Clarksville, Ark.-Jermery Victor's 12-foot jumper with five seconds left missed adn Schreiner University held on for a 62-60 win over Ozarks in American Southwest Conference play Friday night.
The Eagles (2-7, 1-4 ASC) came from behind to put itself in position to win the game. With 16 seconds remaining in the contest, Ozarks forced a turnover to have the last possession. Victor worked his way for a look at the basket only to have his shot just miss. Victor and the Eagles put up a valiant second half fight after Schreiner (4-3, 2-1 ASC) held a 57-49 advantage with 6:42 left. Marcus Bobb made an inside shot and Ronnie Dodd later followed with a three-point play to close the gap to 57-54. Andrew Cummings then recorded one of his four steals and converted it into an easy layup at the 4:09 mark. Schreiner’s John Witty made back-to-back clutch shots to put the Mountaineers in front 62-58 with 3:10 left. Both teams then went scoreless for the next two minutes before Cummings again converted a shot off of another steal to make it 62-60 with 40 seconds remaining. Cummings scored 10 of his team-high 16 points in the second half.
Bobb and Dodd had 12 and 11 points, respectively. Bobb finished with 10 rebounds.
Ozarks will travel to Belton, Texas, to face Mary Hardin-Baylor December 15.
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