SPOKANE, Wash. – Montana State-Northern's Jaynee Tanner hit a pair of game-tying free throws with a second left in regulation and Ciera Agasiva scored 10 points in overtime to lift the Skylights over Southern Oregon, 78-73, in the season opener for both teams on Saturday morning at the Northwest Crossover Classic.
Keeley Wright scored a career-high 20 points for the Raiders, who trailed 25-21 at halftime but heated up in the third quarter to go ahead by four.
MSUN had a 53-47 edge with 1:30 left in the fourth before
Maitlin Young poured in 12 Raider points in a row – hitting a pair of 3-pointers and six straight free throws – to go up 59-57 with five seconds on the clock. Tanner drew a foul on the other end, though, and Agasiva took over in OT.
Young, a junior guard, scored 16 in her Raider debut.
Lydia Traore just missed a double-double with 10 points, nine rebounds, three steals and two blocked shots.
Jenika Zurita chipped in seven points and four steals.
Wright, a senior point guard and SOU's only returning full-time starter, shot 9-of-21 from the field and also provided five assists and three steals.
She was the catalyst for a Raider defense that forced 26 turnovers.
Agasiva finished with 28 for the Skylights, hitting all 12 of her free-throw attempts. Allison Kunze posted 16 points and 10 boards while shooting 7-of-10 from the field, helping MSUN to a 46% mark as a team.
SOU finishes its stay at the Classic with a matchup against No. 12-ranked Rocky Mountain (Mont.) at 10 a.m. Sunday. The game will be a rematch of last season's NAIA Tournament Round of 64.