PENSACOLA, Fla. – The UWF women's basketball team went back-and-forth with No. 25 Lee on Saturday before falling, 73-65, at the UWF Field House.
 
UWF (18-7, 12-6 Gulf South) shot 38 percent from the floor but struggled at the free throw line, making 16-of-31 in a physical game that saw 64 combined points in the paint and 42 fouls called.
 
Jaclyn Jarnot led the Argonauts with 20 points and nine rebounds, while Amara Newsom came off the bench for a season-high-tying 11 points in 18 minutes.
 
Charlotte Ellmore had nine points and four assists, pushing her season total to 103 as she becomes just the fifth player in program history with multiple 100-assist seasons in their career.
 
UWF remained in fourth place in the GSC standings with one week of regular-season play remaining. The Argos will close host West Georgia (9-13, 6-11) on Wednesday night at 5:30 p.m.
 
Lee (20-5, 13-4) shot 47 percent overall and 79 on 19-of-24 at the charity stripe, right at their 80 percent season average. Haley Shubert had a game-high 22 points on 10-of-18 shooting. The Lady Flames also had a strong bench presence with Julia Duncan adding 14 points and three assists.
 
On Saturday, after falling behind 8-2, UWF rattled off seven-consecutive for its first lead. Lee tied it on a free throw before Newsom took over the final three minutes of the quarter, scoring six points with an assist as part of a 11-2 run.
 
The UWF lead fluctuated between 6-9 point for the majority of the second quarter. But Lee finished the half on a 6-0 run to grab a 36-34 lead.
 
The Lady Flames stretched their lead to eight on a Duncan jumper 2:40 into the third period. UWF worked it down to two later in the third and were within one at 57-56 with 7:00 remaining in the game. 
 
But Lee answered with a Shubert three and a Halle Hughes fastbreak layup to make it a 6-point game. The Argos pulled within three in the final minute but were forced to foul in an attempt to extend the game. Lee made 7-of-8 from the line in the final 36 seconds to secure the win and split the home-and-home series with each team winning on the road.
 
Neither team shot the ball well from outside. Lee was a season-worst 2-for-21 and UWF was 5-for-18, just under their average of six triples per game.