Kate Jaffie scored a game-high 26 points Wednesday as the Oneonta High girls basketball team opened defense of its Section Four Class A Tournament title with a 59-52 overtime defeat of host Maine-Endwell.

The fifth-seeded Jackets (15-6) caught a break in the quarterfinal with six seconds left in regulation. No. 4 Maine-Endwell (11-8) stole an OHS inbounds pass with 12 seconds left, leading to a Katelyn Touhey layup that tied the score at 49. Touhey drew a foul on the play but missed the free throw, setting up Jaffie for a last shot.

Jaffie drove the lane but failed to get a shot off before time expired. The Spartans scored first in the overtime, converting 1 of[an error occurred while processing this directive] 2 free throws, before Sara Sason gave the Jackets the lead for good. Sason hit a layup off a pass from Madie Harlem for a 51-50 lead, and OHS went 6-for-8 at the foul line down the stretch to seal it.

"Our guards rebounded really well," OHS coach Bob Zeh said of Harlem and Bridget Farago, who grabbed 11 and 8 rebounds, respectively. "Jaffie had a good night offensively and made the shots that we needed."

Marie O’Malley contributed 12 points for the Jackets, who won the 2005 Class A sectional title, 34-32, over Elmira Southside. OHS advanced to a sectional semifinal against top-seeded Elmira Free Academy (18-1), which beat No. 8 Johnson City, 86-38, on Wednesday. Johnson City finished 1-18, with its victory a 46-35 defeat of visiting Oneonta on Jan. 21.

Michelle Phillips scored 20 points to pace the Spartans, who received 18 from Touhey.

ONEONTA 59, M-E 52 (OT)

4-MAINE-ENDWELL (11-8): Katelyn Touhey 7 2-4 18, Erica Spera 1 3-4 5, Amy Turbek 1 0-0 2, Brianna Shepard 2 1-2 5, Theresa Federowicz 1 0-0 2, Michelle Phillips 7 6-10 20. TOTALS: 19 12-20 52.

Oneonta 15 15 11 8 10 — 59

Maine-Endwell 9 11 17 12 3 — 52

Three-point field goals: O 2 (Jaffie 2); M 2 (Touhey 2).