KIRKLAND, Wash. – Tatum Schmerbach recorded her second-straight double-double, as five Oregon Tech players scored in double-figures, as the Lady Owls tied a school-record with their tenth-straight road win, a 76-66 decision at Northwest University.
 
OIT (17-4, 12-3 CCC) never trailed on the night in completing a weekend sweep of the Washington schools, setting up a Top-25 match-up Tuesday night at No. 4-ranked Southern Oregon.
 
Schmerbach scored 16 points, adding 12 rebounds and four assists – converting inside during an 11-2 run by the Lady Owls to open the game.
 
The Eagles (5-16, 4-11) answered with a 7-0 run to pull within 19-18 late in the first quarter, adding an 8-0 second quarter run to cut the gap to 32-30. Schmerbach found Jozie Ramos for a lay-up, Kennedy Tull canned a 3-pointer and converted a runner in the paint, helping the visitors take a 39-32 lead to the half.
 
Tech looked to have put the game away in the third quarter – as Ramos, Schmerbach and Brooke Anderson all made a pair of shots in a 15-2 run that gave the Owls a 58-37 lead – but NU clawed back. Kaleah Medeiros and Ellie DeWaard each hit triples in a 14-2 run by the hosts to end the quarter, pulling the Eagles within 60-51.
 
The Owls persevered late, as Maddyson Tull recorded two put-back buckets midway through the fourth quarter to extend the margin to 70-56 – securing the victory.
 
Kennedy Tull had 15 points, Ramos posted 15 points and eight rebounds, Maddyson Tull had 10 points and seven rebounds, with Anderson finishing the evening with 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
 
DeWaard led NU with 16 points and 10 rebounds and Medeiros scoring 14 in the loss – as the Eagles were outrebounded, 52-30.