Women's box score
Men's box score
Fans who braved the icy roads to Chickasha Saturday were treated to 10 minutes of extra basketball and two OC wins.
The ninth-ranked Lady Eagles beat Science and Arts (Okla.) 77-71 while the Eagles downed the Drovers 81-77.
The Lady Eagles led almost the entire first half, but a 12-0 USAO run gave the Drovers a 37-30 lead early in the second half. USAO held a 44-36 advantage when Oklahoma Christian exploded for 14 straight points with six from Lauren Decker and four each by Carlissa Plowden and Tasha Turney.
USAO answered with a 7-0 string that set up a nip-and-tuck finish to regulation. Nikki Yager's tip-in put USAO up 61-60 with 42 seconds left, but Turney scored to give OC a one-point edge at the 30-second mark.
The Drovers went back on top when Lindsey Monroe's layup with six seconds remaining made it 63-62, but Plowden hit 1-of-2 free throws to send the game into overtime tied at 63.
Layups by Turney and Plowden and two more Plowden free throws pushed the Lady Eagles to a 69-63 lead in the extra period; USAO pulled no closer than four points the rest of the way.
Turney scored 26 points while Plowden scored 16 and Decker totaled 14. The Lady Eagles made just 3-of-16 three-pointers and were outrebounded 53-37, but gutted out the win to move to 14-2 in the Sooner Athletic Conference and 21-6 overall.
In the men's game, the Eagles gained revenge for a one-point USAO win in the Eagles' Nest last month by taking down the Drovers in their home finale.
A three-pointer by USAO's Stanley Bolden with 16 seconds left in regulation tied the game at 73 and forced overtime, but Dillon Ripley's jumper with 39 seconds left in OT gave the Eagles the lead for good at 79-77. Keith Harris clinched the win with a late dunk.
After USAO clawed back from a 7-0 deficit to start the game, neither team led by more than five points in a contest that featured 24 lead changes and 14 ties.
All five OC starters scored in double figures, led by Harris' 19 points. Ripley chipped in 17, Charles Baldwin 12, and Brady Page and Micah Miles 11 each. Miles also ripped down 11 rebounds as OC improved to 9-7 in the SAC and 19-8 overall.
The Eagles remain in fifth place in the conference a half-game behind John Brown. OC plays at JBU Thursday in a game crucial to both teams' national tournament hopes. The Lady Eagles have clinched second place in the conference entering the final week of the regular season.
