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Box Score

SOMERS, Wis. (Jan. 23, 2016)-- Andy Mazurczak came through in the clutch for the second consecutive game, scoring a three the old fashioned way with 2.7 seconds left as the 24th-ranked University of Wisconsin-Parkside men's basketball squad slipped past Great Lakes Valley Conference East Division rival University of Southern Indiana 70-67 on Saturday inside DeSimone Gymnasium. The Rangers, winners of 11 straight, trailed by as many as nine points in a slugfest featuring 20 lead changes and eight ties.
 
Mazurczak, who hit a buzzer beater on Thursday to push the game into overtime against sixth-ranked Bellarmine University, was up to the same tricks on Saturday, delighting the crowd as he converted an and-one play with 2.7 seconds left for what turned out to be the final points of the afternoon. The senior hit a layup and casually sunk the ensuing free throw while USI misfired on a three at the buzzer after launching the ball across the court on the inbounds play.
 
UW-Parkside (15-2, 8-1 GLVC) was staring at a nine-point deficit with 10:20 remaining before mounting an 8-2 run to close the gap to just three. The Rangers continued to chip away, eventually taking the lead at 60-59 on a Jalen Currie layup with 4:24 left. Southern Indiana (13-6, 5-4 GLVC) reclaimed its edge on a Bob Drummond three 20 seconds later while Goran Zagorac tied the game back up on a layup with 3:41 to go.
 
A layup put the Screaming Eagles back on top by two before Currie buried a three with 2:01 left, swinging the lead back the hosts. Southern Indiana quickly tied the game after Drummond hit one of his two free throw attempts 17 seconds later. Mazurczak put the Green and White back on top with his first bucket of the game with 45 ticks left only to be negated by a USI jumper with 10 seconds remaining. Mazurczak struck again with 2.7 seconds left, converting a three-point play and scoring all five of his points in the final 45 seconds.
 
The opening half was 20-minute rollercoaster for both teams with 16 lead changes and five ties. A Zagorac dunk with 1:23 before halftime proved to the final bucket before the buzzer sounded with the Rangers owning a 39-38 lead at the intermission.
 
USI scored 12 of the first 14 points of the second half, sparked by a Jeril Taylor three over a minute into the final stanza as the Eagles built a 50-41 buffer with 15:52 remaining.
 
Alexander Brown led the Rangers with 15 points while Currie added 14 points off the bench, shooting four-for-five from beyond the arc. Kendale McCullum had a double-double with 13 points and 10 assists while securing five rebounds. Zagorac tallied eight points in addition to securing a game-high nine rebounds.
 
Drummond led USI with 22 points while Alex Stein added 11.
 
UW-Parkside enjoyed a 27-8 edge in bench points in a game that saw Southern Indiana pull down 20 offensive rebounds and attempt 21 more shots than the Rangers.
 
The victory extends Parkside's GLVC home winning streak to 29 games and keeps the squad in a three-way tie atop the GLVC East Division standings with Bellarmine and the University of Indianapolis.
 
UW-Parkside returns to action on Thursday night, traveling to Lebanon, Illinois, to face McKendree University at 7:30 p.m.