Sarah Segan drove to the basket a little more than a minute into the fourth quarter of Tuesday night's game against Salisbury. Her feet, unfortunately, got tangled up with a Falcon defender, sending Segan to the hardwood without a foul call.

But instead of harping on that no call, Segan stayed with the play to provide the Lady Tigers the spark they desperately needed.

Seconds after that turnover, Salisbury turned the ball right back over to the Lady Tigers. An outlet pass ended up in Segan's hands, and the senior was able to capitalize on a three-point play to give Northwestern its first lead since late in the second quarter. That bucket sparked a 14-5 run to end the game that propelled the Lady Tigers to a 43-36 win at Northwestern High School.

"They got a foul, and I converted and made that foul shot," Segan said. "It was a little rough today on the foul shots.

"That's something that you have to deal with. I get frustrated, but you have to know that it's basketball."

The win not only comes against one of the top teams in the Colonial League, it gives the Lady Tigers a 4-3 mark in conference after starting off 0-3.

"We're basically only like one game away from being back in it," Segan said. "We came back and played our hearts out tonight. We played like we know how to."

It's also a bit of a revenge story for the Lady Tigers. Last season Salisbury was the only team to beat Northwestern in the Colonial League regular season.

The Lady Tigers didn't forget that last encounter.

"We definitely wanted to win this game," Segan said. "There was no doubt about that. Just having that redemption from last year, and beating a very top-notch team this year, it really just shows that Northwestern basketball can do it."

Following Segan's pivotal three-point play, Salisbury's Sydney Utesch made it 32-31 after a bucket inside. But Erika Thomas, who finished with 11 points, hit a 3-pointer from the right wing that pushed it to 35-31 with 5:21 remaining.

Salisbury got to within 38-34, but Segan scored the final of her 15 points on the front end of a one-and-one, and Thomas' uncontested layup with 40 seconds to play sealed the win.

"We brought Tiger basketball back, which we haven't really been doing this year," Segan said. "It hasn't been clicking, but today it did. Beating a great team like Salisbury definitely gets our momentum up."

Neither team got off to a good start in the opening quarter, as a combined 19 turnovers led to a 9-5 advantage for the Falcons after the first eight minutes of play. The Lady Falcons committed 30 turnovers for the game compared to 11 for Northwestern.

The Falcons' lead grew to as much as six to open the second quarter, as Meagan Eripert (17 points) scored eight of the team's 12 in the period, before Salisbury took a 21-20 lead into the break.

The two teams combined for just 11 points in the third quarter, one in which Salisbury held a five-point lead on two occasions but could never fully separate themselves.

"We did a great job of doubling-down when we needed to and limiting her [Eripret's] opportunities," Segan said. "With that came a great outcome for us."