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Eagles Fall In Triple Overtime

Brownwood, Texas-Howard Payne University held off the Eagles in the final overtime as the YellowJackets recorded a wild 118-115 win Thursday night in Texas. The game remained close throughout the night as the teams went into halftime notched up at 46-46. With just seconds to go at the end of regulation, Josh Ukpe scored on a layup to push the game into overtime. After a back and forth battle in overtime, Howard Payne would send the game into a second overtime after scoring with seconds left. In the third overtime, Howard Payne held a 114-110 lead with 1:29 remaining, but the Eagles would cut it to 117-115 on Ukpe’s three-pointer. The Eagles would get the ball back with only seconds left but couldn’t convert. Tylan Jackson and Ukpe recorded double-doubles for the Eagles. Jackson had 29 points and 12 rebounds while Ukpe had 26 points and 11 rebounds. A combined 77 free throws were shot in the game. The Eagles shot over 50 percent for the game.