North Medford's Olivia Boger looks for a lane to the basket against South Eugene during the first quarter in Medford Friday evening.

One night after barely missing an opportunity, North Medford’s girls basketball team was able to generate the first head coaching victory for Tiani Tunoa behind a splendid fourth-quarter comeback for a 47-40 win over Summit on Day 2 of the Luke Roth Invitational in Eugene.

Coming off a 52-49 loss to West Albany that saw the Black Tornado get passed over in the final frame, they were totally on target against the Storm with a game-best 18-point quarter to pull the rug out from under Summit.

The Storm had led 33-29 entering the fourth quarter Saturday.

“I think they just really started to kind of commit to one another on defense and trust each other,” said Tunoa of the comeback effort. “They started to settle down and make more sound decisions and they just played with a lot more poise and under control in the fourth quarter, and I think that allowed the game to slow down for them and help us regain momentum.”

Olivia Boger scored eight of her team-best 17 points in the final frame and fellow senior Sophia West had six of her 11 points in the fourth to spur the rally over Summit (2-1).

Boger also finished with four rebounds, while West had seven rebounds and three steals.

“It all started on the defensive end,” said Tunoa, whose team had nine steals and forced 17 turnovers.

Caileigh Raines, another senior, contributed nine points, 12 rebounds, three blocks, three assists and two steals in a solid all-around effort for North Medford (1-1), while senior Mariah Lane scored eight points to create some offensive balance.

The result was exactly what Tunoa — formerly Tiani Bradford — believed would be possible when she accepted her first head coaching role after serving as an assistant coach to Tom Cole at South Medford following her playing/coaching days at Southern Oregon University.

“I think it helps that we have a lot of senior leadership on this team and a lot of veteran experience at the varsity level,” she said. “With the changes we have implemented offensively and defensively, I think them being older and experienced has helped them be able to grasp those changes.

“It just had me excited and confident with the group that I was inheriting that — rather than this being one of those building years — I think we can start now with kind of being more competitive than we have in years past.”

As for achieving the first win in her coaching career, Tunoa hadn’t let it fully sink in even an hour after the game.

“If I’m honest, it doesn’t fully feel real yet but I know I’m super proud of the girls,” she said. “They are really buying into a lot of the changes with the system that’s being played. I think they’re slowly starting to see it pay off and I’m just really proud of them. I don’t get the wins without them.”

Kalyn Crist provided 13 points and seven rebounds and Rou Coates-Flaherty added six points and six rebounds to lead Summit.

NORTH MEDFORD (47): Brownlee 0, Smalley 2, West 11, Taylor 0, Boger 17, Raines 9, Canton 0, Verduzco 0, Lane 8. Totals: 19 5-13 47.

SUMMIT (40): K. Durfee 0, J. Durfee 0, Crist 13, Aunchman 2, Ring 3, Becker 0, Coates-Flaherty 8, Cross 5, Richwine 4, Stassens 5. Totals: 16 4-16 40.

North Medford 9 8 12 18 — 47

Summit 7 13 13 7 — 40

3-point goals — North Medford 4 (Boger 2, West 1, Lane 1), Summit 4 (Crist 1, Coates-Flaherty 2, Stassens 1). Fouled out — Richwine.

SOUTH MEDFORD 63, WEST SALEM 49: At Gresham, Sara Schmerbach supplied 20 points, four steals and two assists to steer second-ranked South Medford to a championship win at the Barlow Trail Tournament.

Mayen Akpan posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds to go with two assists for the Panthers (2-0), while Dyllyn Howell had 12 points and three assists.

Emma Zuniga led West Salem (1-1) with 21 points.

SOUTH MEDFORD (63): Richardson 6, Taulani 2, Warberg 3, Imperial-Viray 0, Schmerbach 20, Barlow 2, Howell 12, Akpan 15, Andersen 3, Vasey 0. Totals: .

WEST SALEM (49): L. Griffin 7, Burns 2, Casas 7, Diaz 0, Callahan 0, Kosso-Quaye 2, Martin 3, S. Griffin 6, Zuniga 21, Davis 0. Totals: .

South Medford 23 17 12 11 — 63

West Salem 7 13 17 12 — 49

CRATER 80, CROOK COUNTY 26: At Prineville, Sage Winslow scored 22 points in only three quarters of play and Lydia Traore added 20 points in that span to complete an unbeaten run at the Central Oregon Tip-Off Classic.

Winslow came up with eight steals to help spur her effort, while Traore had seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks for the Comets. Taylor Young finished with 12 points, five steals and three assists.

ST. MARY’S 36, HORIZON CHRISTIAN 34: At Tigard, Ella Yeamans led St. Mary’s with nine points and six rebounds to help the Crusaders earn their first win of the season at the Westside Winter Jam.

