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Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo.
83
Winner Southern Oregon SOU 14-1, 6-1 CCC
79
Oregon Tech OIT 8-7, 1-4 CCC
Winner
Southern Oregon SOU
14-1, 6-1 CCC
83
Final
79
Oregon Tech OIT
8-7, 1-4 CCC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT 1 F
Southern Oregon SOU 10 28 17 14 14 83
Oregon Tech OIT 15 19 9 26 10 79

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | SOU Sports Information

Raiders prevail in overtime to survive Oregon Tech

KLAMATH FALLS – Southern Oregon hadn't gone to overtime in three seasons until Tuesday night, but the Raiders couldn't avoid maximum drama against their archrivals at Danny Miles Court.

And, after a wild sequence in the closing seconds, the 11th-ranked Raiders finished on the memorable end of an 83-79 win over Oregon Tech.

They trailed by two when Toria Bradford missed inside with 10 seconds on the clock, but Ariel Augustine grabbed the offensive rebound and hit a short jumper for the tie. When the Owls inbounded to Baylee Toney, she was trapped in the corner and traveled. And when the Raiders inbounded to Casey Williams, she stuck a turnaround 13-footer off the backboard for the biggest shot of her career with four seconds left.

Bradford also stole the ensuing Owls inbounds pass and hit two free throws to bring her final line to 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting and six assists. Her backcourt mate, Remi Mejia, scored 30 points on 12-of-24 shooting and had dominated as the Raiders turned a five-point deficit after the first quarter into a 68-60 lead with 1:22 to play in regulation.

By hanging on, the Raiders went to 14-1 overall and 6-1 in the Cascade Conference. They hadn't won an overtime game since Feb. 2, 2013; they'd only played one since.

The Owls (10-7, 3-4) took them there after Nohea Waiwaiole knocked down a shot to make it 69-all with four seconds left in regulation. Prior to that, Mikaela Shumaker's 3-pointer with 29 seconds left cut into a five-point SOU lead, and a pair of missed Raider free throws set up OIT for the tie.

Waiwaiole and Shumaker led five Owls in double figures with 13 points apiece.

Augustine's game-tying shot in OT capped a 16-point, seven-rebound, four-steal night.

After trailing 14-9 early, she helped as the Raiders took control with a 13-2 run. In the third quarter, one of Mejia's four 3-pointers and an Augustine layup gave them their biggest lead at 55-41.

It was the ninth straight game in which Mejia has made at least three 3-pointers, and her second 30-point output of the season.
 
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