PITTSFORD, NY -- The RIT (6-0) women's basketball team came back to beat St. John Fisher College (2-5), 82-80 in overtime on Saturday evening in the Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Classic. Sophomore Cori Okada (Fullerton, CA/Troy) tied the game at 71-71 with her 3-pointer with three seconds remaining in regulation to erase a late six-point deficit and send the game into overtime.

Okada scored a career-high 25 points, earning All-Tournament team honors. Classmate Tara Lynch (Green Township, NJ/Newton) also tallied a career high 33 points, just two shy of the program record. Lynch was 12-of-22 from the floor and grabbed nine rebounds to also earn All-Tournament team honors.

RIT shot 39.5 percent from the floor on 30-of-76 shooting. The Tigers went 5-of-22 from behind the arc, and were 17-of-30 from the foul line. RIT featured three players in double-figures led by Lynch's game-high 33 points. Okada added 25, while Jessica Glaz (Rockaway Beach, NY/Scholars Academy) scored 15 points for the Tigers, who are off to their best start in program history.

Emily Piacentini led Fisher with 21 points. Nicole Robinson added 16 points off the bench, and Caroline Robertson added 12 points and six rebounds for the Cardinals, who shot 43.9 percent from the floor.

Trailing 34-27 at the half, RIT opened the third quarter on a 10-2 run, taking its first lead of the game on a 3-pointer by Okada with 6:58 to play in the quarter. Later in the quarter with Fisher leading 39-38, Glaz drove and scored to give RIT a 40-39 lead. Two possessions later, Lynch gave RIT its largest lead of the game to that point at 42-39.

Glaz extended the RIT lead to four points with her bucket with 2:32 to play in the third, making it 46-42. The Tigers would hold onto the lead, taking a one-point advantage into the fourth quarter.

Fisher scored the first four points of the fourth quarter, taking a 53-50 lead on a pair of free throws by Piacentini. Robinson converted an old fashioned 3-point play with 5:30 to play in the fourth to extend the Cardinals lead to 61-54. After an Okada jumper cut the Fisher lead to 62-58, Robertson converted another old fashioned 3-point play to give the Cardinals a 67-60 lead with 3:10 to play.

Again, RIT would answer back, cutting the Fisher lead to 67-65 on a jumper by Okada with 1:21 to play. The Cardinals would push the lead back to six points on a layup by Robinson with 50 seconds remaining. Once again, the Tigers would not quit. Glaz nailed a 3-pointer off an assist from Okada with 45 seconds to play to make it 71-68, Fisher. Erin Hulbert had a chance to put the game away, but she missed a layup with 28 seconds remaining to give RIT another chance.

Off the timeout, Okada drained a 3-pointer with three seconds to play to send the game into overtime. RIT took a slight two-point lead in the overtime before Hulbert banked in a 3-pointer for the Cardinals with 1:05 to play in the overtime session to give Fisher an 80-79 lead. The Tigers answered right back however, when Glaz took the ball and drove to the hoop, giving RIT an 81-80 lead with 44 seconds to play.

Maria Kelleher missed a 3-pointer on Fisher's next possession. Taylor Burns (Rochester, NY/Greece Odyssey) grabbed the defensive board. Julia Bender (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas), who was fouled on the play, made 1-of-2 free throws to give RIT an 82-80 lead with 13 seconds to play. Robinson had a chance to tie the game, but her put-back off an offensive rebound came off the rim as time expired.

"We showed a lot of guts tonight," said RIT head coach Amy Reed. "It was not pretty, but we found a way to win and I am proud of the team for that."

RIT returns to action on Tuesday, Dec. 6 when they play on the road at Buffalo State. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m.