Lady Raiders dispatch Mitchell in overtime

Kelsey Knight's offensive output in overtime proved to be the difference in Sidney's 47-45 win over visiting Mitchell on Tuesday.

The Sidney junior scored five of the team's six points in the extra frame, and led the team offensively with 13 points on the night.

Knight opened the overtime period scoring with a three-pointer just over a minute in that put Sidney up 44-41. She added a layup almost two minutes later to extend that lead to 46-41.

Mitchell cut into that advantage with a Keyana Wilfred free throw, before Kenzey Kanno's trey made it a 46-45 game with 25 seconds left in overtime.

After an Annalise Lecher free throw put Sidney up 47-45 with 1.7 seconds left, Jori Peters' long trey was off the mark and the Lady Raiders held on for the win.

In addition to Knight's 13 points, Lecher added 11 points and Maddi Porter chipped in with eight points.

Sidney started out slow offensively, and didn't get its first point of the game until Abbey Mills' free throw cut Mitchell's early lead to 6-1 with 3:20 left in the first quarter. The Lady Raiders trailed 6-3 heading into the second period.

The Lady Raiders got things going offensively in the second quarter, using a 10-6 spurt to take a 13-12 lead on a Meaghan Ross putback layup with 2:42 left until halftime. Porter's jumper from the free throw line gave Sidney a 15-14 lead at the halftime break.

Sidney opened the third quarter on a 10-0 run as it looked to solidify its lead, ending on a pair of Katelyn Sylvester free throws for a 25-14 advantage with 3:27 left in the quarter. Mitchell rebounded, however, and cut the Sidney lead to 29-27 heading into the final quarter.

Sidney held the lead throughout much of the quarter, going up 36-31 on a Porter layup with 5:14 left in the game. The Lady Tigers kept things close, and used a Kanno three-pointer to knot the game with 2.3 seconds left to send it to overtime.