INDIANA, Pa. – It took an extra five minutes, but Jerrod Calhoun and his second-ranked Fairmont State men's basketball team escaped with a 91-81 non-conference victory over Indiana University of Pennsylvania on Monday evening at the Kovalchick Complex, giving Calhoun his 100^th victory as the head coach at Fairmont State (100-35).
 
With the win, FSU improves to 10-0 on the season and wrapped up a perfect 6-0 mark in non-league play for the 2016-17 season. No. 17-ranked IUP falls to 9-2 on the season.
 
At the 8:53 mark of the second half, the Falcons held a 12-point lead (66-54) but were facing severe foul trouble, as Matt Bingaya, Trevor Andrews-Evans and Thomas Wimbush were each on the bench with four personal fouls. Bingaya had been on the bench since the 14:09 mark with his four personals.
 
Despite the foul trouble, the Falcons still maintained a double-digit lead (73-63) at the 4:26 mark of the second half, before a pair of free throws by Devon Cottrell and a three by Anthony Glover on back-to-back possessions cut the FSU lead to just five (73-68) at the 2:34 mark of the second half.
 
The Falcons were held without a field goal for the final 4:26 of regulation, as the only points for FSU in the closing minutes came from free throws by Vonte Montgomery and Jason Jolly. Following Jolly's free throw at the seven-second mark to make the FSU lead three (75-72), Jacobo Diaz hit a three from the top of the key as time expired to send the game into overtime, tied at 75-75.
 
The Falcons then outscored IUP 16-6 in the overtime period, including the first five points, to put the game away with a final score of 91-81. Jolly score eight of Fairmont's 16 points in overtime.
 
Jolly led the Falcons in the victory with 22 points, four assists and four steals, going 7-of-14 from the field and 4-of-10 from three. The Falcons also got 17 points and five rebounds from Wimbush, 10 points and seven assists from Shammgod Wells and 10 points from Vonte Montgomery. Bingaya also chipped in seven points and seven rebounds despite being on the bench in foul trouble for the majority of the second half.
 
Fairmont State shot 48 percent from the field in the victory, including over 60 percent from the field in the opening half. The Falcons also went 8-of-14 from three in the opening half before making just 2-of-11 attempts from behind the arc in the second half and overtime.
 
IUP had five players reach double-figures, led by Dante Lombardi with 20 points. Lombardi went just 4-of-13 from the field but sank 10-of-10 from the free throw line. Diaz also added a double-double for the 'Hawks with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
 
The Falcons will now take the rest of the week off for Christmas, before returning to prepare for UVa-Wise on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m.