UNIVERSITY CENTER - As hard as the Lake Superior State men's basketball team has worked to come back in games so far this season, the Lakers have rarely received the big payoff. They fell 82-80 in overtime at Saginaw Valley State on Thursday, suffering their second straight overtime loss and third in five games.

Saginaw Valley State (3-3 overall, 1-0 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) took a 37-36 lead with 14:55 remaining in the second half and held the lead until Lake Superior State senior guard Kyle Hunt canned a three-pointer to tie it, 67-67, with 27 seconds to go.

A back-and-forth overtime session included two free throws by LSSU sophomore guard Derek Billing for an 80-79 Laker lead with 13 seconds remaining. SVSU's Chris Webb made a desperate three-pointer for the winning basket with two seconds left. Laker junior Derek Kinney's long three-pointer clanked off the front of the rim at the buzzer.

Hunt led LSSU (5-3 overall, 0-1 GLIAC) with 23 points, and Billing followed with 15. Khalid Wells finished with 13 points and six rebounds, and Kinney totaled 12 points and a team-leading eight rebounds.

Hunt and Billing shot a combined 12-of-13 at the free-throw line. LSSU was 17-of-22 as a team. The Lakers also shot 47.5 percent from the field, including 7-of-18 from three-point range. They shot 60.9 percent from the field (14-of-23) during the second half. They out-rebounded SVSU, 37-33.

Webb led SVSU with 23 points, and Greg Foster followed with 20 points and nine rebounds. Michael Fugate contributed 19 points and six assists before fouling out late in the game. The Cardinals shot 45.8 percent from the field, including 8-of-22 from three-point range, and made 20-of-29 free throws.

LSSU led 28-27 at halftime.

The Lakers play at 3 p.m. Saturday at Northwood.

SVSU vs. LSSU Boxscore