Oregon Tech - Women's Basketball

11.06.2009 - Dominican Pulls Away from Owls in Final Minute

Brittany Cherry grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds in 63-58 loss at Dominican. (photo by Kelly Caleb)

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - The Oregon Tech women's basketball faced another tough team in NCAA II Dominican University tonight in San Rafael, falling to the Penguins 63-58 on Friday.

The Owls shot an astounding 71 percent from the field in the first half and held DU to just 39 percent, but still trailed 30-28 at the half.

The Owls would tie the contest at 39-39 on two Crystal Idrogo free throws and would eventually take their first lead of the second half at 41-39 with 15:54 to play.

The game remained tight through the second half, as the two teams remained tied at nine different points while exchanging leads. Back-to-back three pointers by DU put the Penguins up by six with 8:25 to play.

Three minutes later OIT tied things up again on a Lisa Busch three-pointer. Busch would again tie the contest at 57 apiece with a free throw, while her second put OIT up by a point with 1:57 to play. Dominican answered with a three pointer with only 54 ticks and would not let the Owls back in, as three free throws in the final seconds iced the game for the Penguins

Idrogo led the Owls with a team-high 14 points and grabbed six boards. Lisa Busch followed with nine points and Kellie Morey notched eight in the loss. Nicole Morgan grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds to go with six points.

11.05.2009 - Lady Owls Battle, Fall 65-60

Junior forward Crystal Idrogo scored 17-consecutive points for the Owls in the second half, on her way to a game-high 20. Oregon Tech (1-1) fell 65-60 to Cal State Stanislaus.

TURLOCK, Calif. - The Oregon Tech women's basketball team suffered a 65-60 defeat to NCAA II Cal State Stanislaus on the first road trip of the season. The Lady Owls are 1-1 overall, while it was an exhibition game for the Warriors.

Oregon Tech took an early 8-7 lead to begin the contest. Kellie Morey gave the Owls a four point lead on a 3-point field goal with 13:09 on the clock and Aundrea Albright would give Tech their largest lead of the first half, 17-12, on a layup with just over 11 minutes to go in the opening stanza.

A Warrior 12-2 run then gave the home team a 24-19 edge. A Lady Owl 5-0 run, capped off by a Colleen Hunt trey would tie the game at 24-24 at the 5:24 mark. A 9-2 Warrior spurt put the Owls down seven points before Tech's Lisa Busch hit the last basket of the half, from long range, to cut the Owl deficit to 33-29 at intermission.

Cal State Stanislaus got off to a quick start to begin the second half, taking a 43-32 advantage with 16:34 to play.

Tech's Crystal Idrogo then stole the show, igniting the Owls to a 15-2 run, including 12-straight points to pull the Owls to within two at 47-45 with 10:34 remaining. Idrogo would make it 15-straight, scoring three more points, as the Owls trailed by the score of 52-49 at the 8:37 mark.

Tech then went on a dry spell, as the Warriors reeled off five-straight before Idrogo connected on her 17th straight point to pull the Owls to within six points, 57-51, with 4:51 remaining.

An Albright layup would cut the Owl deficit to 57-53, but another five point run put the Warriors up 62-53 with only 1:30 left to play. A 7-1 Tech run, including back-to-back free throws from Morey, a 3-pointer by Kelsey New and two more free throw from Morey, cut the score to 63-60 with 11 seconds on the clock. The Owls could get no closer, however, as the Warriors would ice the game on their two free throw attempts, as Tech fell by the final score of 65-60.

Idrogo finished with 20 points on 6-of-10 from the floor and 8-for-9 from the charity stripe to go with five rebounds. Morey added 12 points and grabbed five rebounds, followed by 10 points from Albright. Lisa Busch netted nine points, while Brittany Cherry finished with a team-high seven rebounds.

The Owls travel to NCAA II Dominican University in San Rafael tomorrow with the tip-off set for 5:00 pm.