AUSTIN, Texas – Jaela Dejean hit an 18-foot jumper with 1.5 seconds left on the clock to lift the Concordia Texas women's basketball team over McMurry on Saturday at Concordia Fieldhouse.

Dejean, a senior from Houston, produced 26 points as CTX picked up their fifth straight win and sixth in the last seven games.

The Tornados are now just 1.5 games back of second place in the American Southwest Conference West Division.

CTX opened the game on a 10-2 run and held a 19-11 lead heading into the second quarter. The Tornados kept the War Hawks at arms-length for the second stanza and held an eight point lead heading into halftime.

In the third, CTX extended their lead to 13 when they went up 36-23 with 6:30 left in the quarter after Mercedes Ellison hit a free throw.

McMurry made a run in the fourth, as they took a 61-60 lead with 1:03 left in the game. After Kaycie Dunkerley hit a free throw to put CTX up by two, the War Hawks responded with two free throws of their own to tie the game at 65.

In the last possession of the game, Dejean dribbled out the clock, pulled up just inside the 3-point line and drilled a jumper. Ellison then stole the subsequent inbounds pass to seal the win for Concordia.

Dejean, Dunkerley and Ellison all scored in double figures in the win as Dunkerley produced 14 points and Ellison added 13.

The Tornados turned the ball over just 10 times in the game while forcing 15.

CTX will look to extend their winning streak to seven games next Saturday on senior night against Mary Hardin-Baylor at 2:00 p.m.