Rock Hill, S.C. —-- The 3rd-seeded Catawba College men's basketball team went on a 14-3 run over the final 4:11 of regulation to force overtime versus top-ranked Lincoln Memorial and held a late defensive stand in overtime to claim its second consecutive South Atlantic Conference Tournament title, 61-60, at the Rock Hill Sports and Event Center Friday night.

TEAM STATS

- Lincoln Memorial shot 19-for-46 (41 percent) from the field, while Catawba was 24-for-75 (32 percent) from the floor

- The Railsplitters were 3-for-15 (20 percent) from three-point range; the Catawba Indians were 3-of-24 (13 percent) from deep

- LMU was 19-for-30 (63 percent) at the free throw line, while Catawba went 10-for-16 (63 percent)

- Lincoln Memorial out-rebounded Catawba 42-41, but it was the Catawba Indians who held the 18-6 advantage in second-chance points

- Catawba recorded seven assists to just 11 turnovers, while LMU had six assists to 25 turnovers; the Catawba Indians recorded 20 steals to enjoy a 21-12 lead in points off turnovers

- Catawba led in points in the paint (34-28), fastbreak points (13-8) and the teams tied with 21 bench points apiece

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

- Kaleb Wallace scored a team-high 14 points in 23 minutes off the bench

- Javeon Jones recorded 11 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals

- Kris Robinson had nine points and five steals

- DeAngelo Epps chipped in eight points, four rebounds and two blocks

- Peyton Gerald added eight points before fouling out of the contest

- Dre Nelson grabbed a team-high nine rebounds off the bench

HOW IT HAPPENED

FIRST HALF

- LMU scored the game's first four points

- Catawba answered with the next five points to take a slim lead

- The Railsplitters took an 11-7 lead at the 14-minute mark

- The Catawba Indians answered with five straight points to regain the lead

- An 8-0 run gave LMU the 24-18 lead at the 2:34 mark to force a Catawba timeout

- The Railsplitters led 28-21 at the break

SECOND HALF

- LMU extended their advantage to 36-23 in the opening four minutes of the second half

- An 8-0 Catawba run capped by Nelson's layup trimmed the Catawba Indian deficit to five

- Two Wes Enis free throws returned the lead to double digits for LMU

- LMU led 48-35 after Enis' three-pointer at the 8:18 mark

- Three straight Catawba buckets cut the lead to 48-41 with 5:20 to go

- Four LMU free throw made it an 11-point lead with four and a half minutes to go

- LMU called timeout after Jones' free throws made it 52-45 with less than two minutes left

- Jones and Wallace layups made it a three-point game; Jones picked the LMU guard's pocket and laid it in with the foul

- Catawba got the deadball offensive rebound on the missed free throw

- Robinson drilled a three-pointer on the inbounds play to take a two-point lead with 48 seconds to go

- Catawba converted one free throw with 15 seconds left in regulation, but Enis dilled the game-tying three-pointer with four seconds to go; Jones' try for win was no good with the teams headed to overtime

OVERTIME

- LMU scored the first four points of overtime to take an early lead

- Jones' layup cut the Catawba deficit to a single point at the 2:16 mark

- Shad Thomas converted the eventual game-tying and game-winning free throws with 1:04 left

- Epps came up with the block on LMU's first of two final possessions; the Railsplitters forced a Catawba miss and tried a potential game-winning three-pointer that was off the mark

UP NEXT

- Catawba awaits its NCAA Tournament matchup with the NCAA Division II Selection Show on Sunday night