EUGENE — The iron was extremely unkind to the 10th-ranked North Medford girls basketball team Friday night.

The Black Tornado connected on just 25 percent of its shots but still found a way to push Sheldon to the brink in the Irish's 52-46 victory in Southwest Conference action.

Sheldon (10-4 overall) improved to 4-0 in SWC play to remain tied with Roseburg for the league lead.

North Medford fell to 10-4 overall and 2-2 in conference.

The Tornado stayed afloat despite the poor shooting and serious foul trouble by collecting 17 offensive rebounds and hitting 22 of 28 from the free-throw line. The Irish went 23-for-33 at the line.

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"It was nip-and-tuck the whole way," said North Medford coach Tim Karrick. "We shot 25 percent from the field — most of them were layins — and we still had an opportunity to win.

"The girls played really hard tonight. We just had a frustrating night at the rim."

Neither team led by more than four points throughout.

Sheldon edged ahead by two points with about two minutes to play and North Medford was forced to foul to stop the clock.

Both Megan Ross, who led the Tornado with 13 points, and Whitney Hodnett fouled out late in the contest for North.

The Irish, which also battled foul trouble, took advantage by making 9 of 12 from the charity stripe in the final minutes of the contest.

"They just made their free throws down the stretch," said Karrick.

Lauren Berger had nine rebounds to lead North Medford, which outrebounded Sheldon 33-20. Kellie Satterfield contributed three of the Tornado's 10 steals.

Theresa Brown led Sheldon with 14 points, while Katie Steigleman added 11.

NORTH MEDFORD (46) — Barry 5, Schultz 7, Satterfield 2, Hodnett 3, Berger 7, Parker 3, Ross 13, Smith 4, Abeloe 2. Totals: 12 21-28 46.

SHELDON (52) — Ward 7, King 0, Pavlat 0, Gray 0, Steigleman 11, Pangilinan 0, McWilliams 2, Doe 4, Little 9, Th. Brown 14, Parker 0, Ta. Brown 5. Totals: 13 23-33 52.

North Medford 16 8 11 11 -- 46

Sheldon 14 11 12 15 -- 52

3-point goals — North Medford 1 (Barry 1), Sheldon 3 (Ward 1, Steigleman 2). Fouled out — Hodnett, Ross.

JV result — Sheldon won.

• ROSEBURG 61, SOUTH MEDFORD 27 — At Roseburg, Kristi Fallin and Julie Piper combined for 28 points and 21 rebounds for ninth-ranked Roseburg (11-1, 4-0 SWC).

The Indians built a 47-16 lead after three quarters against winless South Medford (0-13, 0-4 SWC).

Sheena Barkley had a team-high eight points for the Panthers.

SOUTH MEDFORD (27) — Barkley 8, Pettey 6, Daugherty 4, Salisbury 3, Becker 2, Parsons 2, Towry 2, Stevens 0, Baker 0, McCoy 0. Totals: 11-42 3-8 27.

ROSEBURG (61) — Fallin 15, Piper 13, Wilton 8, Filley 6, Fuller 6, Campos 3, Johnston 3, Foster 3, Jarvis 3, Geocke 1, Berry-Cabiao 0. Totals: 22-55 16-29 61.

South Medford 4 6 6 11 --27

Roseburg 15 12 20 14 --61

3-point goals — South Medford 2 (Barkley 2), Roseburg 1 (Fallin 1). Fouled out — Barkley, Stevens.

JV score — Roseburg 39, South Medford 23.

U SOUTH EUGENE 61, GRANTS PASS 60, 2OT — At Grants Pass, Carmen Williams and Sarah Whitfield each scored 16 points to lead South Eugene to a double-overtime victory.

Taylor Woods also chipped in with 14 points for the Axemen.

For Grants Pass (5-7, 0-4 SWC), Natasha Torgerson scored a game-high 17 points and added eight rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots.

SOUTH EUGENE (61) — Williams 16, Whitfield 16, Woods 14, Densmore 8, McVicker 1, Barnes 4, Clark 2, Finkey 0, Bryan 0, Johnston 0. Totals: 23 14-20 61.

GRANTS PASS (60) — Torgerson 17, Loffer 10, Randall 9, Chamberlain 8, Franko 7, Pepperling 3, Hurst 6, Pittman 0, Lathen 0. Totals: 23 14-25 60.

South Eugene 15 9 18 5 4 7 -- 61

Grants Pass 20 4 12 11 4 6 -- 60

3-point goals — South Eugene 1 (Densmore 1), Grants Pass 2 (Franko 1, Torgerson 1). Fouled out — Randall, Barnes.

Southern Sky Conference

• MAZAMA 51, EAGLE POINT 39 — At Klamath Falls, sophomore forward Melissa Jones posted a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds for Mazama (3-12, 1-2 SSC).

Eagle Point (0-14, 0-3) scored just one point in the opening quarter as the Vikings jumped out to a 16-1 lead.

Senior forward Quenby Cox added 12 points for the Vikings.

Taylor Hagy led Eagle Point with 10 points and nine rebounds.

Mazama outrebounded the Eagles, 40-29.

EAGLE POINT (39) — Wilkerson 4, Schipman 1, Hagy 10, Anderson 8, Leaf 2, Hedrick 3, Schauffler 2, Griggs 4, Emigh 5. Totals: 12-38 15-26 39.

MAZAMA (51) — Lawrence 2, Hamilton 0, Garrett 10, Jones 14, Groves 0, Karther-Miller 4, Grigsby 4, Kasper 0, Saltenberger 2, Hunter 0, Cole 0, Hoskins 0, Cox 12. Totals: 19-61 10-21 51.

Eagle Point 1 10 12 16 --39

Mazama 16 11 17 7 --51

3-point goals — Mazama 3 (Garrett 2, Grigsby 1). Technical foul — Mazama bench.

Mountain Valley League

• TRIAD 45, PROSPECT 22 — At Prospect, Triad's press hounded Prospect into 25 turnovers.

Prospect trailed 38-14 entering the final period.

Sophomore guard Becky Musard scored 11 points to pace the Cougars (8-5, 1-2 MVL).

Triad was sparked by Rachel Esterbrook's 15 points.

TRIAD (45) — Esterbrook 15, Bruzda 10, M. Parsons 8, T. Parsons 6, Hess 4, Weidom 2, Kroeker 0, Water 0, Fields 0. Totals: 20 5-19 45.

PROSPECT (22) — Musard 11, Lewis 6, Shallenberger 3, McCollum 2, Anderson 0, Zeller 0, Scriven 0, Horton 0, Verret 0, King 0. Totals: 10 2-6 22.

Triad 11 10 17 7 -- 45

Prospect 4 5 5 8 --22

JV result — Prospect won.