LA GRANDE, Ore. - The Carroll College Men's Basketball suffered a four-point defeat in a game that required added time at Eastern Oregon on Friday evening.

The Fighting Saints (2-3) had their chances, but let a late-game lead slip away and allowed the Mountaineers (1-3) to grab the overtime win.

A very tightly-contested battle throughout, the scoreboard would read even at both the half (35-35), and the end of regulation (65-65).

EOU held an advantage shooting the ball in the opening half, finishing the frame at 46.7 percent from the field to Carroll's 38.9 percent.

Andrew Cook's (Huntington Beach, Calif. / JR) nine points and four rebounds led Carroll at the break.

The Saints just couldn't seem to get hot at any point in the second half, again finishing the frame with a 38 percent mark from the field as a team.

Carroll would lead by five points with just 1:48 remaining in the game following a Zane Foster (Puyallup, Wash. / JR) put-back, but the Saints would be unable to hold the lead. Eastern Oregon's Malachi Afework made a layup with just four seconds remaining to send the game into a third frame.

Free throws were the story of the overtime period, and Eastern Oregon would go 6-8 from the stripe to close out the come-from-behind win.

Andrew Cook led the Saints with 18 points. Kendall Moore (Dayton, Ohio / JR) and James Lang (Portland, Ore. / R-SO) each scored 11 points, while Zane Foster finished with six points, 12 rebounds, and five blocked shots.

Eastern Oregon's Garrett Hawkes led all scorers off of the bench, finishing with 23 points.

Carroll will look to even their record again tomorrow evening as they take on Walla Walla at 7:30 p.m.

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