Esme Medley, Avery Gunn and Elizabeth McGill each had seven points, Crystal Rangel Villa knocked down two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and Bailey Strickler grabbed eight rebounds for St. Mary’s (1-2).

Boys Basketball

SOUTH MEDFORD 59, LINCOLN 57: At Portland, South Medford heated up in the fourth quarter to outscore Lincoln 21-10 and claim a nail-biter for the Panthers’ first win this season.

Jake Von Strahl scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter for South Medford (1-2), which also received 12 points and two steals from Cole Adee and 10 points, six rebounds and three assists from Isaac Tannaci.

Von Strahl also pulled in six boards, while Jaqsen Spires had three assists and Jed Johnson grabbed five rebounds.

Lincoln (0-2) built its cushion with a 19-8 edge in the third quarter and was led by Jordan Hill’s 14 points.

SOUTH MEDFORD (59): Tannaci 10, Adee 12, Dufour 3, Spires 1, Ritchie 8, Clevenger 2, Johnson 6, VonStrahl 14, Pacheco 3. Totals: 23-63 7-14 59.

LINCOLN (57): Lindsay 2, Hill 14, Carney 8, Chan-Kai 11, Harari 8, O’Neil 0, Tanyi 3, Hanson 9, Reynolds 2, Bishop 0. Totals: 20-38 13-21 57.

South Medford 16 14 8 21 — 59

Lincoln 9 19 19 10 — 57

3-point goals — South Medford 6-20 (Von Strahl 3, Adee 1, Dufour 1, Pacheco 1), Lincoln 4-10 (Carney 2, Harari 1, Tanyi 1).

CRATER 73, ROSEBURG 56: At Roseburg, Kyle Bittle and Malachi Barlow each scored 24 points as Crater seized control early for the nonconference victory.

Bittle added 10 rebounds and three steals while Barlow had four steals, four rebounds and two assists for the Comets (2-0), who led 42-23 by halftime.

Elijah Bryant chipped in with seven points, four rebounds and three assists, Julien Grant had nine points, four assists, three rebounds and two steals and Ben Higginson collected four assists, three steals and three rebounds against Roseburg (0-3).

CRATER (73): Rodriguez 2, Bryant 7, Smith 3, Higginson 2, Bittle 24, Converse 0, Grant 9, Barlow 24, Robinson 0, Cole 2. Totals: 29 6-15 73.

ROSEBURG (56): Leeworthy 13, Fanugao 4, Scott 12, Palm 0, Frable 0, Bentea 17, Cantrell 2, Luther 6, Kemmerle 2. Totals: 18 6-11 56.

Crater 19 23 18 13 — 73

Roseburg 13 10 18 15 — 56

3-point goals — Crater 9 (Bittle 4, Barlow 3, Bryant 1, Smith 1), Roseburg 4 (Scott 2, Bentea 2).

PHOENIX 55, SWEET HOME 39: At Sweet Home, Brayden Decker connected for all four of his 3-pointers in the first half as Phoenix built a 33-18 lead and didn’t look back in a road victory.

Tobias Akpan added 18 points and Lucas Wihtol contributed 15 to lead the inside presence for the Pirates (2-0), while Martin Ortega had 10 points.

PHOENIX (55): Decker 12, Pyeatt 0, McQueen 0, Akpan 18, Ortega 10, Dobbins 0, Wihtol 15. Totals: 22 5-13 55.

SWEET HOME (39): Aker 7, McClure 7, Harvey 0, Funk 0, M. Tyler 9, Walker 2, Hartsook 9, McCubbins 0, Pace 5, G. Tyler 0. Totals: 15 7-10 39.

Phoenix 17 16 11 11 — 55

Sweet Home 7 11 7 14 — 39

3-point goals — Phoenix 6 (Decker 4, Akpan 1, Ortega 1), Sweet Home 2 (Aker 1, M. Tyler 1).

TRINITY LUTHERAN 53, ST. MARY’S 40: At Tigard, Trinity Lutheran outscored St. Mary’s 13-6 in the third quarter to put the game out of reach in the Westside Winter Jam.

Jax North led St. Mary’s with 13 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots.

ST. MARY’S (40): AJ Zimmerman 8, Anderson 4, North 13, King 4, T. Zimmerman 7, Van Horn 0, Chmelir 0, Kiene 4, Ausland 0, Primerano 0.

TRINITY LUTHERAN (53): Lewis 0, Au. Imhoff 2, Slaughter 2, Nichols 5, C. Gilbert 11, Romney 2, An. Imhoff 20, Carroll 5, Garus 2, Newton 0, B. Gilbert 4.