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Posted: Nov 18, 2022

Broncos defeat Rustlers in OT for first win of the season

Box Score
Game Leaders
LAKE
Pts: Johnny Mims - 29
Reb: Noah Horobetz Simpson - 20
Ast: Johnny Mims - 3
OC
Pts: 2 Players (#7, #13) - 16
Reb: Austin Nzige-Nyambok - 12
Ast: Tyreik Lennox - 7
Team Stats
Full stats

It took an extra five minutes, but the Olds College Broncos broke into the win column on Friday, defeating the Lakeland College Rustlers 86-82 in overtime for their first win of the season at the Ralph Klein Centre on Friday.

Andre Fields posted a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds to go with five assists for the Broncos (1-6), while player of the game Gurech Gurech provided energy off the bench with 16 points of his own. Austin Nzige-Nyambok also posted a double-double with 12 points and 12 boards, while Keunte Howard and Tyreik Lennox also had 12 apiece.

For the Rustlers (3-4), player of the game John Mims had thehot hand with a game-high 29 points to go with three rebounds and three assists, while Bahaeddin Salma added 15 points and three rebounds. Meanwhile, Noah Horobetz Simpson had a monster game off the bench, finishing with 11 points and 20 rebounds.

In a sign of things to come, the first quarter was tightly contested with neither team letting the other get too far ahead, with a Howard three-point buzzer-beater giving Olds College a 20-19 lead through 10 minutes.

The second quarter followed a largely similar script with a few lead changes, only for the Broncos to close on a mini 6-0 run to take a 39-32 lead into halftime.

The start of the third quarter saw Lakeland storm back with a 12-0 run in a 1:54 stretch to go up 47-43 midway through the frame. However, timely threes from Sina Hashemi and Fields brought the score back to 55-55, with a Lennox layup at the buzzer making it 57-57 heading to the fourth, where the lead was never above one possession. After Mims went 1-of-2 from the line with six seconds to play, the stage was set for Fields to drain a contested three at the buzzer to send the game to overtime. From there, Lennox made a pair of quick layups early in the extra session to put the Broncos ahead to stay. 

The Broncos will go for a weekend sweep on home court against the Keyano College Huskies at 8 p.m. tomorrow, while Lakeland will look to right the ship in Red Deer against the Kings tomorrow at 8 p.m.