Box Score

Mankato, Minn. - Undefeated and #5 ranked St. Thomas came to Mankato Monday night to battle Bethany and the Vikings gave the Tommies all they could handle. St. Thomas’ Will DeBerg drained a three at the buzzer and then the Tommies took over in overtime to steal a win from the Vikings 94-91.
 
Two foul Derek Peterson (St. Paul, Minn./Tartan) foul shots put Bethany up 76-71 with nine seconds remaining in regulation. St. Thomas’ Noah Kaiser followed with a quick layup to cut it to three. Bethany threw away the inbounds pass giving the Tommies one last chance with three seconds remaining. Kaiser inbounded the pass to a wide open DeBerg who connected with the game tying three at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
 
Alex Weldon (Marion, Iowa/Linmar) gave the Vikings their only lead of the overtime session 80-79 with a layup with 3:49 left. DeBerg countered with another one of his killer shots from beyond the arc to put St. Thomas up for good with 3:07 to go.
 
Weldon led the Vikings on the evening with 24 points while shooting 4-for-8 from three-point range. Deon Wright (Milwaukee, Wis./Messmer) and Gavin Kroehler (Le Sueur, Minn./Le Sueur-Henderson) each contributed with 14 points and Peterson added 13.
 
The loss drops the Vikings to 2-6 overall. They next take to the court Wednesday with a home game against St. Mary’s. Tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.