MASTERS OF OVERTIME
1/12/2007 8:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
SANTA CLARITA,
The win is the Lancers' second straight and seventh in the past 9 games as they improve to 11-5 overall, 5-2 GSAC. For the moment, the Lancers are in sole possession of second place in the GSAC, trailing the NAIA's No. 3-ranked Azusa Pacific by a half game and leading a trio of teams at 4-2 by a half game.
The win is also head coach Tim Collins' 499th of his 28-year career. His career mark now stands at 499-365, which includes 11 seasons on the junior college level. He has 339 wins on the 4-year varsity level.
The Master's, which was coming off a 2-point overtime win of its own at Point Loma Nazarene last Saturday, falls to 5-10, 1-5.
After scoring just 6 points combined in the past 2 games, Andrew Bruckner bounced back with a game-high 19 points. He went 8-for-10 from the floor but fouled out with
The Lancers led 64-61 after Junior Denson sank a jumper with
Denson finished with 10 points and 4 assists.
All of Swafford's points came in the extra period. He started overtime with a tip-in to give the Lancers a quick lead. The Mustangs' Lucian Pesoli had a putback of his own on the ensuing possession to tie the game. Mark Roussin drilled his only 3-pointer of the game with
Pesoli led the Mustangs with 19 points. His lay-up midway through the first half tied the game at 19-19 with 8:33 left, but the Lancers used an 18-8 spurt, capped by back-to-back treys by Thomas Taylor and Andre Borrows to take a 37-27 lead with 37 seconds left. Herman answered with a triple of his to make it 37-30 at halftime.
Daniel Hestehauge's only points of the night came from beyond the arc with
