TAMPA, Fla. – Marqueys Brown dunked home the game-winning basket to lift the Delta State Statesmen to a 58-56 win over the host Tampa Spartans in the final game of the University of Tampa Classic on Tuesday.

Brown (Memphis, Tenn./Crichton College) grabbed the offensive rebound off a missed jumper from Chad Akins (Madison, Miss./Madison Central HS) and slammed home the carom as time expired and lifted Delta State (8-3) to its third consecutive win.

Roderick Ollie (Indianola, Miss./UAB) scored 18 points and secured eight rebounds to lead the Statesmen. Joe McCray (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Univ. of Nebraska) recorded a double-double by scoring 10 points and grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds.

Eric Spencer (Marion, Ark./Arkansas-Fort Smith) came off the Delta State bench to score 12 points for the Statesmen.

The Spartans erased a six-point Delta State lead in the final minute and tied the game on Callum Townsend's 3-pointer with eight seconds remaining in the game before the Statesmen came away with the buzzer-beater victory.

Rashad Callaway scored 16 points to lead Tampa, which included a 13-of-16 showing from the free throw line. He was 1-of-18 from the field.

As a team, the Statesmen only got to the free throw line nine times and made seven of their charity shots.

Brown scored six points for Delta State on 3-of-3 shooting.

The Statesmen will be idle until after the Christmas holidays and return to action Jan. 5 when they travel to Concordia-Selma.