HAMMOND, Ind. - With the score tied 91-91 in overtime at Purdue Northwest and tasked with going the length of the court in just over 12 seconds, Davenport put the game in the hands of its sixth-year point guard, Chris Rollins. Rollins drove into the lane and nearly turned it over on the way up, but maintained possession and put in the go-ahead layup with just .8 seconds remaining.

Playing just their seventh overtime game since joining the GLIAC prior to the 2017-18 season, the Panthers improved to 4-3 in those games and have won four of the last five. Davenport is now 7-3 on the season and 3-1 in league play while the Pride falls to 3-8 overall and 0-4 in conference action. Next up, the Panthers will take a break from GLIAC play when they travel to Quincy, Ill. to take on McKendree on Saturday, Dec. 18 (2 PM ET) and the Hawks the following Sunday (4 PM ET).

Rollins (16 points) was one of six Panthers to score in double-figures along with Jakub Dombek (17), Marcedus Leech Jr. (15), Noble Cooper (14), Jaylen Hodges (12), and Jarrin Randall (10). Luke Maranka brought down nine rebounds while Leech Jr. and Randall each dished out three assists. Defensively, Jairus Stevens and Maranka each notched a block while three different Panthers recorded a steal. Hodges scored his 12 points in just nine minutes and Dombek poured in his 17 with just 20 minutes of playing time.

The first 20 minutes saw a total of three ties and eight lead changes before Davenport went into the locker room with a lead, 38-33, for the first time since Nov. 23 against Great Lakes Christian. Out of the break, the Panthers pushed their lead to as many as 11 on three different occasions including 48-37, 53-42 and 65-54. The Pride didn't go away quietly, though, and evened the score up for a fourth time at 78-78 with under a minute to play in regulation.

That deadlock came in the midst of an 8-0 run that gave Purdue Northwest a three-point lead, 81-78. Then, with 31 seconds left, Randall hit a jumper to cut the deficit to one, but the Pride's Mikell Cooper (game-high 34 points) converted a pair of free throws to stretch the margin back to three, 83-80. The next time down for Davenport, Rollins rebounded a missed layup by Cooper and hit the game-tying triple from the corner with seven seconds left before the home team missed a jumper in the paint as time expired in regulation.

Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler