PARKSIDE 71, WAYNE STATE 67 (Overtime)
In a game where neither team ever led by more than five points, Parkside men's basketball pulled out a nail biter in overtime to defeat Wayne State behind stellar play from Brandon Trimble and Chavares Flanigan for the second straight game. Trimble scored the Rangers' final nine points and went 5-for-5 at the free-throw line to end the game. With :09-seconds to play in overtime, Wayne State had the ball down 67-65, but a huge steal leading to foul helped Parkside finish out the game.
 
Parkside, who improved to 7-7 overall and 5-3 in the GLIAC, finished the weekend 2-0 after the big win Thursday night over No. 6 and previously undefeated Ashland. They are tied with Lake Superior State for first place in the GLIAC North and the two will battle on Thursday night in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
 
HEAR FROM COACH REIGEL
"Good teams win when they don't play their best, so that's what I'm going to take out of today," head coach Luke Reigel said. "We were far from our best and somehow we got it done today and we haven't done that this year."
 
"I thought we played very well defensively, throughout the game they shot 42-percent and that's where our calling card has been, even in our losses, I think we've played pretty well defensively. Offensively we did enough, Flanigan/Trimble again knocked down a bunch of free throws and this was a great conference win so we're going to run with it."
 
OVERTIME
The Warriors led by as many as three points in the overtime, including a 65-62 lead with 2:03 to play. That was followed by a jumper, a layup and three made free throws by Trimble in the middle of three straight defensive stops by Parkside.
 
DOWN THE STRETCH
With under a minute to play in regulation, Wayne State's Darian Owens-White buried a triple to tie it at 59-59. Parkside came down and missed a shot, followed by a missed shot by Owens-White with :18 to play. Ramar Evans missed a step-back jumper in the corner with :06 to play to send the game to overtime.
 
Neither team led by more than five points the entire game, and that largest lead of the game came at the 17:55 mark in the first half when Parkside led 8-3.
 
FLANIGAN/TRIMBLE…..AGAIN
In Thursday win over Ashland, the duo of Flanigan/Trimble finished with 49 points and scored the final 19 points for Parkside. In Saturday's win over Wayne State, the two finished with 39 points on 11-of-21 shooting and 16-of-17 at the free-throw line. Flanigan had 20 points, five assists, four steals, and three rebounds while Trimble had 19 points, three rebounds and two steals. In overtime, they scored 11 of the team's 12 points. Brandon Hau finished with nine points and six rebounds while Evans had seven points and six rebounds.
 
This is the 10^th straight game where Trimble has scored in double-figures and the second straight game that Flanigan has gone for 20+.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
Parkside will head north to face Lake Superior State on Thursday, Jan. 17 at 6:30 p.m. following the women's game at 4:30 p.m. The Rangers will stay on the road to battle Ferris State on Saturday as well.