Muskogee, Okla. -- Despite receiving a career-high 39 points from Angelo Lewis, the Mid-America Christian University Evangels fell 97-95 in overtime to the Bacone College Warriors Thursday night (Nov. 14) in Muskogee, Okla. 

The Warriors forced the extra period by wiping out a five-point deficit in the final 1:26 of regulation. 

After two free throws by Luke Mergerson put MACU up 82-77, Creed Flowers scored the final five points of the second half for the Warriors, capping it by nailing a three with 18 seconds left that tied the score. 

The Warriors quickly jumped on top by four in the extra session, but four points from Lewis and pair of free throws by Semar Farris gave the Evangels an 89-87 lead at the 3:10 mark. 

Derrick Thomas then scored four to key a 6-1 spurt for a 93-90 edge, but Lewis drilled a three that tied the score again with 42 seconds remaining. 

Following a split at the line by both Thomas and Geo Brewer, Lewis missed two at the charity stripe with a chance to tie and Thomas then converted both of his free-throw attempts to give the Warriors a two possession lead with only 11 seconds left. 

All the Evangels (3-1) could do from that point was create the final two-point margin on a score from Farris as time expired.  

The final score was an accurate reflection of how tight the game was played with 14 ties and 19 lead changes, including 13 gridlocks and 15 lead changes in the second half and overtime. 

After falling behind 14-10 early in the first half, the Evangels reeled off 12 straight to seize control and went on to lead 41-36 at the break. 

Lewis' 39 points came on 15-of-28 from the field along with nine rebounds. Farris scoring 25, while Josh Smith added nine points and contributed a career-high 12 boards. 

Jeremy McClain paced the Warriors with a double-double of 28 points and 10 boards, with Christian Smith tallying 18 points and a team-high 12 rebounds. Flowers added 23 points off the bench. 

The Evangels limited the Warriors to only 37.9 percent (11-of-29) from the field in the first half, but the Warriors warmed up to a 59.5 percent (22-of-37) in the second half and overtime period.  MACU shot 43.4 percent (33-of-76) overall for the game. 

MACU will next play an exhibition game at NCAA II Arkansas Tech University on Saturday morning (Nov. 16) at 10:30 a.m. in Russellville, Ark.