LIVINGSTON, Ala. – The University of West Alabama women's basketball team dropped a 57-43 decision to the University of West Georgia in Gulf South Conference action Wednesday evening from Pruitt Hall. 

UWG improves to 13-10 and 9-10 in the league, while UWA drops to 5-19 and 4-16. 

The Tigers slowly crawled back from a slow start to take a 7-6 lead on a Maryanne Logsdon jump shot, but a 9-2 run in the final five minutes of the quarter kept the lead for the Wolves, 15-9, after one quarter of play. 

West Georgia swelled the lead to 12 at the start of the quarter and held the Tigers to without a bucket for nearly four minutes until Augusta Arnold's jump shot. 

That shot sparked a run, cutting the 12-point deficit down to four with a minute remaining in the half, but an Aliyah Washington shot gave UWG a 25-19 lead at the break. 

Midway through the third quarter, following field goals by Kiona McCallister and Kendall Lacoste to trim West Georgia's lead back to four, 33-29, the visitors responded with a 10-0 run in the final four minutes to swell the lead back to double digits, 43-29. 

UWG essentially put the contest away in the third period, shooting 7-of-10 from the field and outscoring UWA 18-10 in the period. 

Kendall Lacoste led the Tigers with 10 points and added two dimes, while Shayla Golden scored eight points and grabbed five boards. 

Adrianna Djokovic set new UWA highs on Wednesday night. Playing a season-long 18 minutes off the bench, she scored nine points on two 3-pointers and added two dimes. 

Augusta Arnold played a season-best 17 minutes off the bench for UWA with six points, while Kiona McCallister posted a new career-high with nine boards. 

K'Nari Holliday led all scorers with 18 points on 9-of-14 from the floor to pace West Georgia. 

The Tigers return to the hardwood next Thursday, Feb. 22, to take on the Lady Buccaneers of Christian Brothers University for a 5:30 p.m. tip. It will be Senior Night for the program.