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Andre Owens scored 22 points to lead Houston to a 71-65 overtime victory over Chicago State on Tuesday night.
Owens gave Houston (4-3) the lead on a 3-pointer with 1:11 remaining in the second half. Chicago State (1-11) forced overtime on a basket by Royce Parran with two seconds left to tie the game at 60-60.
Houston outscored Chicago State 11-5 in overtime to hand Chicago State its second straight overtime loss. Parran had forced overtime against Wagner on Monday night with a 3-pointer.
Owens hit 6 of 9 field goals, including 2 of 4 3-pointers. Marcus Oliver added 17 points for Houston.
Tony Weeden led
Chicago State with 22 points. Craig Franklin added 15 and Rubeen Perry had 12.
Spencer Nelson made a running shot in the lane with 1.2 seconds remaining to lift Utah State to a 76-74 win over Brigham Young on Tuesday despite blowing a 26-point lead.
Nelson, who had 19 points and seven rebounds, intercepted the Cougars' inbounds pass on the final play of the game and Utah State (6-1) ended the Cougars six-game winning streak.
The Aggie fans,
who stormed the court after Nelson's off-balance shot broke a 74-all tie only
to have to return to their seats, rushed the floor a second time to celebrate
Utah State's second win in the last six meetings against BYU (7-2).
The teams were separated briefly after Nelson held the back of his head from
an apparent elbow, but shook hands without incident as security kept the fans
away from the players.
Cardell Butler scored 19, Nate Harris had 11 points and Mark Brown scored 10 for the Aggies, who held on for the win even after going just 8-for-20 from the floor in the second half.
Rafael Araujo scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half and had 10 rebounds and Mike Hall scored 15 for the Cougars, who made just 7 of 16 free throws. Mark Bigelow scored 14, including a tying layup in the final minute, and Jared Jensen scored 10 for BYU.
The Cougars were 21-for-27 in the second half with just one turnover as they nearly rallied for the win.
Utah State led 51-25 at halftime and continued to play well early in the second half before the Cougars started to come back.
Araujo scored six straight points and got a loose ball to Kevin Woodberry during a 13-2 run that got BYU to 69-64, then later Woodberry added a 3-pointer with 1:12 left that cut Utah State's lead to 73-72.
After Nelson went 1-for-2 from the line, Bigelow drove for a layup to tie it at 74-all with 21.6 seconds left. But the Aggies had plenty of time and got the ball down low to Nelson, who threw up a little hook shot that went in and started the early celebration.