PRESCOTT, Ariz. – The Roughriders and South Mountain Community College Cougars played a wild one on Saturday night inside of Walraven Gymnasium with the Roughriders falling 71-69 in double overtime. With its fourth-straight loss, YC falls to 6-9 overall this season and 3-6 in conference play. 

After a slow first quarter in which South Mountain led 15-8, the Roughriders took off in the second quarter. 

Freshman guards Saydee Allred and Hollie Dalton brought YC back to life with three pointers on three-consecutive possessions (Allred, Dalton, Allred) and turned an 18-10 deficit into just a 21-19 deficit. 

From there, the Roughriders took the lead and took a 30-25 lead into the locker room at the break after outscoring South Mountain 22-10 in the second quarter. 

After halftime, the Roughriders scored just six points in the third quarter and headed into the fourth quarter trailing 39-36. 

In the fourth, the Roughriders and Cougars went back and forth and went into the final minute tied at 52-52. On YC's next possession, Dalton continued her stellar game with a go-ahead layup with 40 seconds left on the clock. 

South Mountain, however, tied the game on their next possession and the teams headed to overtime, tied at 54-54.

Despite taking a five-point lead to start the first overtime, the Roughriders saw the Cougars tie things up at 59-59. Freshman center Jaiden Renne and freshman guard Brooklyn Wiltbank both scored with under a minute to go, however, to give the Roughriders a narrow 63-60 lead. 

Like regulation, however, South Mountain rallied and nailed a three pointer to send the game into double overtime. 

This time, South Mountain took a lead to start the extra period and never surrendered its lead to take home the 71-69 victory. 

Dalton led all YC scorers with 20 while Wiltbank had 13 and Allred had 11. Freshman forward Kishyah Anderson also reached double digits with 14 points of her own. 

Up Next
The Roughriders are back on the basketball court on Wednesday, January 18, in Yuma, Arizona, where they will take on the Arizona Western College Matadors. Gametime is set for 7:30 p.m.