Quincy Phillips
Reagan Noll
87
The Master's TMU 1-3
89
Winner Oregon Tech OIT 2-1
The Master's TMU
1-3
87
Final
89
Oregon Tech OIT
2-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
The Master's TMU 40 47 87
Oregon Tech OIT 38 51 89

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Andrew Cross, Sports Information Director

Phillips Scores 30 as Mustangs Fall at the Buzzer at Oregon Tech, 89-87

Quincy Phillips scored 30 points and led a late rally from six down that tied the game with 21 seconds left. But The Master's University men's basketball team fell 89-87 at Oregon Tech on Friday afternoon when the Owls scored on a tip-in with one second remaining.

The Mustangs moved to 1-3 on the season.

TMU won the battle on the boards, outrebounding the Owls 50-43, and grabbed 19 offensive rebounds. The Mustangs also held a 38-36 edge in the paint, scored 11 fast-break points and made 24 of 32 free throws (75 percent).

The Mustangs led 40-38 at halftime. They opened the second half on a 4-0 spurt to go up 44-38. TMU traded the lead through the middle of the half, the last time at 54-53, before Oregon Tech moved in front.

Down 83-77 with 2:16 to play, the Mustangs scored six straight points to tie it. Brayden Miner and Phillips each made two free throws at 2:07, and Jayceon Smith followed with a jumper in the paint to tie the game at 83.

TMU kept answering. Phillips made two more free throws to tie it at 85 with 1:16 left. After Oregon Tech went back in front 87-85, Phillips grabbed the offensive rebound on a Miner 3-point miss and scored the putback with 21 seconds left, tying it at 87.

The Owls missed a jumper on their last possession, but Kyle Bittle tipped in the rebound with one second left. Caden DeVries' 3-point try at the buzzer missed.

Phillips went 8-for-19 from the field, including 3-for-6 from 3-point range, and made 11 of 14 free throws. Miner scored 22 points off the bench on 8-of-16 shooting, with three 3-pointers and seven rebounds. Smith added nine points and seven rebounds, and Jalen Atkins had nine points, six rebounds and a team-high three assists. Kelson Gebbers and Ben Tshaka scored six points each, and Gebbers grabbed six rebounds.

Jared Sucher led Oregon Tech with 22 points, and Bittle had 21 points and 11 rebounds.

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