Wasilla’s Mielee Merchant hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:26 left in overtime to lift the fourth-ranked Warriors over Ridgeline (WA) 54-53 on Day 2 of the Doc Larson Roundball Classic in the Valley.
Merchant opened OT with two free throws and later made a steal and dribbled to her spot on the 3-point line and let it fly with 32 seconds left on the shot clock in a tied game. Nothing but net.
Later in OT, Kinley Lynch forced a turnover along the sideline with 21 seconds left and that led to a free throw by Savannah Kroon, making it a two-possession game…