SHERIDAN - The Wyoming girls battled back from a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime on Friday, but ended up losing 79-70 in overtime to Montana in the all-star basketball series.

"The girls made a great comeback," Wyoming coach Frank McCarthy said. "I'm proud of the way they competed and didn't give up."

Lovell's Kristen Scheffler, who has signed on to play at Wyoming, made 1 of 2 free throws to give the Equality State team a 67-65 lead with 17 seconds remaining. But Montana got a basket with 2 seconds to play to push the game into extra time. Montana took control in OT, outscoring Wyoming 12-3.

Scheffler scored nine of her 11 points in the fourth quarter, with Lander's Dani White adding seven and Cheyenne Central's Chelsey Lybeck five.

"Dani hit a big three for us late in the game," McCarthy said. "And I thought Chelsey did a great job of getting to the hole and creating some things."

White finished with a team-high 17 and Sheridan's Laura Quist added 14.

Montana's Torrie Cahill led all scorers with 19 points.

Montana now leads the all-time series 14-9. The two teams will play again tonight in Billings. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.

"Hopefully we can take some momentum from (Friday's) game into (Saturday)," McCarthy said.

Girls

Friday

Wyo 9 15 16 27 3 - 70

Mont 19 16 17 15 12 - 79

Wyoming: Dani White (Lander 17); Laura Quist (Sheridan) 14; Kristen Scheffler (Lovell) 11; Cassie Carlson (Cheyenne Central) 7; Kelsey Scott (Douglas) 6; Erika Stender (Sheridan) 6; Chelsey Lybeck (Cheyenne Central) 5; Jannel Scheuerman Worland) 2; Kendahl Avery (Laramie) 2.

Montana: Torrie Cahill (Miles City) 19; Alexandra Hurley (Anaconda) 15; Kirsten Tilleman (Bozeman) 14; Jeni Guertin (Bozeman) 9; Brianne McClafferty (Butte) 7; Joey O'Neill (Butte) 4; Kalli Stanhope (Glendive) 3; Sage Indendi (Livingston) 3; Rachel Pauli (Big Timber) 3; Laramie Schwenke (Malta) 2.