SHAWNEE, Okla.– Alex Brown tipped in the game-winning layup with 0.4 seconds on the clock, lifting the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (10-15, 8-11) to an 89-87 win over Oklahoma Baptist (13-12, 12-7) on Thursday night at the Noble Center. 
 
NEXT UP

• The Wonder Boys will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 23, facing Southern Nazarene in a 3 p.m. matchup in Bethany, Okla. in the antepenultimate game of the regular season. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams were neck-and-neck in the opening minutes, with Oklahoma Baptist holding a modest edge through the first five minutes of the contest.
• Back-to-back buckets by the Bison stretched the OBU lead to five points (17-12) with 14:10 remaining in the opening half. 
• After Tech pulled back to within two (19-17) on a Ramses Sandifer 3-pointer, OBU scored seven straight points to pull ahead 26-17 with 12:41 remaining in the half. 
• Tech again pulled to within two (31-29) with 7:00 remaining but the Bison outscored Tech 10-3 over the following three minutes to grab a nine-point (41-32) advantage. 
• The Wonder Boys rallied, pulling to within one (43-42) in the final minute of the half on a second-chance bucket by RJ Glasper. 
• OBU tacked on a late bucket to take a 45-42 halftime lead. 
• OBU scored the first 12 points of the second half to jump ahead 57-42 with 17:32 remaining before Will Adler snapped the run with a 3-pointer at the 16:27 mark.
• Tech clawed back, pulling within seven (67-60) after a pair of free throws by Glasper. 
• After a pair of free throws by OBU, a long 3-pointer by Glasper cut the Tech deficit to six (69-63) with 8:02 remaining. 
• An alley-oop from Freddy Lee to Sandifer pulled Tech to within four (69-65) with 6:59 to play. 
• After OBU got back on the board, another 3-pointer by Sandifer pulled Tech to within four (74-70) with 4:52 to play, and a corner 3-pointer by Mason Cline pulled the Wonder Boys to within one (74-73) with 4:45 to play.
• OBU answered with a 3-pointer on its next possession to stretch the lead back to four (77-73).
• Tech again pulled to within one (79-78) with 4:01 to play on another long 3-pointer by Glasper.
• A 3-pointer by Cline with 3:20 to play tied the game at 81-81. 
• Adler's 3-pointer on the next possession gave Tech its first lead since the first half at 84-81. 
• With 10.8 seconds remaining, Oklahoma Baptist was sent to the line with the opportunity to reclaim the lead. Antonio Wade hit the first one to tie the game at 87-87 and missed the second to set up Brown's game-winner.

NOTABLES

• The Bison shot 61.3 percent from the floor in the first half to Tech's 42.1 percent.
• Ramses Sandifer led Tech with 22 points in the win. Glasper (18 points), Brown (15 points), Cline (13 points), and Josiah Thomas (10 points) all reached double figures for the Wonder Boys.
• OBU held a 37-26 advantage in rebounding. 
• Tech was 17-of-40 from long range. 
• The Wonder Boys forced 15 turnovers while committing only eight. 
• Tech held a 20-6 advantage in points off turnovers, while OBU held a 36-18 advantage in points in the paint. The teams were even (15-15) in second-chance points.