By Nicholas Huenefeld/Owens Sports Information

Toledo, Ohio---Roy Hatchett Jr. (Glenville/Cleveland, Ohio) buried a 3-pointer from the left wing with 26 seconds left to give the Owens Community College men's basketball team a 100-99 win over No. 9 Lansing Community College on Tuesday.

With the win, Owens (4-3) snapped a three-game losing streak, and they will be back in action next Wednesday against No. 6 Schoolcraft College at 7:30 p.m. Lansing, who entered the game averaging 113 points over five wins, fell to 5-1 with the loss.

Jaylen Tucker (Northland/Columbus, Ohio), who scored 21 first-half points for Owens, scored the game's opening bucket as Owens jumped out to a 9-3 lead. A little later, Derrik Jamerson Jr. (Cornerstone/Pontiac, Mich.) converted his second 3-pointer of the game to give Owens a 16-10 lead with 14:54 left.

Lansing responded with a 9-0 run over the next two minutes that was capped by a dunk from JaQuaries Furlow to seize its second lead of the game. Over the next four minutes, Owens chipped away at the deficit before a pair of free throws from Tucker gave Owens a 24-23 lead.

Over the next few minutes, the game featured three ties, and then Owens went on a 7-0 run that featured a pair of buckets from Tucker and another 3-pointer from Jamerson to take a 38-31 lead with 6:18 left in the half. Luke Mayer (Davidson/Hilliard, Ohio) put back his own miss to give Owens a nine point lead, its largest of the game, with just under five minutes left.

Lansing's quick strike offense scored the game's next 10 points. The run was capped by back-to-back 3-pointers from Claude Finley and Kenneth Davis. Shondell Jackson (Warren Harding/Warren, Ohio) and Jamerson ended the run with a pair of 3-pointers to give Owens a 50-45 lead with 2:19 left in the half.

The lead became six following a jumper from Ty'Rese Searles (Cornerstone/Pontiac, Mich.) before Tucker capped the half's scoring with a steal, a fast break dunk and a free throw as Owens took a 57-50 lead into the break.

In the first half, Lansing held an 11-5 advantage in points off turnovers and an 11-4 advantage in second chance points. On the other side, outside of Tucker's 21 points, Jamerson chippped in 12, while Jackson had 10 as Owens shot 21-for-31 (67.7 percent) from the field in the half.

The first three minutes of the second half featured a 14-0 run by Lansing as they turned a seven-point deficit into a seven-point advantage. Jackson ended the run with a layup, and he followed it up with a 3-pointer, but Lansing righted the ship and eventually pushed its lead up to 11 with 14:54 left following a jumper from JaMyrin Jackson. 

The rally killer, Jackson, ended Lansing's run with a 3-pointer and kickstarted a 13-3 run that trimmed the deficit to just one. The spurt was capped by an 8-0 run over a 35 second span that featured a pair of free throws and a layup from Rico Stafford (Lima Senior/Lima, Ohio), a dunk from Jackson and a layup from Searles.

Lansing would retain its lead, though, and eventually pushed its lead to seven on two occasions, with the second coming at 97-90 with 2:54 left. A 3-pointer from Jamerson, followed by a fast break dunk and a layup from Stafford tied things up with 1:01 left.

Jackson hit a pair of free throws on the other end for Lansing, but that's when Hatchett buried his 3-pointer off a pass out of the post from Tucker. Lansing's offense came up empty on the ensuring possession, but Stafford missed the front end of a 1-and-1 to give Lansing another chance.

Jackson was fouled driving to the hoop, but he also missed the front end of a 1-and-1 with four seconds left. For Owens, Jackson was fouled following the rebound, but he missed the front end of another 1-and-1 opportunity, which gave Lansing one final chance with 0.6 seconds left. Tucker, however, broke up a full court pass as time expired to give Owens the win.

In the second half, the Owens bench outscored Lansing 16-0. As a team, they shot 17-for-31 (54.8 percent) from the field to finish 38-for-62 (61.3 percent) for the game. Among those totals was an 11-for-20 (55 percent) finish from 3-point range.

Tucker finished with a game-high 29 points, along with a team-high 10 rebounds, while also adding four assists, two blocks and two steals. He finished 12-for-19 from the field and 5-for-6 from the foul line.

Jackson finished second in scoring with 22 points, while adding three assists. Jamerson converted 6-for-7 from the 3-point line and finished with 18 points, along with five rebounds. Stafford added 16 points, six rebounds and a pair of assists. The combination of Jamerson and Stafford finished 13-for-15 from the field.

Hatchett produced a game-high 11 assists, and he's now averaging 8.1 per game this year.

Lansing was led by Furlow, who had 24 points and five rebounds. Colin Jones added 19, while Isiah Green and Jackson each added 17. Finley was the fifth player in double figures with 10.

Notes

- Tucker's 29 points represents his new season-high, topping his 23 point effort against Washtenaw on Nov. 12. He picked up his second straight double-double and his fifth of the season. 

- Jackson scored three more points on Tuesday than he had in the previous three games combined. He topped his previous season-high of 21 points in the season opener on Nov. 1. He also matched his season-high of four made 3-pointers on Tuesday.

- Jamerson has now scored in double figures in each of the team's first seven games this year. He finished one 3-pointer away from his single game season-high, and he is now shooting 48 percent from 3-point range this year.

- Stafford reached double figures in scoring for the third time this year. It was his second highest scoring output, and he has now reached at least five rebounds in every game this year.