MIAMI SHORES, Fla.– Eastern University Women's Basketball took the unbeaten and No. 16 UW Oshkosh Titans to the brink, but fell 57-56 on a late 3-pointer. The Eagles (4-7) trailed 49-39 after three quarters but outscored the Titans (9-0) 17-5 in the first 9:57 of the fourth quarter. The Eagles grabbed the lead for the first time since leading 7-5 on a  Regie Robinson lay-up with 41 seconds to play and stretched that lead to 56-54 when Da'Naziah Brown hit the second of two free throws with 11 seconds to play. Titan senior center Karsyne Reuth stepped away from the basket to hit her first 3-pointer of the game with 2.4 seconds left on the clock to snare the win.

The Eagles struggled from the floor through the first half, but used solid defense to keep within striking distance. Oshkosh came into today's game outscoring their opponents by over 25 points an outing. The Eagles went into the final minute of the first quarter trailing 10-9, but the Titans hit a pair of free throws and a jumper to beat the buzzer to build a 14-9 lead after one quarter.

The Oshkosh lead swelled to 23-11 with a 9-to-2 run over the first three minutes of the second quarter. Naomi Harris found Viki Kneis for an inside basket and then answered an Oshkosh free throw with a tough floater to bring the Eagles within nine. After another Titan free throw Naomi Harris found Brown for a 3-pointer to close the gap to 25-18 with three minutes to play in the half. The teams traded points the rest of the way.

The Eagles made only 9-of-26 shots in the first half, but they limited the Oshkosh offense to 11-of-29 shooting. Robinson had six points and Naomi Harris had five.

The Oshkosh lead stayed around seven points to start the third, but the Titans got three 3-pointers from Jessie Rabas and eight points from Melanie Schneider to build a 12 point edge heading to the final minute of the third. Brown hit two late free throws to send the game to the fourth with the Eagles down ten.

Schneider scored the first hoop of the fourth, and the Titans got a stop on the next possession, but Brynn Schmidt picked up a steal and lay-up to close the gap back to ten. Jaelyn Harris then hit from distance to tighten the gap back to seven.

When Titan guard Chloe Pustina scored a tough jumper with a little less than eight minutes to play, the Eagles trailed 53-44. The Eagles would not allow another basket until the final Titan shot of the game.

Robinson scored six of her team-high 14 points in the final stretch. Young-Harris made a tough driving lay-up and Jaelyn Harris hit her second 3-pointer of the game as well.

After Robinson's lay-up for the lead, The Eagles had to inbound the ball three times against the Oshkosh pressure to get into the bonus. After her first foul shot rolled out, Brown made the second for a two-point lead with 11 seconds to go.

The Eagles took away the inside and forced the Titans to hit a tough shot for the win. Reuth, a 6-1 post player stepped out behind the arc and delivered. She is a 39 percent three-point shooter on the year.

Eastern had a final chance, but Brown's 3-point shot rimmed out at the buzzer.

"I am very proud of the way we competed today," Head Coach Eric Houston said after the game. "We watched them play yesterday and knew we would have to battle on every possession. They are a really good team with a lot of pieces. Our players did a very good job of executing our defensive game plan. We wanted to take away their inside and contest 3-pointers. They were 6-of-31 from three. It just kind of stings that they hit the last one."

Brown and Naomi Harris each had 11 points and Jaelyn Harris had ten. Robinson finished the game with 14 points and nine rebounds. Schneider led the Titans with 18 points.

Eastern will be back in action on Thursday at noon against Case Western Reserve University on the final day of the Hoop MIA D3 Holiday Shootout.