SALEM, Va. – The Salisbury University men's basketball team went to its third overtime game of the young season but the Sea Gulls prevailed in the extra session, 74-69, over the Mary Baldwin Fighting Squirrels on Friday in the opening day of the Frankie Allen Tip-Off Tournament in Salem, Va.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• With the game tied at 14 with just under 10 minutes left in the first half, Mary Baldwin went on a 6-0 run to go up 20-14 with 7:06 left on the clock.
• Brendan Davis stifled the run with a deep three-point shot, followed up by a Sean Carr layup on the following possession to bring the Sea Gulls within one.
• A few minutes later, Jordan Oates stole the ball and Greg Bloodsworth drilled a three to put Salisbury up 26-24 with 3:07 left in the first half.
• After a few more back-and-forth possessions, Davis hit a three in the final minute to give the Sea Gulls a 32-29 advantage going into halftime.
• Salisbury came out hot with a 10-1 run to start the second half, capped off by an Oates trey and a layup on back-to-back possessions to get out to its largest lead of the game, 42-30, with 17 minutes to go.
• The Fighting Squirrels battled back and knotted the game at 49 after Brett Asbury made a layup with 9:02 on the clock.
• Both teams traded buckets until Mary Baldwin found themselves up 62-60 with just over a minute to go.
• Following a Squirrels timeout, Bloodsworth stole the ball and drilled a jumper on the offensive end to tie the game up at 62.
• After a defensive stop on the next possession, Salisbury called a timeout to set up the final play of regulation. Bloodsworth got a decent look on a mid-range jumper but it banged off the front iron. Oates grabbed the offensive board but his second-chance layup bounced off the rim as time expired and the teams went into overtime.
• Oates sunk a three-pointer to open up the overtime period to give Salisbury an early edge.
• A few possessions later, Cameron Heard made a deep two-point jumper put the Sea Gulls up 72-68 with just a minute to play.
• Vernon Fraley added a point on a free throw for Mary Baldwin, but the Sea Gulls were able to ice the game at the free-throw line to give the game its final score of 74-69.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• Salisbury shot 46.7 percent (28-for-60) from the field, including 40 percent(8-for-20) from three.
• Jordan Oates led the Sea Gulls with 15 points on 5-for-8 shooting, including 4-for-6 from deep. Oates also added eight rebounds.
• Brandon Craig just missed a double-double with 12 points on 6-for-9 shooting and nine rebounds.
• Brendan Davis scored a season-high 13 points on 4-for-7 shooting, including 3-for-5 from beyond the arc.
• Greg Bloodsworth scored 12 points on 4-for-13 shooting and dished out a game-high six assists.
• Sean Carr scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds
• Cameron Heard did a little bit of everything with nine rebounds, seven points and three assists.
• Salisbury won the battle on the glass with a 41-37 advantage over Mary Baldwin.

MARY BALDWIN GAME NOTES

• Mary Baldwin shot 36.1 percent (22-for-61) from the field, including 26.1 percent (6-for-23) from deep.
• Brett Asbury registered a double-double with a game-high 18 points on 5-for-11 shooting and 10 rebounds.
• Jaden Ignacio scored 13 points on 4-for-8 shooting.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury will take on host Roanoke in the championship of the Frankie Allen Tip-off Tournament.
• Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Cregger Center in Salem, Va.

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