SHAWNEE, Okla. – Tyler Corley caught an offensive rebound and tipped it in as time expired, lifting the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (11-9, 6-8 Great American Conference) to a 64-62 win over Oklahoma Baptist (5-13, 1-13 GAC) on Thursday evening at the Mabee Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Wonder Boys held a slight edge through the opening minutes of the contest, taking an 11-9 lead with 11:18 to play in the first half.
• Oklahoma Baptist came back strong over the next four minutes, outscoring the Wonder Boys 10-3 over the stretch between media timeouts to claim a 19-14 lead with 7:23 remaining in the half.
• Tech pulled back within two (21-19) by the final media timeout of the half (3:32 to play).The two teams did not score again until an OBU 3-pointer with 1:54 to go until half.
• A second-chance dunk by Tyrone Haughton pulled Tech to within one (24-23) in the closing 30 seconds of the half, and that one-point deficit carried into the half.
• A 3-pointer by Nick Wayman in the opening seconds of the second half put the Wonder Boys ahead 26-24.
• After the two teams traded leads over the first five minutes of the second half, OBU jumped out to a 43-38 lead with 12:19 to play.
• Tech pulled to within two at the under-12 media timeout – trailing 43-41 with 11:28 to play.
• The Wonder Boys were able to knot the game at 51-51 after a 3-pointer by Nick Wayman and went into the under-8 media timeout tied.
• A jumper by Andrew Guillory put Tech ahead (53-51) with just over seven minutes to play.
• The Wonder Boys came out of the final timeout with a one-point lead (57-56) with 1:56 to play.
• A Mason Cline bucket in the final minute pushed Tech's lead to three (60-57), but OBU cut that to one (60-59)          as Vladimir Nemcok hit a pair of free-throws with 40 seconds to play.
• Tyler Corley hit a layup with 22.3 seconds to play that pushed Tech's lead back to three (62-59).
• After Oklahoma Baptist tied the game with a long 3-pointer by Caleb Norris with nine seconds to play, Tyler Corley's tip-in at the buzzer gave the 64-62 win.

NOTABLES

• After both teams were cold from the floor in the opening half (Tech shot 28 percent, OBU shot 35.7), the second half was far kinder to both teams, as OBU shot 45.8 percent and Tech shot 45.2 percent from the floor.
• The game saw 14 ties and 18 lead changes.
• Tech held a 24-22 advantage in points in the paint, and a 16-5 advantage in bench points. OBU held an 18-16 advantage in second-chance points. Points off turnovers were even at 11.
• Tech held a 37-35 rebounding edge.
• After not getting to the charity stripe in the first half, Tech was 14-of-18 from the line in the second.
• Both teams committed just nine turnovers.
• Corley led the Wonder Boys with 17 points, while Andrew Guillory added 13. Nick Wayman led Tech with nine rebounds.

COACH KLINE SAYS

• On the last-second play – "I didn't want to call a timeout and give them a chance to switch their defense. The play we called… we really didn't have our personnel in the game but Corley made a play. I thought it was great hands by Ty Haughton to catch the pass, keep it alive and get a shot off. I thought we made second-effort plays all-night long… of course it's nice when it falls your way."
• On the importance of the win – "It's a heck of a lot better than a loss."
• On Mason Cline's 3-pointer in the final minute – "They did a good job of mixing their defenses up. When we'd sub Mason in, they'd go to man. When he went out, they went back to zone. We needed to have a shooter on the floor. He hadn't made one yet, but the percentages say he's due. He had ice water in his veins – probably the biggest shot he's made at Tech."

WHO'S NEXT

• Tech concludes its final Oklahoma swing of the 2015-16 season on Saturday, Feb. 6, facing Southern Nazarene in Bethany. Tip-off is set for 3 p.m.