HILLSBORO - Odessa Ozuna was sensational, but her career-best effort wasn't quite enough.
Ozuna, a junior point guard, scored 30 points in Kansas Wesleyan's 81-74 Kansas Conference overtime loss to Tabor on Saturday afternoon inside Tabor Gymnasium.
She made 12 of 18 shots from the field, 5 of 6 free throws, grabbed eight rebounds and had two assists. Izzy McCool joined her in double figures with 15 points on 6 of 12 shooting.
"(Ozuna) is really leading our group and trying to take all of her experience and put it on the floor," KWU coach Harper Taylor said on the postgame radio show. "I just need a couple more people to go with her. I think she's doing everything she can for our team. I'm asking a lot of her but she's very positive and she works really hard which is definitely why she's getting 30 points in 41 minutes."
Tabor (7-7, 5-3 KCAC) led 30-26 at halftime and 48-45 after three quarters. McCool's layup tied the game 64-64 with 1.7 seconds left in regulation and forced the extra period.
The Bluejays scored the first five points in overtime. KWU got within three twice 71-68 on a McCool basket with 2:57 left and 74-71 following Ozuna's three-point play with 1:24 remaining.
The Bluejays pulled away from there scoring the next five points and led 81-72 with five seconds left. Ozuna scored at the buzzer for the final points.
Tayton Smith, Tabor's 6-foot-2 senior post player, had 32 points on 13 of 16 shooting and snagged 13 rebounds. Lillie Veer scored 17, including 8 of 8 at the foul line. They had 14 of the Bluejays 17 points in overtime.
Wesleyan shot 45.2 percent for the game (28 of 62) including 3 of 9 from 3-point range. Tabor shot 45.9 percent (28 of 61) and was 4 of 14 from deep. The Bluejays won the rebounding battle 32-26 and had 13 turnovers while KWU committed 15.
"We've got to be able to react appropriately in the games and kind of adjust," Taylor said. "I thought we made some really good strides in our previous games, but as we continue to go on with the season, no game is going to be easy, no game is going to be given to us. So, if we want to win then we've got to earn it and at the end of the day I just don't think that we earned it enough today."