BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State University women's basketball swept number two ranked Davidson on Monday night, taking the game 72-70 in an overtime thriller.

The Mountaineers (12-15, 9-8 SoCon) overcame a ten point deficiency in the second half to send the game into overtime and eventually get the win over Davidson (13-14, 10-6).

Davidson began the game with a 5-0 lead and continued to find points in the first few minutes leading Appalachian 15-6.

Despite keeping the lead, the Wildcats could not shake Appalachian as KeKe Cooper hit a jumper to help the Mountaineers trail by only one point with a score of 23-22 and 7:49 left in the half.

From there Davidson would find their stride, going on a 9-0 run to pull ahead 35-26 with 2:45 left in the first half. Appalachian would not go away yet finding two steals from Mia Marshall in the last two minutes of the half and would close Davidson's lead once again, making the score 35-31 at halftime.

Katie Mallow led the Mountaineers in the first half with 11 points as Appalachian shot 42.4 percent (14-33) from the floor.

Three players for Davidson had seven points in the first half while the team shot a 39.4 (13-33) field goal percentage.

Appalachian would begin the second half with two points as Bria Huffman found Marshall on the block, but Davidson would answer with five quick points of their own.

Davidson would lead by as much as eight points with 15:57 minutes left to play, but Appalachian would begin to climb back, going on a  9-0 run of their own and closing the Wildcat lead to just one point with 12:49 remaining. After a Davidson time out, the Mountaineers would immediately score two more points from Maryah Sydnor to take the 47-46 lead at the 11:52 minute mark.

From there Appalachian would struggle to find points as Davidson would gain a 53-47 lead with 7:58 to play. The Mountaineer drought ended with 7 minutes to play as Cooper hit a free throw.

The Wildcats began to pull away, taking a ten point lead, but the Apps managed to cut the lead to six with 3:52 left in the game. The Mountaineers then scored seven points in one minute to trail by only three points with 1:10 remaining in the game.

Davidson would have possession, but Mallow found a steal and passed to Sydnor who drove to the basket, making the layup and drawing a foul. Sydnor converted on the free throw, helping the Apps tie up the game 63-63 with 50 seconds to play. Neither team would find points in the remaining seconds, sending the game into overtime.

Appalachian would immediately jump out to a 69-63 lead to start overtime with Cooper scoring the first four points. It would seem that the Mountaineers would easily take the game, but Davidson's Laura Murray hit a long three pointer with 1:46 left to play and cut Appalachian's lead to just two points.

It would be Davidson's ball with nine seconds to play, but they could not find a basket as the Mountaineers took the game 72-70.

Sydnor led Appalachian with 24 points and 11 rebounds, while Mallow followed with 13. Cooper and Huffman each had 11 points in the win.

The Mountainers shot 38.9 percent from the floor in the game, while grabbing 47 rebounds and recording 17 turnovers.

Dakota Dukes and Murray led the Wildcats with 14 points each, as Dukes also pulled down 11 rebounds. The team shot 36.9 percent on the night, while recording 43 rebounds and 17 turnovers.

The Mountaineers return to action for their last regular season game on March 1 at 2 p.m. when they travel to Western Carolina.