SAN ANTONIO -- Joslinn Douglass hit a charity toss with 3.8 seconds remaining to give Incarnate Word an 82-81 win in double overtime Thursday night in Lone Star Conference play at McDermott Center.
 
The loss denied the Mustangs a shot at the best start in school history as MSU fell to 4-1 on the season and to 0-1 in league play.
 
Midwestern overcame a bevy of turnovers and rallied back from a pair of seven-point second half deficits to force overtime.
 
"We just gave away too many possessions," MSU coach Noel Johnson said. "You just can't do positive things for your team with that many turnovers."
 
But Dianna Jones was whistled for a slight push when Douglass turned to go to the basket in a tie game with less than five seconds to go.
 
Douglass hit the first of two free throws before Jones drove the length of the floor, but was unable to get off a shot before the buzzer sounded.
 
The Mustangs committed 29 turnovers with 17 of them coming in the opening half, but the Cardinals were unable to pull away and led just 26-23 after MSU's Ashley Rush buried a 3-pointer to close the opening half.
 
Incarnate Word pushed the lead to 40-33 on a Katy Cooke jumper with 13:13 to play then led again by seven after Ashlyn Green hit a runner for a 45-38 UIW lead with 10:25 to play.
 
But the Mustangs came charging back with a 9-0 run of their own as Shatoia Gober converted a transition layup before Jones canned one of her three treys of the game.
 
Gober hit another transition basket before Jones threaded a nice pass to Jennifer Sissel for a running jumper to give the Mustangs a 52-49 lead with 6:06 to play.
 
The turnover bug returned at the end of regulation to aid a 6-0 Incarnate Word spurt as the Cardinals regained a 63-59 edge on a pair of transition conversions with 1:13 to play.
 
But MSU retaliated with a turn-around jumper by Andrea Carter and driving layup by Jones to force overtime.
 
The Mustangs led by as many as six points in the first overtime period, but UIW knotted it up on Lauren McKinney's bank shot trey with 3.8 seconds to go.
 
Dianna Jones led all scorers with 20 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor and was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line. Carter notched her fourth double double of the season with 16 points and 17 rebounds to go along with a block and two steals.
 
Junior guard Kirsti Degelia added 16 points including an 8-of-10 effort from the charity stripe.
 
Cooke knocked down four 3-pointers to finish for 18 points for the Cardinals, while Ashlyn Green had 18 points and seven rebounds off of the bench.
 
Midwestern State takes on Texas A&M-Kingsville Saturday afternoon at Steinke Center in Kingsville. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m.