MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Lindenwood men's basketball (2-3, 0-0 OVC) survived on Sunday with a 75-74 win over Stonehill College (2-4, 0-0 NEC) to end the Urban-Bennett MTE hosted at Robert Morris University. The Lions' eight three-pointers are the most by the team this season.

"Great win to finish off the week," said head coach Kyle Gerdeman. "We competed at a high level in all three games. Glad we were able to get that winning feeling today, the guys deserved it."

Anias Futrell had his best game as a Lion today after scoring a season-high 24 points in the win. Futrell's three-made foul shots with 14 seconds left gave Lindenwood the one-point lead. The St. Louis native shot 7-16 from the field including three threes. He also went 7-7 from the foul line while adding 11 rebounds for his first double-double. For his efforts this weekend, Futrell was named to the All-Tournament team.

The freshman duo of Jadis Jones and Clayton Jackson both scored in double-figures with 14 and 12 points respectively. Jones went 4-7 from the field and added two steals and two blocks defensively. Jackson was 4-6 from the floor while draining two threes.

Stonehill's offense was carried by the long ball as the Skyhawks shot 15-30 from distance. The Skyhawks were 9-21 for the rest of the game on non-three point shots. Lindenwood out-rebounded Stonehill 40-29 including 15 offensive rebounds. 

The Lions started out the game on fire hitting four of their first five shots including three three-pointers. Lindenwood led 11-6 before the first media timeout. Leading for over 11 minutes of the first half, Stonehill took their first lead with 8:52 left after a three-pointer from Todd Brogna.

Lindenwood trailed by as many as six points in the first half, but Futrell drained a three-pointer with under five second left in the half to put the Lions down one 35-36. Futrell led all scorers in the first 20 minutes with 15 points while Reggie Bass added six of his eight points.

The Skyhawks jumped out to a 16-4 run to start the second half as the Lions trailed by 13, the largest deficit of the game. With just over 12:00 minutes remaining, Jones put back up a second chance opportunity to cut the lead to seven.

Lindenwood took the lead back in the second half with 3:25 left after Jones got an and-one to go putting LU ahead 68-67. The Lions' scored their final eight points of the game at the foul line where they went 8-8. 

With 25 second remaining, Amir Nesbitt for Stonehill put up a long two-pointer to take back the lead from the Lions. Futrell with 14 seconds left took the ball and was fouled at the top of the key for three free-throws. He would make all three putting the Lions ahead by one with 14 second left.

On the ensuing possession, Colin Ruffin would foul Josh Morgan with under five left to play and send him to the foul line. Morgan missed both opportunities to tie the game at 75. After a tie-ball was called, Stonehill's final chance hit the front of the rim by Nesbitt as Lindenwood held on to win 75-74.

Lindenwood outscored Stonehill 40-38 in the second half while shooting 11-30 from the field. The Lions made the most of their chances at the foul line though making 15-20 to claim their first win at the MTE.

Lindenwood will be back in action next Thursday, Nov. 21 at 7:00 p.m. CT at Valparaiso. For more information go to lindenwoodlions.com.