CHICAGO (AP) - Rob Lewis scored 24 points, and Art Bernardi had 17 points and 12 rebounds to help Houston Baptist beat Utah Valley 76-74 in double overtime Thursday in the first round of the Great West Conference tournament.
Lewis had four 3-pointers, including one with 2 seconds remaining to give Houston Baptist the win. Marcel Smith scored 18 points for No. 4 seed Houston Baptist (13-16).
The score was tied at 27 at halftime and at 55 at the end of regulation. The first OT ended with a 64 tie.
No. 5 seed Utah Valley shot 50 percent from the field for the game, while Houston Baptist shot 43.9 percent. Houston Baptist outrebounded Utah Valley 35-33.
Nick Thompson led Utah Valley (14-18) with 22 points and 13 rebounds. Jason Johnson had 20 points, Ben Aird scored 19 and Holton Hunsaker added 10.
Houston Baptist will play top-seeded NJIT on Friday.
| Scoreboard | |||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | 2OT | T |
| Utah Valley (14-18) | 27 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 74 |
| Houston Baptist (13-16) « | 27 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 76 |
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| Utah Valley Wolverines | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Thompson, F | 45 | 9-17 | 4-7 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
| Z. Jones, F | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Aird, C | 48 | 8-13 | 2-4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| J. Johnson, G | 47 | 6-13 | 7-8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| H. Hunsaker, G | 39 | 4-9 | 0-1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Brown | 35 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| K. Enos | 20 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| W. Sinclair | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-56 | 14-21 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 74 | |
| 50% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Houston Baptist Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Bernardi, F | 43 | 8-16 | 0-1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| C. Joyce, F | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Smith, G | 41 | 6-13 | 3-3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 |
| A. Hill, G | 35 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| J. Harper, G | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Womack | 38 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| R. Lewis | 37 | 9-17 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| D. Bowden | 19 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| L. Thomas | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-66 | 8-11 | 35 | 7 | 22 | 76 | |
| 43.9% | 72.7% | ||||||
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