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PORTLAND – Senior guard Courtney VanBrocklin scored with no time remaining in double overtime to give the Vikings a 87-85 win over the Ducks Thursday night at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Ore. VanBrocklin tied her career high with 26 points to lead the Vikings. She also tallied 11 rebounds for her first double-double of the season. 

“I added a fourth key to winning the game in the locker room … out last them,” Murrell said following the victory in Eugene. “We outlasted them tonight. I'm so proud of our team.”

After the first overtime period, the Vikings and Ducks were all knotted up at 74-all. Oregon jumped out to a six point lead just 43 second into the second overtime. Senior Karley Lampman hit a big three-pointer to cut the Oregon lead to three points with four minutes remaining.

Portland State whittled away at the Oregon lead and tied it at 81-all with 2:40 left on a jumper from VanBrocklin who drew a foul for the and-one. The Big Sky Conference's free-throw percentage leader from a year ago knocked down the free throw to put the Vikings up one.

A jumper by Lampman gave the Vikings a three-point lead, which was brought back to one at 84-83 after back-to-back free throws by Oregon's Jillian Alleyne with 1:48 remaining.

On the next Viking possession Alleyne came down with a defensive rebound but injured herself and had to leave the game. She led all players with 38 points and 27 rebounds, 10 on the offensive glass.

Oregon took the lead 85-84 with 54 seconds left. Junior Kate Lanz tied it at 85-all with a free throw with 30 ticks on the clock.

Oregon played for the last shot but missed it with seven seconds and Lanz pulled down the defensive board giving the Vikings one final shot. She pushed it up court on a fast break to VanBrocklin who laid it in at the buzzer to win it for the Vikings 87-85 in double-overtime.

“I told Courtney in the time out 'you're going to remember this. This is your senior season and you're going to remember this game,'” Murrell said. “She was calm, cool, and collected. I couldn't be more proud of this team.”

The victory gives Murrell her 100th win at Portland State.

The win is the first for the Vikings over the Ducks since a 75-74 victory in Eugene in January of 1985. That game also went into overtime. Remarkably the Vikings last four wins over the Ducks dating back to 1977 have all come in overtime. PSU is 19-8 all-time in over time games and 9-7 at the Division I level.

VanBrocklin led the Vikings with the 26 points on 10-of-19 from the floor and pulled down 11 boards. Lanz added her first double-double of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds. She also added a career-best six assists. Mikaela Rivard tied her career best with 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting including 2-of-3 from behind the arc.

The Vikings jumped out to an early 6-2 lead before Oregon came back and tied the game at 9-all and then again at 11-all. Oregon took an 18-17 lead with less than eight minutes left in the fist half but did not lead again until the first overtime period. Portland State finished the first half on a 5-0 run to lead 38-28 at the intermission.

VanBrocklin led all scorers at the half with 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting while pulling down five rebounds. Lanz tallied nine points and four boards.

The Vikings opened up their largest lead of the game at 42-30 with 17:34 left in the second half. Eight consecutive points for the Ducks cut the Vikings lead to just four with less than 15 minutes to play.

Portland State built an eight point lead again before Oregon tied the game at 54-all with 3:30 left. The Vikings had a four point lead with 33 seconds left in the second half but four straight points by Alleyne tied it at 66-all which is where it stayed at the end of regulation sending the game to overtime.

Oregon held a three point lead at 72-69 in the first overtime period before Rivard knocked down a jumper to cut the lead to one. A Danielle Love layup again gave Oregon a three-point lead with 45 seconds left forcing the Vikings to call a timeout.

Portland State drew up a play that would give Rivard a three-point opportunity in the corner which she nailed to tie it at 74-all with 35 seconds remaining. Lanz missed a three-point shot at the buzzer sending the game into its second overtime period.

The Viking fell behind by six quickly but tied it at 85-all with 30 seconds remaining in the second overtime period before VanBrocklin laid it in for the two point win, 87-85, as time expired.

Portland State is 2-0 to start the season for the second consecutive season. The Vikings now return home for a Tuesday, Nov. 20 meeting with Corban University at the Peter W. Stott Center starting at 7:30 p.m.

NOTES: Senior guard Courtney VanBrocklin tied her career high in points with 26 … Kate Lanz tied her career high in assists with six … VanBrocklin (16 pts, 11 reb) and Lanz (17 pts, 10 reb) both recorded their first double-doubles of the season … Mikaela Rivard tied her career high in points with 15 and her career high in field goals made with six … Head Coach Sherri Murrell recorded her 100th win at Portland State.