THE Mildura Demons held strong when it mattered most to further sink reigning premiers Ouyen United, winning 53-50 in a back-and-forth tussle.

Mildura had the slightly better start to lead by three at quarter time, before Ouyen produced one of their better quarters for the season to lead by two at half-time.

As the game went down the stretch, Ouyen made a few costly errors that Mildura were able...