THE TIPOFF:

Score: Delta State 86 | Eckerd 80 (OT)
Records: Statesmen 1-0 | Tritons 0-1
Series: DSU leads the all-time series 6-3
Location | Time: McArthur Center | 11:30 a.m. CT
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STATS OF THE NIGHT:

• The two teams played the first 11 minutes and change to an 18-18 tie before a 19-5 run from Eckerd put the Tritons up 37-23 at the half.
• Two quick layups and a three-point basket from Airen Brooks to open the second half, combined with a Lee Cotton three-pointer, helped the Statesmen cut the deficit under 10, 41-33, with 16:20 to play. 
• From there, a 15-8 sprint for the Statesmen pulled DSU within a point, 49-48, as the teams battled with 10:25 to go.
• The teams continued to match each other shot for shot down the stretch, and with DSU down three, a Kelen Dietrich three-point shot from the top of the key tied the contest at 69-69 with 48 seconds to go to help get the game to overtime.
• DSU got seven points from Cotton in the overtime period, including four late free throws to help seal the win.
• Delta State was 17-for-41 from the three-point line as a team, including a 13-for-25 mark in the second half and overtime.
• Eckerd out-rebounded Delta State 40-36, and doubled up the Statesmen in the paint, 40-20.
• Brooks was one-point off of a career-high, as he poured in 26 points, all in the second half and overtime, and shot 5-of-10 from three-point territory.
• Cotton (20 points), Dietrich (17 points, 5-of-12 from three), and Kasey Walker-Gregg (14 points) all scored in double figures for the Green and White.

UP NEXT:

The Statesmen remain in St. Petersburg for the final day of the GSC/SSC Classic as they square off against Florida Southern College at 11:30 a.m. CT on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the McArthur Center.