HIRAM, Ohio - February 12, 2020 – Behind Sherman Dean III's go-ahead, three-point play, Hiram Terriers men's basketball topped the Kenyon College Lords, 95-92, in a double-overtime thriller at Price Gymnasium on Wednesday.

Tyler McMillion got the Terriers on the scoreboard with a free throw with 18:55 to play in the first half, but the Lords knocked down three three-pointers en route to an early 11-3 lead.

The Terriers though, answered with a 10-0 run, capped off by a layup from Dean III, to take their first lead of the game, 13-11 with fifteen minutes left in the first half.

The first half featured three ties and five lead changes as Hiram and Kenyon went back-and-forth. With Hiram up by a point, a 6-0 run highlighted by four points from Kevin Beans Jr., gave the Terriers a 22-15 lead with 12:16 left in the half. But the Lords answered with a 5-0 run of their own, pulling within two on Kase Cronin's layup with 10:06 remaining in the first half.

Hiram answered with two quick buckets and a free throw, taking their largest lead of the first half, 28-20.

Kenyon slowly cut into the deficit down the stretch of the first half, and took a one-point, 33-32, lead on Nate Duggins' triple with 3:19 remaining. But Brodgie Gordon gave the Terriers the lead right back, scoring eight points over the next minute of play to give Hiram a 40-36 lead.

Kenyon knotted the score at 40 with just over 30 seconds left in the half, but Gordon found Antonio McQueen for a slam to give Hiram a two-point, 42-40, halftime lead.

Dean III and Gordon each tallied nine first-half points for the Terriers, who shot 48.5 percent from the field and 50 percent (6-for-12) from three.

After trading buckets to open the second half, Hiram took its largest lead of the game, 64-52 on McQueen's jump shot with 13:08 to play, outscoring the Lords 16-8 over a four-minute stretch.

But with a 14-3 run over the next seven minutes, Kenyon pulled within one, 67-66, on Ugnius Zilinskas's layup with 6:43 to play. McQueen knocked down a jumper to make it a three-point game, but back-to-back jumpers by the Lords gave Kenyon their first lead of the second half, 70-69 with under five minutes remaining.

Kenyon extended their lead to three, their largest lead of the second half, on Elijah Davis' jumper, but two quick baskets by McMillion and McQueen brought the Terriers right back.
The second half featured three ties and six lead changes as Hiram and Kenyon traded free throws to give the Lords a one-point advantage.

With just under two minutes to play, Beans Jr. sunk a layup to make it 77-76, but Zilinskas hit one-of-two from the line on the other end to tie the score at 77.

Over the final minute, neither team could find the basket, with four missed free throws, a missed jumper and a missed three at the buzzer, so the two teams headed to overtime.

Beans Jr. and the Terriers struck first in overtime, by Kamal Aubakirov knocked down a three to give Kenyon a one-point, 80-79 lead. Jumpers from Dean III and Gordon gave Hiram a one-point lead before a tremendous put-back dunk by McMillion extended the lead to three with 1:48 to play.

But the Lords knocked down a jumper and hit a free throw in the final 30 seconds, tying to score at 85 to force another five minutes of play.

Hiram again struck first in the second overtime period, with Matt Crane knocking down a pair of three throws to give the Terriers an 87-85 lead. Two free throws from Alex Cate pulled the Lords even, before Dean III and Nick Lewis traded buckets to again tie the score, this time at 89-89 with 3:00 left.

The Terriers then held Kenyon without a shot over the next two minutes, and Dean III and McMillion combined to hit three free throws, giving Hiram a 92-89 advantage with 1:11 remaining.

However, Lewis hit a clutch three following a timeout to tie the score at 92-all with 46 seconds left in double overtime.

With the game on the line, Dean III stepped up and converted an and-one opportunity, giving Hiram a three-point lead, and Kenyon couldn't get a shot off at the other end, giving the Terriers a 95-92 victory.

With the double-overtime win, Hiram moves to 7-15 (4-11 NCAC) on the year, while the Lords drop to 6-16 (3-12) with the loss.

Dean III led the Terriers with 29 points, shooting 52.6 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from three, while McMillion notched his third double-double of the year with 15 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.

All five starters scored in double-figures for the Terriers, with Gordon and McQueen each adding 15, and Beans Jr. tallying 11.

In a game that featured 10 ties and 15 league changes, the Terriers scored a season-high, 95 points, shooting 47.8 percent and 50.0 percent from three.

The Terriers will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 15 when they host the Oberlin College Yeomen on Senior Day at 3:00 p.m. at Price Gymnasium in their final regular-season home game of the year.