POCATELLO — Destiny Harris spent the summer in her driveway playing one-on-one games against her father.

Harris wanted to improve after her freshman campaign on varsity last year, so she enlisted the help of those close to her.

The countless games against her father paid off, as the sophomore scored a game-high 24 points in Pocatello’s 65-59 overtime win against Preston (5-3, 2-1 4A District 5-6) Friday at The Palace.

Harris scored eight points in the extra period to lift Poky (3-6, 3-0 4A District 5-6) to its third consecutive win after an 0-6 start.

“She is a big key for us,” Poky coach Brock Gunter said. “She gets everybody going with her passion. She got the ball and finished strong.”

After a freshman year that featured 21 losses, Harris came into 2016 with a new attitude. A repeat of last season was not an option.

With Friday’s victory, Poky matched its win total from last season.

“I was tired of losing,” Harris said. “We didn’t win much last year, so now we know how it feels. This feels great.”

Pocatello’s Ally Whitmer hit a jump shot with five seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime. The shot capped Poky’s 6-1 run over the final 2 minutes, 51 seconds of the fourth quarter.

Preston’s Morgan Hall missed a shot to win at the buzzer, sending the contest to the final four-minute period.

In overtime, Preston shot 2 of 7 from the field and was outscored 13-7.

“We got close, but could never get it back,” Preston coach Kimber Hall said. “The girls played well enough to win, but they outplayed us in overtime.”

Morgan finished with 17 points while, teammate Shaylee Priestley scored a team-high 18 points, including eight in the third quarter to help Preston take a one-point lead heading into the fourth.

No other Preston player scored more than eight points, and the team lost its second game in a row after a four-game winning streak.

“This is a good learning experience,” Kimber said. “Our goals are still in sight. The girls are still battling.”

The roots of Pocatello’s current win streak can be traced back to a 77-52 loss to Minico on Nov. 22.

The defeat was the team’s fifth game in 11 days and its fifth loss in a row. After the contest against the Spartans, Pocatello had four games in a 17-day span, which allowed the team practice time to work on its deficiencies.

“We are still learning a lot,” Gunter said. “We didn’t have a lot of time to sit and correct things. These last couple weeks we could break things down and get better.”