Kendall Noble, Tashia Brown, Ivy Brown and Jalyyn McClain combined for 72 of WKU’s 78 points on Friday in St. Louis. But none of the four Lady Toppers who scored in double figures were credited with the most important three points of WKU’s 78-76 overtime victory over St. Louis in the Sweet Sixteen of the WNIT.

Freshman guard Sidnee Bopp had scored nine field goals all season long and averages 1.2 points per game in about eight minutes of action per contest.

But none of that mattered after she banged home the buzzer-beating three-pointer from the corner to lift WKU over St. Louis and put them in the Elite Eight of the WNIT.

“That’s a good team that we played,” St. Louis head coach Lisa Stone said in a postgame radio interview. “It was a game that could’ve gone either way. I’m very very proud of our players. Congratulations to Western Kentucky. That’s a really good team.”

Sophomore guard Tashia Brown had a game-high 22 points and junior guard Kendall Noble threatened yet another triple-double with 21 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.

Sophomore forward Ivy Brown had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds and senior forward Jalyyn McClain added 12 points.

Friday’s contest featured both teams holding double-digit leads for extended periods of times with eight lead changes in between.

The game began with WKU opening up a 10-0 lead over the first three and a half minutes.

The Billikens came back to tie the game at 18 near the end of the first quarter, and eventually went on to hold a 38-30 at halftime.

St. Louis held a consistent lead through the third quarter, but the Lady Tops tied the game at 48 near the end of the third quarter.

St. Louis guard Sadie Stipanovich sent the game to overtime with two free throws with 2.1 on the clock in regulation.

The extra period had five lead changes over the final two minutes, and Billiken’s guard Olivia Jakubicek’s jumper with .9 seconds remaining drastically lowered the Lady Tops’ chances of winning.

But then Bopp came up with the biggest shot of her life to keep WKU’s season alive.

“It’s been a great year,” Stone said. “I’m so proud of them, they don’t need to hang their heads.”

WKU will face South Dakota at South Dakota on Sunday at 7 p.m. for a chance to go to the WNIT Final Four.