Campbellsville, 31-2 and ranked fifth in the country and the No. 1 seed in the tournament, saw a 24-game win streak end on a night it made only 4-of-25 (16 percent) from the arc. Cumberlands, however, was 9-of-20 (45 percent) from downtown.

Cumberlands (24-8), seeded second in the tournament, led the entire second half before a furious comeback by Campbellsville down the stretch.

The Patriots led by 14 (47-33) with 15:55 left after senior Sonia Thompson nailed a three-pointer. But junior Whitney Ballinger got the Tigers back in the game by scoring the next eight points, and when she scored on a layup with 12:31 left, the deficit was down to six (47-41).

After back-to-back Patriot baskets, the charge was on again. Ballinger, the Mid-South Conference Player of the Year, scored six points in an 11-3 run, ending when sophomore Megan Isaacs scored on a layup off a pass from junior Wendi Messer to pull Campbellsville back within two at 54-52.

Thompson hit another three with 5:20 to play from the top of the key to make it 59-54 before the Tigers finally took the lead. Messer hit consecutive jumpers before junior Courtney Danis scored on a dish from Ballinger to finally take the lead at 60-59 with 3:37 left.

But Cumberlands responded. After the teams traded the lead, sophomore Lauren Wombles hit a three from the top of the key with 2:31 left. It began a 10-3 run that would see the Patriots build a lead as large five, which would also be the final.

Cumberlands Coach Melissa Irvin was confident in her team down the stretch. "We're an experienced team that has been here before," she said. "We know what to do in the clutch. Our kids know what to do. And we have the tradition. It's a great team. We're certainly not a one-person team."

Quattrociocchi hit all four free throw tries in the final 19.6 seconds in two bonus situations with her team in the lead by only three points both times to seal the win.

"She could have started for teams all across the country but she came here to be a back-up two-guard for us," Irvin said of Quattrociocchi, who finished with 14 points and hit all eight of her free throws. "She's the perfect example of the great group of kids we have on this team."

Martin and Quattrociocchi were joined in double figures by Thompson's 15 and Wombles' 14.

Campbellsville was led by Ballinger's 34 points. She had eight rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Messer followed with 15 while Danis tossed in 11.