TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Julius Brown finished with 21 points and nine assists and made the clinching free throws as Toledo beat Central Michigan 76-72 in overtime Saturday night in a Mid-American Conference game.
Rian Pearson scored 20 and Dominique Buckley had 13 for Toledo (6-7, 2-0).
After a free throw by Nathan Boothe cut Central Michigan's lead to 60-58, Kyle Randall converted a layup with 15 seconds left to tie it. Julius Brown missed a 3-pointer for Toledo forcing overtime.
After Randall's layup put Central Michigan ahead 70-69 with 2:02 remaining in overtime, Brown scored four straight points to put the Rockets on top 73-70 with 31 seconds left.
Following John Simons' two free throws for Central Michigan to make it 73-72 with 21 seconds left, the Chippewas failed to score again as the Rockets converted 3 of 4 free throws sealing the victory.
Randall scored 24 points for Central Michigan (8-7, 1-1).
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Central Michigan (8-7) | 29 | 31 | 12 | 72 |
| Toledo (6-7) « | 26 | 34 | 14 | 74 |
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| Central Michigan Chippewas | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Simons, F | 30 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| O. Mbaigoto, F | 24 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| K. Randall, G | 39 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| C. Fowler, G | 23 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| A. Keel, G | 21 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hibbitts | 26 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| F. Craddock | 23 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Richardson Jr. | 16 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| A. Stewart | 13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| S. Krannitz | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Totals | 26-56 | 10-13 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 72 | |
| 46.4% | 76.9% | ||||||
| Toledo Rockets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Smith, F | 26 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| N. Boothe, C | 34 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| J. Brown, G | 41 | 7-15 | 6-6 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| D. Buckley, G | 40 | 4-11 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| R. Pearson, G | 40 | 9-15 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Holliday | 28 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Lemons | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Wonnell | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-64 | 11-15 | 32 | 19 | 14 | 76 | |
| 45.3% | 73.3% | ||||||
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