JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The William Jewell men's basketball team escaped with a 74-60 overtime win on Thursday evening at Lincoln University of Missouri. The victory moves the Cardinals to 17-8 overall and 13-4 in conference play. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Trailing by one early, Bradley Lightbourne nailed a three to spark the Cardinals to an 18-7 run capped by another three pointer, this time from Justice Sutton to go in front by double digits. Lincoln closed the half on with an 18-10 run to cut the lead to just two. 
• After a back-to-back threes from Sutton and Kanukayi Gudza expanded the Jewell advantage to nine just under midway through the second half, the Blue Tigers began to chip away. A jumper by Max Ekono eventually tied the game at 51-all with less than six minutes to play. Down by four with under one minute on the clock, Sutton hit four clutch free throws, including two after a hard foul sent him to the floor with 1.9 ticks on the clock, sending the game to overtime. 
• The Cardinals outscored Lincoln 14-0 in the overtime period, led by six from Sutton, to escape with the conference road win. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Sutton led all scorers with 28 points while Lightbourne added 14, and Adam Fuller finished with 10 points in 12 minutes of action.
• Isaac Patterson grabbed 10 rebounds while Ashton Jermain handed out three assists. 
• Jewell shot just 40% from the floor but were 17-of-20 (85%) from the free throw line.  

UP NEXT
Jewell will head to the east side of the state on Saturday for their final regular season game as they take on the Tritons of Missouri-St. Louis at 3 p.m. UMSL's Mark Twain Building will also be the host of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament in early March.