PIKEVILLE, Ky. -- Pikeville College set a single-game Mid-South Conference regular season attendance record on Thursday night at the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center.

A crowd of 3,558 watched Pikeville and visiting Georgetown College split a doubleheader. The previous mark was 2,208 at University of the Cumberlands.

The record-setting crowd watched the Lady Bears fall short of the comeback bid as Pikeville fell to Georgetown 76-72 in the opener.

In the nightcap, the Bears never trailed over the last 13 minutes en route to a 76-65 win.

Pikeville hosts St. Catharine College on Saturday, while Georgetown returns home to host West Virginia University Tech.