Sophomore Braylen Meredith scored a game-high 26 points, including five in overtime, and teammate Charles Farrell followed with 23 points and 10 rebounds, as the Chaparrals overcame a 13-point deficit in the second half and defeated visiting Rock Valley 86-75 in OT in Region 4 men's basketball Tuesday night.
 
The victory was COD's first against the Golden Eagles in 13 seasons, a span of 24 straight losses. The last COD victory in the series was 72-71 on Feb. 29, 2012, in the opening round of the 2012 Region 4 Tourney.
 
Tuesday's game featured five ties and nine lead changes and the Chaps trailed 44-31 with 16:10 left in the game.
 
Farrell then caught fire. The Westfield, Ind., native, who was held to just two points in the first half, put the Chaps on his back with 11 points in a five-minute span that brought the Chaps to within five of the lead (51-46) with 10:52 left.
 
That spurt set-up Meredith, who then scored 13 of his 17 second-half points in the final 10:15, his final field goal putting COD up 68-65 with 1:49 to go.
 
Freshman guard Adyn McGinley delivered a 3-pointer from the deep right corner with 30 seconds left, giving COD a 71-69 lead.
 
The Golden Eagles forced OT on an Adrian Agee jumper with 1.3 seconds left.
 
COD outscored RVC 15-4 in the five-minute period, earning five points from Meredith and converting on all six free throws, with Farrell perfect on four attempts.
 
McGinley added 11 points, Terence Spencer 10 and Ramone Enis nine. Ben Zielinski added seven to round out COD's scoring.
 
COD (17-7, 11-7 Region 4) takes on Milwaukee Area TC (9-14, 8-6) on Thursday. Tip is 7 p.m.