mcintyre
Al Case, Ashland Daily Photo.
75
Winner Southern Oregon SOU 18-4, 14-2 CCC
68
Oregon Tech OIT 19-3, 13-3 CCC
Winner
Southern Oregon SOU
18-4, 14-2 CCC
75
Final
68
Oregon Tech OIT
19-3, 13-3 CCC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Southern Oregon SOU 19 18 23 15 75
Oregon Tech OIT 26 10 15 17 68

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

SOU steals 75-68 win at No. 22 OIT, completes perfect trip

KLAMATH FALLS – Meghan McIntyre handled the offense, and the Cascade Conference's top defense came at No. 22 Oregon Tech in overwhelming waves Tuesday at Danny Miles Court.

McIntyre poured in a season-highs of 29 points and seven assists as No. 24 Southern Oregon scored a 75-68 upset of the Owls, topping off a perfect five-game road swing that put the Raiders (18-4 overall, 14-2 CCC) back in the championship hunt with six regular-season games left to play. The rivals entered the night tied for second place, and the Owls (19-3, 13-3) with an unbeaten record on their home court.

The Raiders trailed 45-40 at the six-minute mark of the third quarter before outscoring OIT 24-6 over the next eight-plus minutes. They dropped in eight buckets during the push: McIntyre assisted the first four and scored the next four herself, capping the run by picking Gabbie Gascon's pocket and going coast-to-coast for a layup that gave SOU its largest lead at 64-51.

Stout defense opened the door for McIntyre's playmaking. Gascon – who scored 22 to give OIT a 68-59 win in Ashland on Dec. 20 – went without a basket on seven attempts. The Raiders also limited Olivia Sprague, OIT's All-American junior guard, to 5-of-16 shooting. They fell behind 26-19 after the first quarter and stuck the Owls to 32-percent shooting the rest of the way, holding them without a field goal for a seven-minute stretch in the second.

Kami Walk contributed 11 points, a season-high 14 rebounds – all on the defensive end – and two blocked shots. Mallory Williams scored 13, 10 of which came during the decisive run, and Izzy Hernandez knocked down three first-half 3-pointers to score 11.

McIntyre, who added five rebounds and two steals, averaged 21.6 points on SOU's five-game trip.

Sprague's 15 points led the Owls. They got back into the game late, thanks in large part to a technical foul that led to a six-point possession. Trailing 70-67 with 45 seconds to go, Gascon came up with a steal and passed ahead to Tatum Schmerbach, whose transition layup rimmed off. Walk collected the rebound and SOU went on to make 5-of-6 at the free-throw line to seal the outcome.

The Raiders have won at OIT each of their last four trips, marking their longest winning streak in Klamath Falls since 1977-81.

They've won eight straight overall entering home games Friday against Northwest (Wash.) and Saturday against Evergreen (Wash.). They're one game back of first-place Lewis-Clark State (Idaho), which comes to Ashland on Feb. 24, the final day of the regular season.
 
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