COLLEGE PLACE, Wash. – Six Oregon Tech players scored in a game-changing 16-3 run between the third and fourth quarters, as the Lady Owls outlasted Walla Walla University, 61-48, at Windemuth Court.
 
OIT (12-5, 8-3 CCC) remained unbeaten all-time against the Wolves, ending the first half of the Cascade Conference season alone in fourth place in the league standings.
 
Olivia Sprague scored a game-high 21 points in the win, her seventh game this season with 20-or-more points and ran her string of double-digit scoring games to 18.
 
Gabbie Gascon opened the game with a 3-pointer, part of a 7-0 run by the Lady Owls in the opening two minutes.  WWU (3-11, 2-9) battled back, hitting five of their first seven 3-pointers, including three from Clara Campos – grabbing a 19-12 lead with 2:29 left in the quarter.
 
Tech clamped down defensively, holding the Wolves without a made field goal for a 10-minute stretch, rattling off 16-straight points – including eight from Sprague – taking a 28-19 lead.
 
The Wolves pulled within 38-37 late in the third quarter on a pair of Jaliyah Casem free throws, but OIT answered. Kayley Elliott hit two free throws to close the quarter and Melissa Lee hit two to start the fourth period. A Sprague 3-point play was followed by a put-back basket from Alexis Elquist, extending the Tech lead to 47-39. Kennedy Tull followed with 5-straight points, with her sister Maddyson adding a post bucket, capping the big Lady Owls run.
 
Maddyson Tull finished with 12 points and 10 rebounds – her third-straight double-double – with Gascon adding 10. Tech finished with a 41-27 rebound edge, while holding the Wolves to 33-percent shooting from the field.
 
Casem led WWU with 18 points in the loss, with Campos scoring nine.
 
OIT returns home for four of their next five games, hosting College of Idaho on Friday night at 5:30 p.m.