NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- South Carolina womens soccer continued its late-game magic Thursday, as senior forward Daija Griffin tallied a goal in the 97th minute to lift the No. 2 Gamecocks (15-0-1, 9-0-0 SEC) to a 2-1 overtime win over Vanderbilt at VU Soccer Complex. The result marked the second-straight overtime victory for Carolina, which remained atop the SEC with two games to play and pushed its program-best winning streak to 15 matches. The Commodores fell to 8-7-1 overall and 4-4-1 in conference play with the loss.Griffins game-winner was set up by a beautiful through ball from senior Sophie Groff. Her pass hit Griffin in stride in the box, and the senior kept her composure and slipped a shot into the net past Vanderbilt keeper Lauren Demarchi. The goal marked the second of the season for Griffin, who boasts eight scores for her career.The Commodores sent the match into overtime after finding the back of the net with one second left in regulation. Vanderbilt struck on the counter attack, taking advantage of a rebound in the box. Commodore forward Kaylann Boyd found herself all alone on the break, and she fired a shot that was knocked away by Gamecock goalkeeper Mikayla Krzeczowski. Vanderbilts Sydney ODonnell cleaned up the rebound, slotting home the empty-net goal to even the game at one.The Gamecocks opened the scoring early, converting on a corner kick in the first minute after Groffs shot from inside the box was blocked away out of bounds. Drennans service into the box found Paige Bendell at the far post, and the senior center back elevated over the defense and headed home the goal to put Carolina in front 1-0 with just 48 seconds gone in the match. The goal marked the first of the season for Bendell, while Drennan pushed her program-record assist total to 36.After grabbing the early advantage, the Gamecocks saw multiple scoring chances towards the end of the first half. In the 36th minute, junior forward Savannah McCaskill gathered the ball near the top of the box and rifled a shot that was blocked by the defense. Less than two minutes later, senior forward Claire Studebaker found herself one-on-one with the keeper and fired a close-range shot that was saved.McCaskill nearly pushed the advantage to two early in the second half, starting in the 49th minute when she tried her luck from well outside the box. Her attempt sent a dangerous shot towards net that dipped just over the crossbar. Two minutes later, Drennan sent a cross from the right side to the far post, where an open McCaskill one-timed a shot that was saved.South Carolina boasted a 16-7 shot advantage for the match and held the Commodores to three attempts on frame. Krzeczowski totaled two saves to pick up the win and improve to 12-0-1 in 2016. Curtis DeLoatch Jersey Retro . 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On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. Howard scored 18 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including 13 of 19 free throws in a 2 1/2-minute stretch, and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 122-111. PITTSBURGH -- Bryan Rust darted in on Tuukka Rask, saw a fluttering puck coming his way and flicked at it. Like just about everything else thats going on with the streaking Pittsburgh Penguins at the moment, it went exactly where Rust wanted it to go.The speedy forwards well-timed swipe sailed over Rasks blocker and into the net 1:24 into overtime Wednesday night to give the Penguins a 4-3 victory and extend their winning streak to seven.The ice wasnt great in overtime, obviously, after playing a whole game, so I was just trying to catch Rask offguard and I was lucky enough to do that, Rust said after picking up his eighth goal of the season. Trying to get it up. It just happened to be kind a little bit lucky.And pretty good too. Conor Sheary, Nick Bonino and Justin Schultz also scored for Pittsburgh. Matt Murray stopped 41 of the 44 shots he faced to improve to 10-0-1 in his last 11 home starts and even picked up an assist for the second time in four games.Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh improved to 20-7-3 to take the overall NHL lead with 43 points after beating Boston for just the second time in their last nine meetings.I thought we certainly found a way to win, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said. It wasnt the cleanest game in the world from our standpoint. Weve been better as of late but I give Boston credit, theyre hard to play against.David Pastrnak picked up his 19th goal for the Bruins. Brad Marchand and David Krejci also scored for Boston. Rask played spectacularly at times and finished with 33 saves, including a breakaway attempt by Sheary with 54 seconds left in regulation that assured the Bruins of at least a point.It was a good point today, Rask said. We played pretty good against a good team. We respect their offense. They have great talent there. Theyre a talented group, especially offensively. We created some chances, but then again, obviously theyre going to get some chances too.The Penguins remained perfect in December (7-0) and have outscored opponents 40-19 during their current run. Yet for all their considerable firepower hhave drawn praise for Sullivan for their play in front of Murray.dddddddddddd. The penalty kill, one of Pittsburghs few weaknesses, killed all four of penalties against the Bruins, including an extended 5-on-3 near the end of the first period.The power play improved to 7 of 14 over the last three games. On Wednesday it was the second line -- not the first one anchored by Sidney Crosby and Malkin -- that came through. Bonino ripped a wrist shot from the slot in the first period to tie it and Sheary made a pretty redirect on a shot by Brian Dumoulin to put Pittsburgh in front.We know we can score in bunches, and we get opportunities throughout the game, Sheary said. So I think we just stick to our game plan.The Bruins, however, have typically found a way to hold the Penguins in check and avoided their first regulation loss to Pittsburgh in more than three years when Pastsrnak pounced on a loose puck behind the Pittsburgh net then ducked around a sprawled Murray and fired it between Boninos legs to knot the game at 3 with 6:40 left in regulation.I didnt think we gave up a whole lot, Marchand said. They did get a couple power-play goals, but 5-on-5, they had a couple shifts where they were buzzing around, but you have to expect that from a team with that much talent. Other than that, though, we did have a good game.Game notes Crosby extended his points streak to nine games. Malkin has at least one point in 13 consecutive home games. ... The Bruins went over the 40-shot total for the sixth time. ... Boston D Zdeno Chara played in his 1,300th game, becoming the 60th player in NHL history to reach that plateau. ... The Bruins scratched D Colin Miller and Joe Morrow and C Danton Heinen. ... Pittsburgh scratched F Eric Fehr and D Steve Oleksy.UP NEXTBoston: Return home to face Anaheim.Pittsburgh: Wrap up a three-game homestand Friday night against the Los Angeles Kings. Los Angeles beat the Penguins in a shootout on Nov. 3. ' ' '