KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Celebrating Senior Day at Danny Miles Court, it was the Oregon Tech sophomores who stole the show, as Jozie Ramos and Tatum Schmerbach combined for 45 points in the Lady Owls 80-60 victory over Warner Pacific.
 
OIT (22-6, 18-4 CCC) rallied from a slow start, making 67% of their second half field goals to outlast the Knights.
 
The No. 22-ranked Lady Owls will host Corban in the first-round of the Cascade Conference Championships, presented by U.S. Bank, on Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
 
WPU (7-21, 4-18) grabbed the momentum early, as Emily Fortin knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in a 10-0 run to stake the visitors to a 18-8 first quarter edge. The margin grew to 29-17 on an Alexa Mee lay-up – but Ramos scored six-straight points late in the second quarter, followed by a Kennedy Tull 3-ball – pulling Tech with 33-30 at the break.
 
The Owls surged ahead early in the third quarter, as Maddyson Tull converted twice on the block, Tatum Schmerbach scored off the bounce, and Kennedy Tull capped the 9-0 run with a triple, giving the hosts a 44-37 lead.
 
Ramos and Schmerbach took over from there – as Ramos scored 13 of the Owls final 15 points in the third quarter to give Tech a 61-52 lead, while Schmerbach scored eight points in a 13-0 fourth quarter run that put the game away.
 
Ramos scored a career-high 25 points with eight rebounds and Schmerbach had 20 points and seven assists in the victory. The three OIT seniors had quality nights – Maddyson Tull and Kennedy Tull each scored 10 points, with Alexis Elquist scoring six points with eight rebounds – as the Owls outscored WPU 50-27 in the second half.
 
Fortin led the Knights with 20 points.