LETHBRIDGE – The No. 4 UBC Thunderbirds (11-3) saw a nine-game win streak snapped with a 106-101 overtime loss to the Lethbridge Pronghorns (11-5) Saturday night at the 1^st Choice Savings Centre.
 
The win snaps the Pronghorns three game losing streak to start 2018 and improves their record to 11-5 on the season while UBC's record drops to 11-3.
 
Fourth-year forward Zac Overwater set a new career and program high with 49 points to lead the Pronghorns breaking the previous record of 43. Overwater also completed the double-double with 12 rebounds.
 
Kyle Peterson picked up 28 points to go along with six assists and six steals in the win, while Colton Gibb had 15 points.
 
Despite sitting with foul trouble in the first half, Conor Morgan once again lead the Thunderbirds with 25 points and 18 rebounds for his second straight double-double on the weekend. Phil Jalapoor and Luka Zaharijevic chipped in with 21 and 16 points respectively.
 


Down nine points heading into the fourth quarter, UBC cut into the Pronghorn lead early in the fourth, setting up an exciting and intense finish. With 2.9 seconds remaining, Morgan was fouled away from the ball and calmly hit both free throws to send the game to overtime.
 
In the extra frame, the Pronghorns opened with an 8-1 run and were able to hold the T-Birds off to earn the victory.
 
Overwater was feeling it early, scoring 12 points in the opening quarter to lead Lethbridge to a 25-19 lead at the end of the first quarter. He followed that up with an even better second quarter, picking up another 18 points as the Pronghorns took a 52-42 lead into half time.
 
The 30 points Overwater scored in the opening half was one shy of his previous career best that he set earlier this season.
 
After missing a large portion of the opening half due to foul trouble, Morgan scored 20 of his team high 25 points in the second half to bring his team back and force overtime.
 
The two teams finished with near identical shooting percentages at 46.2% for UBC and 46.1% for Lethbridge. UBC won the battle on the glass for the second consecutive night, out rebounding the Pronghorns 56-39 but UBC did commit 28 turnovers on the night.
 
The T-Birds return home to host the MacEwan Griffins Friday and Saturday, January 19 and 20 for UBC's first home doubleheader of 2018.