SAVANNAH, Ga. – Cleveland State had four players in double figures, but a late three-pointer from Savannah State sent the game into overtime where the Tigers claimed an 87-83 victory on Saturday afternoon at Tiger arena.

CSU slipped to 2-2 this year, while the Tigers improved to 2-2.

Trey Lewis led CSU with 27 points, six steals and four assists, while Marlin Mason scored 16 points. Andre Yates finished with 15 points and four rebounds and Anton Grady added 13 points and seven rebounds.

SSU's Javaris Jenkins led all scorers with 33 points, including 6-of-7 from three-point.

Both teams used hot shooting in a high scoring first half with SSU taking a 42-40 lead into the locker room. The Tigers his .632 (12-19) from the field and 14-of-17 (.824) at the line over the first 20 minutes, but could not pull away from the Vikings, who shot .542 (13-24) in the first half.

The first 20 minutes featured 17 lead changes and eight ties, the final one coming on Yates' first free throw with 35 seconds left. After hitting the second to give the Vikings a 40-39 lead, Javaris Jenkins nailed a three-pointer with one second left in the half, giving the Tigers a 42-40 lead at intermission.

However, the Vikings would use eight points from Mason to key a 20-5 run to open the second half and take a 60-47 lead on Yates' driving layup six minutes into the half. CSU scored the first 11 points of the half as part of the run.

The Tigers would slice the lead back under single digits (60-51) with 12 minutes left and cut the CSU lead down to six (60-54), but back-to-back buckets from Grady helped the Vikings regain a 10 point lead (64-54) midway through the second half.

The Tigers would not go away, scoring the next six points to pull within four, but a Grady alley-oop dunk pushed CSU's lead back to six (66-60). However, he was called for a technical foul for slapping the backboard and SSU's two free throws, plus another on the ensuing possession, brought the Tigers back within three (66-60).

Yates came up with a steal and after losing control of the ball at midcourt, tipped it forward to Mason who converted a three-point play to push the CSU lead back to six (69-63). SSU would not go away as Javaris Jenkins hit a three from the wing to keep it a one possession game with four minutes to play.

It remained a three-point CSU lead until Lewis hit a running left-hander on the wing with just under three minutes left, pushing CSU's lead back to five points (73-68). The teams continued to trade baskets and free throws under a three-pointer by SSU's Jenkins cut CSU's lead to two (78-76) with 10.3 seconds left.

After Grady hit one of two free throws, Jenkins nailed another three-pointer with 1.7 seconds to play to send the game into overtime.

CSU shot .500 (27-54) from the field, while the Tigers were 24-of-46 (.522).

In overtime, the Tigers broke an 83-83 all tie, hitting 4-of-6 free throws under a minute to claim the win.

The Vikings are back in action on Wednesday (Nov. 26) when CSU travels to No. 7 Louisville for a 7:00 p.m. contest.