Box Score DULUTH, Minn. --- For two teams that came in with even conference records, it was about as even as a game could get. Bethany and St. Scholastica exchanged leads eight times in the second half and three more times in overtime, but it was the Saints who prevailed 86-84 in UMAC men's basketball action Saturday.

The Vikings went into halftime with a 40-36 lead and held onto that lead for the first three and a half minutes of the second half before the back-and-forth affair took shape. Now down 46-45, Chris Scarver connected on a 3 to regain the lead at 48-46. Scarver scored a career-high 26 points on 6-for-10 shooting from beyond the arc. Bethany held onto the lead for most of the next six minutes getting their advantage to as high as six. The Saints took over the lead with eight minutes left.

Jacob Wensmann's lay-up with 1:45 left gave BLC a 76-74 lead. St. Scholastica's Tyler Rosenberg connected on a pair of free throws to tie it at 76 with 1:36 left. Neither team scored the rest of the way and the game went into overtime.

The extra session started out well for Bethany. Scarver and Rodney Pierce-Tyler each started with lay-ins to put BLC up four. The Saints scored seven of the game's next nine points to go up one with 1:37 left. Wensmann hit two free throws to put Bethany back up 84-83 with 1:26 left. Trevor Morlock's lay-up with 38 seconds left gave the Saints the edge at 85-84. St. Scholastica added a free throw to go two and Pierce-Tyler's jumper at the buzzer was no good as time expired.

Wensmann had a double-double for Bethany with 28 points and 10 rebounds. Morlock led the Saints with 26 points.

Bethany (3-13, 2-3 in UMAC) remains on the road next weekend as they go to Crown Friday for a 7:30 p.m. start.