PORTLAND – Andy Brown gave the Lions a second half spark as the Multnomah University men's basketball team came back to force overtime against Eastern Oregon, downing the Mountaineers 93-86 at home on Jim Skagen Court.
 
 
THE BASICS:
Final: Eastern Oregon 86, Multnomah 93
Records: EOU (10-9, 5-3 CCC), Multnomah (11-7, 4-4 CCC)
Location: Portland, Ore. I Jim Skagen Court
 
 
GAME SUMMARY:

• Trailing 75-73 with six seconds left in regulation, Brett Blackstock drove the line, floating a layup at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
• Justin Martin scored 13 points in overtime, including the first five points for MU.
• Back-to-back threes by Martin and Ben Grandle sealed the comeback win for MU.
• Eastern built a 12-point lead in the second half after ending the first half down 40-39.
• Brown ended EOU's scoring streak, hitting a quick three before continuing to score 15 of his 22 points in the second half.
• MU shot 44 percent from the field, including a 33 percent performance from three-point range.

 
KEY PERFORMERS:

• Martin finished with a game high 30 points along with 10 assists. Following him was Brown with 22 points and Grandle with 20 points.
• Brown, Grandle and Stepan Zavydovskyy each collected eight boards.
• For EOU, Landon Jones finished with 20 points and a high of 19 rebounds.

 
COMING UP NEXT:
Multnomah continues Cascade Conference play at home tomorrow night as they welcome in College of Idaho.