Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball Outdone in Overtime at Wesley

DOVER, Del.—Hood held a slim lead late in regulation, but Wesley's Josh Kline nailed a 3-pointer with 1:28 to go in the second half and the Wolverines carried that momentum into the overtime session to top the Blazers, 80-75, on Tuesday night.

The loss ends the Blazers' brief two-game winning streak and is their third loss in as many overtime games this season as they fall back under .500 at 8-9 in their inaugural season.

For the 13th time this season, Santo Provenzano led Hood in scoring with a game-high 26 points and Darnell Edmonds and Sean Robine each had 13. Nick Minor led the Wolverines with 25 and Robert Gordy had 15 to help them improve to 4-13.

Wesley pulled out to a 32-25 lead at the break, but the Blazers, after shooting just 31 percent (8-for-26) from the floor in the first half, battled back in the second half. They got on track offensively with 48 percent shooting and made 7-of-19 3-pointers, but Kline's trey forced the game to be tied at 61-61 at the end of regulation.

Robine also led Hood with nine rebounds and two blocks and Dennis Tressler was the Blazers' final double-digit scorer with 10 points. David Wilson dished out a team-high assists and Edmonds had four steals in a game-high 39 minutes.

Wesley won the battle on the boards, 34-28, and shot 45 percent from the floor to Hood's 41 percent. The Blazers committed 17 turnovers that turned into 19 Wesley points and the Wolverines received 25 points from their bench, while Hood had just seven.

Hood gets back in action Thursday at in-state rival Villa Julie College in Stevenson, Md. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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