Box Score STEPHENVILLE, Texas – For the first time since Jan. 9, 2013, the Tarleton State men's basketball team suffered a loss inside Wisdom Gym, snapping its 20-game home win streak along with its 18-game win streak that the team opened the 2013-14 campaign with, after falling 77-75 in overtime to Midwestern State Wednesday night in Stephenville.
 
After falling behind by as many as 11 points in the second half, the second-ranked Texans (18-1, 7-1 LSC) managed to climb all the way back to tie the game 46-46 with 14:09 left to play in the second half, but the Mustangs (14-6, 6-2 LSC) would later push its lead back up to a seven-point advantage with 7:11 still to play.
 
Tarleton countered with an 8-1 run to the game 62-62 with 2:18 left to play before Chuck Guy made one of his two free throw attempts that gave the Texans its first lead since the 13:59 mark of the first half when Tarleton was up 9-7.
 
MSU's Xavier Blackburn, who posted a double-double with 14 rebounds and 17 points, knocked down one of his two free throws with 2:00 left in regulation that tied the game 63-63, but Damion Clemons would later sink his free throws at the 49 second mark to put the Texans up 65-63.
 
MSU's DeJuan Plummer tied the game at 65-65 after he poured in a lay-up following a MSU timeout. He was fouled on the play, but missed the chance for a three-point play and Guy pulled down the rebound.
 
Tarleton called a timeout with 22 seconds left in regulation to set up the final shot, but a lay-up attempt from De'Andre Upchurch was off the mark and the horn sounded sending the game into overtime.
 
It was Tarleton's first overtime game of the season and first since playing Abilene Christian in an extra period back on Feb. 9 of last season. It also marked the first time that a Texan team had taken a game into overtime inside Wisdom Gym since a 76-74 overtime victory against West Texas A&M back on Jan. 26, 2008.
 
MSU's Eddie D'Haiti opened the overtime period with a lay-up to give the Mustangs a quick 67-65 lead, but Guy countered with a lay-up at the other end of the floor to tie the game 67-67 with 4:35 left to play. The same two players again poured in lay-ups for both teams and the game was knotted up at 69-69 with 3:46 remaining.
 
Cam Adderly put the Mustangs back on top by two points with a pair of free throws, but Tarleton came right back with a bucket from Davene Carter to tie the game again at 71-71. Monzaigo Williams hit a lay-up with 2:59 left to play before Upchurch could follow with a lay-up of his own at the 2:45 mark.
 
MSU's ensuing possession saw Plummer try a three-pointer from the corner, but Michael Hardge blocked the shot only to see MSU get the rebound. Adderly then made his lay-up to put the Mustangs back on top 75-73, but Carter countered with his own lay-up to tie the game 75-75 with 2:02 left in the contest.
 
MSU missed its next two field goal attempts, giving the Texans a chance to take the lead, but Guy's three-pointer was off the mark and Williams pulled down the rebound and called a timeout after sprinting past the timeline with 25 seconds left to play.
 
Out of the timeout, Williams knocked down a jumper with four seconds left and Tarleton took its final timeout to draw up a play. Out of the timeout though, Tarleton's heave just after midcourt was off the mark and MSU escaped Wisdom Gym with its first win in Stephenville since Feb. 3, 2010.
 
The Texans had its second poorest shooting effort from the field this season as the team went just 22-for-58 for a 37.9 percent effort from the floor. Tarleton had its struggles at the free throw line as well, converting just 27 of its 44 attempts (.614).
 
MSU shot 46.9 percent from the field and was 12-for-24 from the charity stripe.
 
Williams paced the Mustangs offense with 18 points, while Upchurch led the way for the Texans with 21 points. After scoring just one point in the first 20 minutes of play, Guy finished the game with 15 points and Carter added 18 points for the Texans.
 
Mohammed Lee scored seven points for the Texans off the bench, but for the first time this season Tarleton's bench was outscored 22-16 in the game.
 
MSU out-rebounded the Texans 51-33 and managed to score 17 second-chance points off those boards. Tarleton had just five turnovers in the game and forced 14 MSU turnovers, which they would later turn into 19 points.
 
The Texans will look to rebound from the season's first loss as the team hits the road again this Saturday to face the Cameron Aggies in Lawton, Okla. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Aggie Gym.