What looked like a WKU Lady Hilltopper blowout turned into a nail biter Friday afternoon in Birmingham.
WKU led Old Dominion by 18 points at the half in their Conference USA semifinal, but had to withstand afurious second-half rally by the Monarchs to win by only two.
WKU senior Alexis Govan hit two free throws with six seconds left to give the Lady Toppers a 61-59 win, and send the team into Saturday's Conference USA championship game against Southern Miss, which defeated Middle Tennessee in the other semifinal.
The winner of Saturday's title game gets an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
