The Lady Bearcats of Rust College beat the Talladega Lady Tornadoes 67-60 at the 2026 Hope Credit Union HBCUAC Women’s Basketball Championship in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Guard Patsy Johnson led Rust with 25 points, five assists, and two rebounds in her MVP performance.Genae Garner added 21 points and 6 rebounds. Lauren Bennett contributed 10 points and 8 rebounds, while Unique Miller dominated the paint with 13 rebounds and 8 points.Rust shot 43.1 percent from the floor (22 of 51), 53.8 percent from three-point range (7 of 13), and 84.2 percent from the free-throw line (16 of 19).Talladega shot 35.6 percent from the field, 31.3 percent from beyond the arc, and just 3 of 11 from the charity stripe.Teanna Watts led Talladega with 18 points, Olympia Chaney added 12, and Courtney Lowe scored 10 in the loss.Talladega trailed Rust 37-24 at halftime.…