FREDERICK, Md.--Wesley College's Paul Reynolds connected on the game-tying free throw and teammate Kyan Andrews converted the game-winning layup within the final five seconds of regulation as the Wolverines (3-4, 1-1 CAC) turned the tables on the Hood College men's basketball team (3-3, 1-1 CAC) Saturday evening, 72-70, in a Capital Athletic Conference game at the Odom Fitness Center.

Wesley led for only 37 seconds of the entire ballgame until the late heroics by two of its starters. Hood built a double-figure lead midway through the first half and took a 31-22 lead into halftime. The Wolverines connected on just 6-of-24 from the field while the Blazers boasted a .545 shooting percentage in the first 20 minutes. A solid 9-of-10 effort by Wesley, the top free-throw shooting team in the CAC, kept the visitors in the game.

Hood's lead ballooned to as many as 16 when first-year Justin Bowens picked up a pair of assists on a dunk by Tyler Snoots and a nifty layup by Cameron Cook at the 15:32 mark of the second half. After a conventional three-point play by Cook put the Blazers up 61-52 with 6:19 left, Hood endured a bit of a scoring slump, and was unable to convert any of its final five attempts from the field down the stretch. The Wolverines, meanwhile, used buckets by Chris Douglas, Andrews and Paul Reynolds to make it a four-point game with 3:02 to go.

After Kevin Johnson fouled out with 2:23 left, marking Wesley's 16th foul of the half, Reco Siler swished two clutch free throws to boost the Blazer advantage back to six. The two squads then exchanged free throws on successive possessions, but an Andrews jumper cut the Wesley deficit to four once again, 70-66, with 1:55 to go.

This one came down to free throws, an area that has plagued the Blazers, who finished the game 21-of-36 (.583) from the stripe. The Wolverines meanwhile, made 22-of-27 from the line, including 4-of-6 in the final 2:16.

With 1:21 left, Andrews misfired on a three-ball but got his own rebound and was fouled on his follow-up to the basket. Andrews made the first but missed the second but once again knifed through the Blazer defenders to grab the board. The Wolverines worked the ball around to Reynolds, who knocked down a jumper with 58 seconds left to make it 70-69 Hood.

After the Blazers narrowly lost the ball out of bounds, Hood called a timeout with 35 seconds left. Eleven seconds ticked off the clock and the shot clock wound down to one, but Siler alertly called the Blazers' final timeout just before it expired. Cook would the inbound the ball to Snoots for a catch-and-shoot try but Snoots' attempt was off the mark and Douglas pulled down the board for Wesley.

Down one, Wesley chose not to call timeout and with just 4.3 seconds left, Hood's Herb Bowen was whislted for a blocking foul on the baseline, sending Reynolds to the line for two. Reynolds was a perfect 6-for-6 on the night from the line to that point and made the first to tie the score at 70-70. Reynolds' second attempt rimmed out but Andrews was there to snare his sixth offensive rebound and alerty put the ball back up and in for what proved to be the game-winning hoop. With no timeouts left, the Blazers settled for a desperation heave from Bowens from just inside the timeline which was no good and the Wolverines escaped with the victory.

Snoots led all scorers with 24 points on 7-of-11 shooting while Cook added 13 and Jamal Bell had a career-high 11 off the bench. Douglas paced the Wolverines with 22 tallies to lead four starters in double figures.

Hood next hosts Frostburg State University Wednesday in a CAC contest at 8 p.m.