UAM (15-13) held a 10-point lead late in the game, but let West Alabama climb all the way back.

Lee finished with 28 points and 8 boards coming off the bench for UWA. Emily Nalls had 13 points for the Lady Tigers and Jamie Walker had 10.

UAM was led by Katrina Dean with 22 points and 7 rebounds. Jenna Thomas had 15.

The Lady Tigers move on to the quarterfinals where they will take on the No. 1 seed from the East Division West Florida tomorrow at 5:30 p.m.

Valdosta State 58, Southern Arkansas 45

Last year's GSC Tournament runner-up Valdosta State cruised past Southern Arkansas 58-45 in the second game of the 2006 edition of the tournament Wednesday afternoon.

The Lady Muleriders (13-15), the No. 5 seed from the West, had the game tied at 18 with 3:52 to go in the first half, but Valdosta (18-9) went on a 10-0 run to end the half and took a 30-20 lead into the locker room.

SAU was able to cut the lead back to three with 12:26 left in the game, but Valdosta proved to be too much and went on another run to stay pretty well ahead the rest of the game. The Lady Blazers led by as much as 14 in the second half.

Valdosta was led by Traci Newton's 18 points and 6 rebounds. Carley Peterson added 10 points and Nina Risto had 8.

Latrice Booker led the Lady 'Riders with 16 points and 5 rebounds.

The Lady Blazers move on to the quarters where they will face Henderson State in a rematch of last year's GSC semifnal at 7:30 tomorrow. Last season VSU knocked off the Lady Reddies to advance to the championship game against UCA.