Whatcom Community College women's basketball player Bree Park helped the Orcas force two overtimes, but WCC ran out of gas and lost 70-66 to Big Bend Community College during the WCC Crossover Tournament title game Sunday, Dec. 16, in Bellingham.

Park made two late free throws to force the first overtime period and drilled 3-pointer to send the game to double overtime. Her late game heroics came one night after she scored on an offensive rebound-put back in the final minutes to send the Orcas to Sunday's title game. She finished with a game-high 28 points. Erika Locker scored 20 points in the loss.

"Both of those girls made the all-tournament team," Whatcom coach Sara Bergner said in a phone interview. "They just played tough for us this weekend, and they logged a lot of minutes. Erika got to the line and was 8 for 11. She was attacking well. Bree hit some big shots for us. I just think we ran out of gas at the end."

Whatcom's Amanda Tapia recorded a team-high 10 assists, and Nathalie Gruber hauled in a team-best 10 rebounds.

"Obviously, it would have been nice to win the home crossover tournament," Bergner said. "That was our goal, but I was impressed with how we came back from 10 points down in the last two games."

BIG BEND 70, WCC 76 2OT

WCC: Amanda Tapia 2, Nathalie Gruber 4, Erika Locker 20, Cambie Edwards 2, Margaret Redelinghuis 10, Bree Park 28. Totals 23-67 16-21 66.

Big Bend: Alli Winters 21, McKell Marlor 4, Sierra Zollinger 7, Shaylyn Brown 4, Shannelle Hemmert 2, Desirae Hall 0, Jessica Sorensen 12, Christina Marlatt 14, McKall Miller 0, Hannah Smith 8, Jazlyn Nielsen 2. Totals 27-82 7-12 70.

Half: Big Bend 29, WCC 24

3-ptg: WCC 4-18 (Park/Locker 2); Big Bend 9-35 (Winters 5). Rebounds: WCC 49 (Gruber 10); Big Bend 54 (Zollinger 17). Assists: WCC 15 (Tapia 10); Big Bend 22 (Winters 10). Fouls: WCC 12, Big Bend 16. Turnovers: WCC 24, Big Bend 20.