Concordia-St. Paul 93 Wayne State 89 (OT)

            Concordia-St. Paul shot 55 percent from the field as the Golden Bears avenged a loss to Wayne State from three weeks ago with a 93-89 overtime victory over the Wildcats Friday evening in Northern Sun Conference men's basketball at Rice Auditorium in Wayne.  WSC drops to 10-18 and 7-12 in the NSIC South while CSP is now 8-15 and 6-13 in league play.
            Similar to the first meeting three weeks ago in St. Paul where neither team led by more than five points, Friday's game saw neither team hold a lead bigger than six points while changing the lead 12 times with nine ties.
            Wayne State took their biggest lead of the game at the 6:18 mark of the first half, 23-18, following a Ben Dentlinger basket. 
            The Wildcats led again by five at 31-26 with 2:07 to play in the first half before finishing with a 34-32 lead at halftime.
            After WSC opened the first half with a basket for a 36-32 lead, Concordia-St. Paul scored eight straight points and grabbed a 40-36 lead.
            The Golden Bears held the lead for much of the second half. 
            WSC enjoyed a short-lived lead of 55-54 at the 11:01 mark following a Henry Penner 3-pointer.
            Concordia-St. Paul rallied and built their biggest lead of the night at 65-59 with 7:23 to play.
            The Golden Bears still held a 75-69 lead with 2:24 remaining when WSC rallied and actually took a 79-77 lead on a Al'Tavius Jackson layup with 51 seconds to play.
            On the next possession, Concordia-St. Paul's Cody Carlson tied the score with a jumper at 79-79.
            Wayne State had a chance to go in front but had a shot clock violation and Concordia-St. Paul's shot to win the game in the final six seconds was too strong sending the game into overtime tied at 79-79.
            The Wildcats held the lead early in the extra session and was in front 86-83 following a Dentlinger dunk when the Golden Bears took control of the game scoring six straight points for an 89-86 lead.
            WSC got as close as one at 89-88 with six seconds left but CSP made three of four free throws late to seal the 93-89 overtime win.
            Jackson paced Wayne State in scoring with a career-high 22 points on 9 of 16 shooting.  Ferrarini also scored 22 points for the 'Cats.  Jordan Janssen accounted for his 14^th double-double of the season with 16 points and 13 rebounds while Dentlinger and Nate Mohr each scored 10 points.
            Wayne State was 33 of 74 shooting for 44.6 percent, going 9 of 22 behind the arc.  The 'Cats were 14-19 at the foul stripe.
            Lee Higgins scored a game-high 25 points for Concordia-St. Paul.  Cody Carlson added 18 with Jordan Coblin scoring 17.  Max Keefe and Jacob Shields also scored double digits with 14 and 11 respectively.
            Concordia-St. Paul made 32 of 58 shots for 55.2 percent, including 8 of 19 from the 3-point line.  The Golden Bears were 21 of 27 at the charity stripe.
            Both teams had 36 rebounds in the game with Janssen grabbing a game-high 13 caroms.  He also handed out five assists and had three blocked shots.
            Wayne State will be at home Saturday hosting Minnesota State at 5:30 p.m.