The William Jewell College men's basketball team welcomed the Graceland University Yellowjackets to the Mabee Center for a non-conference contest on Monday night.    The Yellowjackets drained a three with .04 seconds left in the second overtime to win a thriller 98-97.
 
The Cards have lost six straight and fall to 3-7 overall while Graceland improves to 9-3 winning their seventh straight game. 
 
The Cardinals scored the first two buckets of the game but went cold from there.  Jewell scored only 7 points in the first eight minutes of the half and only shot 34 percent in the half.  Graceland  hit 48 percent of their shots including seven three pointers and built  a 42-30 halftime lead. 

Jewell came out of the break on a 10-4 run only to see Graceland go a 5-0 run.  The Cards would then cut the lead to 51-47 before Graceland hit three unanswered three pointers to lead 60-47 midway through the half. 
 
The Cardinals then went on a 13-0 run to take a 65-63 lead with 5:16 to play.  The Yellowjackets would fight back and eventually grab the lead back 74-71 with 14 seconds to play.
 
Jewell called a timeout and out of the time-out Larry Fitzgerald drained a three-pointer with two seconds to play that sent the game into overtime.
 
In the first overtime period, the Cards built a five point lead but Graceland would fight back to tie things up 86-86 with 22 seconds to play.  Jorge Perez-Laham's jumper at the buzzer was just off and the game went into a second overtime.
 
In the second overtime, Graceland built a three point lead but fell victim to two key turnovers and Fitzgerald again came through with a lay up to put Jewell up 94-93 with 45 seconds to play. 
 
Graceland's Frank Cimino hit a fade away jumper just inside the free-throw line with 24 seconds to play that put the Yellowjackets on top 95-94. 
 
Jewell put the ball in the hands of one of their best play makers in Patrick Whelan on their final possession and he came through in a big way driving in and drawing a foul as his layup went in.  Whelan converted on the free throw to give Jewell a 97-95 lead with 11 seconds left. 
 
After advancing to mid-court Graceland called time-out with eight seconds to play.  The Yellowjackets then were able to find Cimino open on the far wing and his three-point attempt found nothing but the bottom of the net with .04 seconds remaining and they would hang on from there.
 
Emil Ostafiicuic, Firtzgerald and Whelan all scored 20 points for Jewell.  
 
Cimino led the Yellowjackets with 20 including three of Graceland's 14 three pointers on the evening. 
 
The Cardinals will return to Great Lakes Valley Conference play when they travel to Evansville, Ind., on Thursday to take on Southern Indiana at 7:30 p.m.