ALEXANDRIA, La. — Patricia Sosa Lora led a fourth-quarter rally Tuesday that gave NAIA No. 18 Xavier University of Louisiana a 61-50 Red River Athletic Conference women's basketball victory against LSU-Alexandria.
        The Gold Nuggets (24-1 overall, 12-0 road, 21-1 RRAC) won their sixth in a row and remained in a loss-column tie for first place in the conference with LSU-Shreveport (21-3, 20-1), which was idle.
        XULA trailed after each of the first three quarters, then Sosa Lora scored eight of her game- and season-high 16 points during a 12-0 fourth-quarter run that put the Gold Nuggets ahead to stay.
        Sosa Lora also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
        Kam Shelley had 13 points and a game-high four assists for XULA, and Lauren Banks had 12 points, five rebounds and three assists.
        Dannah Martin-Hartwick, with 12 points, was the lone double-figure scorer for LSUA (19-6, 16-5), the Red River's third-place team. XULA snapped the Generals' eight-game winning streak.
        XULA outshot LSUA 39.7 to 35.3 percent from the floor and was plus-13 in turnovers, committing nine and gaining 22.
        The Gold Nuggets will stay on the road and play their final two conference games — Paul Quinn at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Southwest (N.M.) at 1 p.m. MST Saturday. The final XULA home appearance of the regular season will be the Crosstown Classic doubleheader Feb. 18 against Dillard at the Convocation Center.