and led for the remainder of the half until Monet Neal's layup with 45 seconds to go gave HBU a 28-27 advantage entering the break.

McGarrachan led all players with nine first-half points, while Maosa led the Cardinals with seven points. HBU shot 44 percent from the floor, compared to 39 percent for UIW.
UIW started the second half outscoring the Huskies, 10-4, to take its largest lead of the game, 37-32, with 16:17 remaining in regulation.

The Huskies battled back to tie the game at 41-all and proceeded to use a 13-4 run – thanks in large part to back-to-back-to-back treys by Heidi Sihvola twice and McGarrachan – to take a nine-point lead, 54-45, with 9:33 to go in the game.

The Cardinals battled back and a three-point play by Jasmine Holman culminated a 15-5 run that cut HBU's lead to only one, 60-59, with just under five minutes to play in regulation.

HBU increased its lead to five, but UIW fought back to tie the contest at 64-all with 48 seconds remaining, leading up to Arthur's and McGarrachan's heroics.

Arthur scored 11 second-half points for HBU, while Brooks and Maosa led UIW with 13 and 12 points, respectively.

HBU will take six days off before facing Abilene Christian on the road Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7 pm.