KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech continued their late season surge, as Jamison Guerra and Keegan Shivers each scored 16 points, leading the Hustlin' Owls to their fifth win in six games, a 99-58 victory over Walla Walla at Danny Miles Court.
 
Tech (13-12, 10-9 CCC) moved above the .500 mark for the first time since a season-opening win – using a sizable 57-38 edge on the glass to score 21 second chance points, while turning 12 WWU miscues into 21 additional points.
 
The Wolves (1-22, 1-18) took an early 5-2 lead, but the edge was short-lived, as Shivers connected on a pair of 3-pointers in a 14-2 run that gave Tech a lead they would not surrender. WWU cut the margin to 17-13, but Guerra hit a free throw line jumper, a long triple and a transition basket in an 11-0 run that broke the game open – as OIT built a 50-26 lead at the break.
 
The Hustlin' Owls continued the pressure early in the second half, as Shivers canned a 3-pointer on a fast break and Joey Potts slammed home one of four dunks, as the hosts opened the period on an 11-1 run to extend the margin to 61-27 with 16 minutes remaining.
 
Guerra finished with eight assists and five rebounds, with Shivers adding five rebounds and five assists. Potts had 11 points, with Kody Bauman and Kaison Faust each scoring 10. Blake Jensen posted his third-straight double-double, scoring 10 points with 14 rebounds and four blocked shots.
 
Andrew Vaughan led WWU with 11 points and seven rebounds, but the Wolves converted just 34-percent of their field goal attempts and 3-of-19 shots from 3-point range.
 
Tomorrow, Tech closes out the home portion of their regular-season schedule, hosting Lewis-Clark State at 6 p.m. Potts, Faust and Jesse Higgins – the three OIT senior student-athletes – will be honored in a pregame ceremony. The game is also the annual ASOIT Black Out for Hunger, as the first 400 fans who donate a non-perishable food item (or $2.00) will receive a Black Out for Hunger t-shirt.