INDIANAPOLIS – IUPUI will have to wait one game longer to clinch the No. 2 seed in the Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament after falling short against Wright State, 66-63, on Friday night (Feb. 23).

Tamya Sims had a chance to tie the game but her three-point try was blocked as time expired, as Wright State handed IUPUI (20-8, 12-5 Horizon) their second-straight loss. It is the first time all season that IUPUI has lost two games.

In a back-and-forth game, the fourth quarter was no different with Wright State (20-9, 11-6 Horizon) using an 8-0 run midway through the fourth to take a seven point lead. IUPUI put together a run of their own last with Macee Williams hitting a three-point play and Sims hitting two free throws to pull the Jags within one. After Chelsea Welch hit two free throws to put Wright State up three with two second left, the defense for the Raiders held to earn the win.

Sydney Hall led the Jags with 19 points, hitting 7-of-11 shots and going 4-for-7 from three point range. It was the first time in four games that Hall has reached double figures and her highest point total since scoring 19 against Detroit Mercy on January 11.

Williams posted her sixth double-double of the season scoring 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting and pulling down 10 rebounds. The Jags finished with four in double-digits as Sims and Danielle Lawrence each scored 12 points.

As a team, IUPUI was an impressive 16-for-17 from the free throw line and shot 44.7 percent from the field but fell victim to the turnover bug, giving the ball away 20 times.

IUPUI allowed Wright State to shoot 48.1 percent from the field and preseason Horizon League Player of the Year Welch scored 18 to lead the Raiders. Wright State finished with 13 offensive rebounds and finished with 42 points in the paint to just 32 for the Jaguars.

The Jags took a 5-4 lead early in the first quarter after a three-point play by Hall but Wright State took the lead 20 seconds later and the Jags would continue to play catch up for over the next quarter and a half.

Wright State would maintain the lead until a three by Hall with 1:43 left in the second quarter. Two free throws by Lawrence right before the half put the Jags up one at the break.

IUPUI took its largest lead, five, after a three-point play by Williams with 6:43 in the third but Wright State answered with four free throws and a layup to take the lead back.

The Jags will finish up the season hosting Northern Kentucky at 5 p.m. Before the game, IUPUI will honor its two seniors, Lawrence and Jenna Gunn.