Taylor scores 24, Incarnate Word rallies to 80-78 win in OT
FREEPORT, Bahamas -- Morgan Taylor scored 24 points, including a 3-point basket that forced a tie in regulation and a drive in the paint with 26 seconds left in overtime as Incarnate Word battled past North Dakota State 79-78 Saturday at the Islands of the Bahamas showcase.
Charles Brown III scored 14 points, including a clutch 3-pointer late in overtime and Cody Graham added 12 as Incarnate Word (4-2), which trailed for all but eight minutes, fought from 15 points down in the second half.
Brown's 3 put the Cardinals up 78-76 with 58 seconds left in OT and Morgan's drive answered a pair of Bison free throws for the final margin. Taylor rebounded a missed 3 and Incarnate Word controlled the final seconds. The win was the first against a Division-I opponent for Incarnate Word coach Carson Cunningham.
Tyson Ward led North Dakota State (1-3) with 14 points, Rocky Krueser 13 and Jared Samuelson 12 with a trio of 3-pointers in a contest that saw 11 ties and 15 lead changes.
The Bison led 61-46 after a Deng Geu dunk midway through the second half, but a 9-0 run by Incarnate Word cut that in half, and treys by Antoine Smith, Jr. and Taylor in the final minute forced a 74-74 tie.
Game Information
- Referees:
- John St. Clair
- Kelly Davis
- Mike O'Neill
2023-24 Summit League Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
South Dakota State | 12-4 | - | 22-13 |
North Dakota | 10-6 | 2 | 18-14 |
Kansas City | 10-6 | 2 | 16-16 |
St. Thomas-Minnesota | 9-7 | 3 | 20-13 |
North Dakota State | 8-8 | 4 | 15-17 |
Omaha | 7-9 | 5 | 15-18 |
Denver | 6-10 | 6 | 17-17 |
Oral Roberts | 5-11 | 7 | 12-19 |
South Dakota | 5-11 | 7 | 12-20 |
2023-24 Southland Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
McNeese | 17-1 | - | 30-4 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 14-4 | 3 | 21-12 |
Nicholls | 13-5 | 4 | 20-14 |
Lamar | 12-6 | 5 | 19-14 |
SE Louisiana | 10-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
Northwestern State | 7-11 | 10 | 9-23 |
Texas A&M-Commerce | 6-12 | 11 | 13-20 |
New Orleans | 4-14 | 13 | 10-23 |
Houston Christian | 4-14 | 13 | 6-23 |
Incarnate Word | 3-15 | 14 | 8-23 |