Oklahoma City, Okla. -- The Rogers State Hillcats took their first lead of the game in the first overtime and eventually pulled out a 73-64 double-overtime win over the Mid-America Christian Lady Evangels Thursday evening (Feb. 14) at the Gaulke Activity Center. 

The Hillcats took over the second overtime by holding the Lady Evangels scoreless for the first 4:20 of the period. 

Over that span, RSU scored 10 points as four straight free throws by Hunter Peterson gave the Hillcats a 72-62 lead with 48 seconds left. 

Brittany Woodard got the Lady Evangels on the board with a layup, but a free throw by Cortney Crockett closed out the scoring.

Offense was hard to come by in the first extra session, as both teams combined for only four field goals. 

The Hillcats led 62-60 when Tranecia Smith hit a jumper with 51 seconds remaining to tie the score that wound up sending the game into the second overtime. 

Melissa Aguilar scored the first nine points of the game for the Lady Evangels (10-14, 6-12 SAC) as they controlled the tempo much of the night, grabbing the lead on a Nicole Wittman basket with 14:38 left in the first half and never relinquishing it until the Hillcats tied the score with 29 seconds left in regulation. 

The bucket by Wittman started a 9-2 run that was capped by a three from Chelsea Key for an 18-11 lead. 

A three by Brittany Woodard stretched the lead to nine before seven points from Crockett helped the Hillcats claw to within 29-28. 

Smith then hit a layup with one second left in the half for a 31-28 halftime advantage. 

The Lady Evangels opened the second half on a 10-2 run to lead 41-30 with 15:26 remaining. 

The lead later grew to 14 after Wittman scored off an offensive rebound that made it 48-34 at the 12:12 mark. 

MACU still led by 12 after a basket by Brittany Johnson made it 56-44 when the Hillcats made their climb back on the strength of their defense. 

The Hillcats (17-7, 11-6 SAC) held the Lady Evangels without a field goal for the final 8:33 of regulation and eventually tied the score on a layup by Logan Froese with 29 seconds left. 

The only points during this stretch for the Lady Evangels was one free throw each by Aguilar and Smith. 

Aguilar had a solid all around game of 12 points, nine rebounds, four steals and two assists.  Wittman also scored 12 and Woodard added 10.  Marcy Robinson led the Lady Evangels with a team-high five assists. 

Crockett scored a game-high 18 points and also led the Hillcats with five assists.  Froese added 15 and a game-high 13 boards, while Candice Steward chipped in with 14 points and 11 rebounds. 

The Lady Evangels were out-rebounded 58-42 overall but managed to force 32 turnovers on the night. 

MACU will next play at Oklahoma Baptist on Thursday evening (Feb. 17) at 6 p.m. in Shawnee, Okla.  The Lady Evangels bested OBU 77-61 in the first meeting this season in Oklahoma City.