DUE WEST, S.C. – The Erskine College men's basketball team (0-25, 0-20 CC) was defeated by Paine College (9-10) in overtime by a score of 57-55 at Belk Arena on Monday night.

Erskine led for the first nearly the entirety of the first 38 minutes of the game, starting on a 22-7 run, but could not withstand late push from Paine. Valerian Bruce's free throw in the final seconds of regulation forced overtime, and the Fleet regained their lead at the 1:37 mark of the extra period, but a game-winning basket from the Lions with less than five seconds to go handed Erskine another heartbreaking loss on its home floor.

GAME STATS vs Paine (55-57, OT)
POINTS: Ruben Salazar (23)
REBOUNDS: Ruben Salazar (11)
ASSISTS: Noah Castaneda (3)
BLOCKS: Noah Castaneda (1)
STEALS: KD Gordon (4)

THE TEAM
Erskine shot just 30% (16-54) from the field, and just 21% (4-19) from three-point territory, as well as just 58% (19-33) from the free throw line. The Fleet held a Paine team that scored 96 points in the teams' first meeting of the year to just 57 points on 39% shooting and 5-of-27 from three-point range.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Erskine concludes the regular season with a home battle against Shorter University (9-16, 7-11 CC) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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