Salt Lake City — Down seven with 1:06 to play in regulation, the Westminster men's basketball team came back to claim a 98-97 overtime win over The Master's College in the Westminster Thanksgiving Classic on Friday night in the Behnken Field House.

The Master's (2-3) led 88-81 with 51 seconds left to play when Jordan Pryor went to the free throw line and made a pair of free throws. After a turnover by The Master's lead to a layup from Casey Evans to put the Griffins (3-0) down three with 44 seconds left to play, Pryor got a steal and hit a three to tie it up at 88-88 with 36 seconds remaining. After a Master's turnover with 12 seconds to play the griffins got the ball back, but missed their attempt as time expired sending the game into overtime. 

The score remained close the entire five minutes of overtime. The Master's opened with a three that was quickly answered by Pryor. With the game even at 97-97, Zerrion Payton drew a foul and connected on one of two free throws with 2.2 seconds to play. The Master's final shot from half court hit the rim and fell off for the Westminster victory.

The Griffins had five players score in double figures. Isaiah Tademy led all scorers with a career high 27 points on 9 of 14 shooting. Tademy pulled down a team high eight boards and recorded five assists. Pryor put up 14 points in the effort with Brandon Warr and Evans adding 11 points apiece.

Westminster finished the game shooting 49.3 percent from the field and they recorded 21 assists on 33 made baskets. They were able to overcome 64 percent shooting from The Master's – including 73.9 percent in the second half – by forcing 17 turnovers and scoring 21 points from them.

Philip Webb led the Mustangs with23 points while Reid Shackelford added 22.

The Griffins finish up their Thanksgiving Classic in the championship game against Texas Wesleyan on Saturday at 6 p.m. MT. The Master's will face Montana Tech in the consolation game at 4 p.m. MT. Tickets for both games are available at WestminsterGriffins.com/tickets.