IRVING, Texas - Leading by nine with 1:30 remaining, top-seeded Southwestern University saw its lead shrink to two, but the Pirates held off a surging Schreiner University squad in the waning seconds to earn the 76-69 victory in Saturday's first semifinal of the 2015 SCAC Women's Basketball Tournament. Box Score | Official Tournament Website | Women's Interactive Bracket | Video Recap

The senior inside combination of Jordan Owens and Annie Bourne combined for 43 of Southwestern's 76 points to lead the Pirates to the SCAC title for the second time in the last three years.

Bourne finished with 21 points and 17 rebounds while Owens stuffed the stat sheet with 22 points, six rebounds, six assists and three blocks. Junior guard Audrey Garcia added 13 points.

Southwestern bookended the first half with two impressive runs to take a 32-25 lead into the locker room. The Pirates wasted no time displaying how they earned the league's #1 seed, opening the game on a 9-0 run, but Schreiner recovered and pulled within one at 15-14 with 11 minutes to play. The Pirates, however, closed the half on another tremendous run - leading by as many as 12 - before settling for the seven point halftime lead.

Southwestern saw its lead balloon to 13 in the early stages of the second half and maintained a comfortable advantage until the game's last few minutes. The Pirates took advantage of being in the bonus with 14 minutes to go in the game, and earned 25 points from the free throw line in the second half alone.

Southwestern shot 45.7 percent from the floor and 40 percent from three point range while holding a scrappy Schreiner squad to 38.2 percent from the field and 26.9 percent from long range. SU did commit five more turnovers than Schreiner, 19-14, but won the battle of the boards 38-35.

Sophomore guard Sabriyyah Fennell paced Schriener with 19 points and eight rebounds while junior guard Kelsie Jackson added 16 points and five rebounds. 

Southwestern improved to 14-12 with the victory and will face the winner of today's second semifinal between Texas Lutheran University and Trinity University. Tomorrow's SCAC women's title game is scheduled to tip at Noon CT.

Schreiner ends its season with an overall mark of 12-14.