LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Hailee Farstveet made 1-of-2 free throws with one second remaining Sunday to give Rocky Mountain a 62-61 women's basketball victory against Xavier University of Louisiana on the third and final day of the Las Vegas Shootout.
     Farstveet scored after Bianca Brown tied the score for XULA (3-5) with a basket with three seconds remaining.
     XULA finished 0-3 in the event and lost for the second straight day in overtime. NAIA No. 25 Carroll (Mont.) defeated the Gold Nuggets 59-52 Saturday.
     Another similarity to the Carroll game: The Gold Nuggets led in the final minute of regulation before an opponent's 3-pointer tied the score and forced the extra period. Sunday it was Jayde LeFevre's trey with 17 seconds remaining for the Bears (6-1) which extended the game.
     The Gold Nuggets led 23-19 at halftime, and they increased their lead to 36-28 after 3-pointers by Maya Trench, Ireyon Keith and Rosie Davis. But the Bears countered with a 10-2 run, including a pair of LeFevre 3-pointers, to tie the score at 38 by the end of the third quarter.
     Eboney Jackson had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Rocky Mountain. LeFevre and Mikayla Jones scored 12 apiece — LeFevre made four 3-pointers — and Farstveet scored 10, including 8-of-10 free throws.
     Freshman Essence Wells had career highs of 10 points and six rebounds for XULA. Brown scored a season-high 10, all after halftime, and was 4-of-5 from the floor. Maya Trench had nine points and seven rebounds, and Jalyn Hodge scored eight. Hodge and Davis both made a pair of 3-pointers.
     XULA outshot the Bears 33.8 to 28.3 percent from the floor and had a 7-5 advantage in made 3-pointers. But Rocky Mountain dominated at the line, making 22-of-31 free throws to the Gold Nuggets' 8-of-13, and the Bears outrebounded XULA 48-44. The teams committed 13 turnovers apiece.
     The loss was the Gold Nuggets' fifth in a row after opening the season with three consecutive victories. The losing streak is XULA's longest since a five-game skid in November 2002.
     XULA will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to play William Carey at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The Gold Nuggets will play LSU-Shreveport at 7 p.m. Thursday and Langston at 5 p.m. Friday at the Convocation Center in the 15th edition of the Xavier Classic.