WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two teams entered Gallaudet University's Field House on Wednesday night tied for third-place in the Capital Athletic Conference women's basketball standings but only one left still in third-place and unfortunately it weren't the Bison. Gallaudet suffered it's second loss this season at home, the first in nearly two months, as time ran out on a last second comeback against visiting Wesley College, who escaped with a 59-57 victory before 350 fans.

Gallaudet (9-6, 4-4 CAC) trailed by as much as seven, 50-43, with 7:48 left in regulation but gradually chipped away at the Wolverine lead. In a three-minute span, the Bison completed an 8-0 run to take their first lead since early in the second half.  GU's lead was short lived as Wesley (10-6, 5-3 CAC) answered with one of its seven three-pointers on the next trip down the floor. Gallaudet would tie it twice down the stretch and cut the lead to one-point, 58-57, with 2.3 seconds left after junior center Easter Faafiti (Pittsburg, Calif.) grabbed one of her 17 rebounds and put back a lay-up to give her a game-high 17 points.  Faafiti added three assists, three steals and one block for GU.

Wesley closed out the game with a free-throw by senior guard Michele Mules (11 points), who had drained the eventual game-winning three-pointer a minute beforehand to place the Wolverines up three. Gallaudet missed three shots from three-point range in the final minute before Faafiti scored the lay-up. The Bison finished the game 0-for-11 from three-point range while Wesley made 7-of-27 from long distance. Angie Owens led Wesley with 13 points and six rebounds, Cory Boyd added 10 points and Allison Beddia scored nine points and grabbed nine rebounds in the win.

GU got off to a slow start as the Bison shot 25 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes of play and were held without a field goal for over 11 minutes. Junior Nukeitra Hayes (Anderson, Ind.) made a lay-up at the 14:07 mark in the first half but that would be the last field goal the Bison would make until Hayes made a jumper in the paint with 2:57 left before the half. In that scoreless span Gallaudet was 0-for-11 from the field, 0-for-3 from three-point range and made 5-of-8 free-throw attempts. The Bison entered halftime down nine, 29-20.

Gallaudet went on a 13-4 run to start the second half as the Bison erased Wesley's nine-point lead and tied the game at 33-33 just four minutes into the new half.  Freshman Shaquana McDonough (Pembroke, Mass.) made a lay-up at the 14:24 mark to give Gallaudet it's first lead since 12:18 mark in the first half.  McDonough finished with nine points, eight rebounds and two steals. Senior Brittainy Payne (Pine Hill, N.J.) added six points, eight rebounds and three assists off the bench for the Bison.

The Bison held a significant advantage in rebounds for the game as they came down with a season-high 54 boards compared to the 27 ripped down by Wesley. Gallaudet committed 23 turnovers, 13 in the first half, which led to 17 Wesley points. GU outscored Wesley 25-6 on second chance points and held a 34-28 edge on points scored in the paint.

Gallaudet has now dropped two straight for only the second time this season and the first since the year began back on November 15. The Bison will try to end the skid on Saturday, January 23, when Gallaudet has the tall ordered of facing nationally ranked and CAC opponent Marymount (Va.) University (16-1, 7-1 CAC). The Saints, ranked No. 11 in the nation, will take on the Bison at 2 p.m. in the Field House. The two teams faced each other back on November 17 as the Saints won 68-59 at home.