OLYMPIA, Wash. – Jozie Ramos scored a game-high 21 points, as Oregon Tech ran their road win streak to nine games, stopping Evergreen State, 73-61, inside the Costantino Recreation Center.
 
The No. 23-ranked Lady Owls (16-4, 12-2 CCC) used 9-2 runs in both the second and fourth quarters to pull away for the victory – making 18-of-23 free throws and forcing TESC into 17 turnovers.
 
After a tight first quarter, turned a 22-20 lead into a 31-22 margin – as Brooke Anderson canned a 3-pointer and a baseline jumper, Maddyson Tull scored on the block, with Kaitlyn Wright finishing in transition.
 
The Geoducks (3-13, 3-11) remained close behind the play of Sydney VanNess, scoring eight of her team-high 18 points in the third quarter – keeping TESC within 51-43 early in the fourth quarter.
 
Tech turned to Ramos, who converted a tough 3-point play to start a rally, with the sophomore finishing in the paint after a Tatum Schmerbach feed. Schmerbach extended the margin to 60-45 on a transition lay-up following a Brooke Anderson steal – with the Owls coasting the final five minutes.
 
Schmerbach ended the night with 15 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, with Anderson scoring nine points with four assists and four steals in her first collegiate start.
 
Jalyn Sackrider scored 13 and Mikail Montez had 12 in the loss for the Geoducks, who were outscored in the paint, 40-16.
 
Tech returns to action tomorrow afternoon with a 3 p.m. match-up at Northwest University.