NEW ORLEANS - It was a Story-book ending on Thursday afternoon, as Appalachian State University women's basketball (18-13) senior Madi Story hit the game-winning field goal with 0.1 second left to lift the Mountaineers to a thrilling 47-45 victory over Georgia State in the Sun Belt quarterfinals at Lakefront Arena.
The fifth-seeded Mountaineers will now face No. 1 seed Little Rock in the semifinal round tomorrow at 12:30 pm ET. The winner will advance to the Sun Belt Championship on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET
With three seconds left and clinging to a 45-43 lead, Georgia State's Allison Johnson hit a jumper to tie up the game.