The William Jewell College men's basketball team lost a thrilling overtime heartbreaker to the University of Indianapolis by a score of 96-89 on Saturday afternoon in the Mabee Center. Jewell drops to 8-15 overall and 3-12 in Great Lakes Valley Conference play with the loss. Indianapolis improves to 18-5 on the season and 12-3 in the conference.

Jordan Tanner set the tone for the Cardinals early, opening the game with back-to-back thunderous slam dunks. The Cardinals then rode Larry Fitzgerald's 15 first half points to a 42-36 lead at the half. Jewell and Indianapolis would then start an eventful, back-and-forth second half. The Greyhounds took the lead with eleven minutes to play, only to have the Cardinals regain the lead on a Patrick Whelan three with just over five minutes left.

Indianapolis stormed back to tie the game at 79 with two minutes to play. The game came down to the final possession when, with the score still tied at 79, the Greyhounds made a lay-up as time expired. As Indianapolis raced to try to get off the court and celebrate their win, the referees headed to the monitors to review the play. Minutes later, they declared the shot no good as the Greyhound player did not release the ball prior to the clock expiring, causing the Mabee Center would erupt in cheers.

Unfortunately for the Cardinals, Indianapolis would outscore Jewell in overtime 17-10 en route to their 96-89 victory.

The Cardinals and the Greyhounds put on a thrilling display of basketball all afternoon, as both teams demonstrated up-tempo offenses that pushed the ball at every available opportunity. Jewell struggled from behind the three point line, making just six of 22 three point attempts, but they were able to make up for it by attacking the rim and the offensive glass, recording sixteen offensive rebounds. 

Larry Fitzgerald and Patrick Whelan had monstrous games for the Cardinals, scoring 28 and 24 points respectively. Austin Regier recorded a double-double, scoring 14 points and bringing down 11 rebounds. Jordan Tanner chipped in ten points and six rebounds.

Joe Retic led the Greyhound offense with 25 points on the afternoon. Jordan Loyd contributed 17 points, and Alex Etherington added in 16 points for Indianapolis.

The Cardinals take their show on the road to take on Truman State University in their next GLVC game at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in Kirksville, Mo.