The NOC Mavs held off Redlands 92-91 in overtime Monday night at Foster-Piper Fieldhouse.

The Mavs (14-5) lead conference play with a 5-2 record while Redlands (10-9) fell to 2-3 in league play.

DJ Jones led the Mavs with 21 while Jalen Johnson added 17.  Nick Cham and Fede Federiko added 14 and 12 respectively.

NOC built a 43-36 halftime lead but never shake the Cougars.

Redlands battled back in the second half taking an 82-79 with 3:30 left in the game and tied the game at 87-87 forcing overtime.

In the overtime, the Mavs made five free throws to build a 92-88 and then after Redlands cut the lead to 92-91 the Mavs made one final defensive stop to seal the one point win.

"Poud of our guys for battling," said coach Brad Witherspoon. "I told them every conference game is going to be like that. I thought we showed a lot of toughness down the stretch and we got a big defensive stop to win the game. We needed to win a close game like that"

Mavs 92, Redlands 91

                    1     2  OT--Total

Redlands      36   51  4-- 91

Mavs           43   44  5--92

Mavs--D. Jones 21, J. Johnson 17, N. Cham 14, F. Federiko 12, C. McNeilly 9, C. Malray 7, E. Pickens 5, S. Grisby 4, D. Owusu 3.