GLENVILLE, W.Va. – Liz Flowers splashed home two free throws with 4.9 seconds left in overtime here Saturday to give the No. 16-ranked West Liberty women a thrilling 101-100 victory at Glenville State.

Coach Lynn Ullom's Hilltoppers (23-3, 18-2) had needed a clutch free throw from Kiki Simpson with less than a second remaining in regulation to force the game into overtime and held the Pioneers (17-9, 13-7) scoreless over the final 1:52 of overtime to pull out the win.

Paris McLeod, who led all scorers with a career-high 37 points, hit a driving layup for a 98-94 Glenville lead with2:06 to go in overtime and then gave the hosts their largest lead of the day, 100-94, when she intercepted a pass at midcourt and sailed in for an uncontested layup.

Kailee Howe answered with a stop-and-pop jumper for WLU, cutting the margin to 100-96 with 1:32 to go and then drained a clutch 3-pointer to make it 100-99 with just under a minute remaining.

West Liberty got the ball back on a Glenville miss with less than 30 seconds on the clock but a turnover gave the ball back to the hosts with just 16 seconds showing.

The Hilltoppers forced a quick turnover but Howe's shot with 8 seconds left rolled around and off the rim. A hustling Kiki Simpson forced a jump ball on the rebound and the arrow favored West Liberty with 6 seconds left.

Flowers popped free under the basket on the in-bounds and was fouled as she went up to shoot with 4.9 seconds left. Neither free throw touched anything but net and Glenville couldn't get a shot to drop ahead of the horn.

The Pioneers came within a tick of winning in regulation as another McLeod steal had put the hosts up, 92-91, with just 23 seconds remaining.

Emily Bucon's 3-pointer rimmed out with time winding down but Simpson pulled down the rebound and was fouled on the putback attempt with just 0.4 seconds left.

The senior post - who passed the 1,000-point mark during Saturday's game - hit 1-of-2 free throws to send the game into overtime.

Howe led West Liberty with 31 points and 13 assists while Flowers added a career-high 8 3-pointers to finish with 30 points.

Simpson had another huge game with 16 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists while Bucon and Johnie Olkosky added 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Brittany Jackson backed McLeod's 37 points with 17 more for Glenville. Tyra Sinclair and Aanise Barnes rounded out the Pioneers' double-figure scorers with 13 and 11 points, respectively.

The Hilltoppers return home to host Urbana on Thursday. Tipoff for Senior Night at the ASRC is set for 5:30 p.m.