JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Bellarmine University women's basketball team brought the flurries with them to the Sunshine State.

On Thursday night in Swisher Gymnasium, it was a flurry of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter that enabled Bellarmine to take control against Jacksonville en route to a 78-73 victory in Atlantic Sun Conference play.

While the league office on Saturday confirmed to Bellarmine (16-12, 7-8 ASUN) that the Knights had indeed clinched a berth in the ASUN Tournament, the official announcement came after the triumph over Jacksonville (13-14, 7-8). BU improved to 5-2 on the road in league play.

Senior guard Hayley Harrison registered a game-high 19 points while draining a pair of 3-pointers during the critical stretch in the final period. Harrison, who added nine rebounds, entered the program's all-time Top 20 for career points in the contest and has now amassed 1,190 in a Bellarmine uniform. 

Five Knights reached double figures. Senior forward Skylar Treadwell supplied her seventh double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Junior guard Erin Toller notched 14 points while senior guards Hope Sivori and Ashlee Harris chipped in 10 apiece.

Bellarmine reinforcing its status as the ASUN's top free-throw shooting unit was another key factor. The Knights knocked down 20 of their 22 attempts from the charity stripe for a 90.9-percent clip.

Bellarmine's offense was at its best in the fourth quarter. The Knights went 7-for-11 from the field in the frame, including 4-of-7 from deep, while canning 11 of their 13 FT attempts.

It was a lightning-quick 3-point barrage that swung the game in Bellarmine's favor. With the Knights trailing 63-61 with less than four minutes remaining, Harrison bookended a pair of triples around a trifecta from Sivori in a span of about 1:15 as BU surged to a 70-65 lead.

After Jacksonville followed by missing a layup, Toller canned a pair of ensuing free throws for a 72-65 lead with 1:20 left. The Dolphins cut the deficit to four with 45 seconds left, but Sivori sewed up the win by nailing four straight from the line.

With two triples on the night, Sivori cracked the program's all-time Top 10 for career 3-pointers in less than two full seasons. She's up to 144 in her Knights tenure.

Bellarmine stormed out to a 17-5 lead in the first quarter, but Jacksonville settled in and trailed by only one at halftime, 31-30. The Knights led by as many as eight in the third before the Dolphins crept back and evened the score at 57 with 6:31 left in the fourth.

Bellarmine will play at 2 p.m. (ET) Saturday at North Florida.

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