TROY, Ala. – The LMU men's basketball team saw a second half lead vanish on the road Tuesday night as Troy came-from-behind and defeated the Lions in overtime, 74-69. The Trojans used a 26-11 run over the final 11:20 of regulation to force overtime and eventually take the game.
The game opened with both teams exchanging banked threes as the home team hit one first and
Jevon Porter answered on the other end of court. With Troy leaded 7-5, LMU used a 10-0 run as five different players scored.
Christian Humphrey-Rembert hit a corner three to give the Lions the lead before back-to-back layups from
Mazi Mosley and
Jevon Porter extended the lead.
Aaron McBride hit a free throw and before
Andy Sigiscar made it a 15-7 game.
All Wright's layup with 10:33 to play in the half gave the Lions their first double-digit lead of the game. The Lions went up 10 with 1:11 remaining before intermission with another Wright layup.
LMU carried a 37-29 lead into halftime, thanks in part to three threes from
Jasai Miles who had 11 of his team-high 17 points in the first half.
After Troy cut their deficit to single digits in the second half, LMU used a 7-0 run to build up their first of two 15-point leads.
A pair of extended runs in the second half gave Troy the opportunity to tie the game late. The Trojans scored the final nine points of regulation following the Porter three at 4:28.
Zion Sensley opened the overtime session with an elbow jumper to push the Lions back ahead. Sensley scored 14 in defeat.
Troy closed the game with nine of the final 11 points over the last four and a half minutes of the extra period to earn the five-point win.
LMU took advantage with 20 points off turnovers, while only turning the ball over seven times themselves.
The Lions will play on Thursday in Pensacola, Fla., against South Alabama.
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