Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 69, Lamar 66 in OT (Jan 25, 2017)
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) Rashawn Thomas had 22 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks Wednesday night and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi beat Lamar 69-66 in overtime.
The Islanders (10-9, 3-5 Southland Conference) took the lead for good on Jake Kocher's 3-pointer with 2:32 left to make it 65-64.
Kocher, who finished with a career-high-tying 19 points, added a layup to make it 67-64 with 1:49 left. The Cardinals (12-9, 4-4) closed the deficit back to one but missed three 3-point attempts in the final 37 seconds.
Texas A&M-CC took its first lead in over 13 minutes when Thomas made it 60-59 with 59 seconds left in the second half. Colton Weisbrod made the first of two free throws with 32 seconds left to send it to overtime.
Joseph Kilgore added 14 points and Ehab Amin had 12 for the Islanders.
Weisbrod led the Cardinals with 14 points. Zjori Bosha and Marcus Owens scored 12 each.
