ST. GEORGE, Utah - Ben Boone's layup with five seconds remaining in overtime helped Colorado School of Mines stun #13 Dixie State with an 80-79 road win.

The meeting of the RMAC preseason poll's top two teams did not disappoint as the Orediggers (9-5, 5-2 RMAC) battled back in regulation to tie it on a late Kobi Betts bucket, then battled in overtime led by Brendan Sullivan, who scored eight of his 23 points in the extra period.

Sullivan drained 5-of-7 three-point tries in the game despite playing through foul trouble in much of the second half and overtime. Betts contributed 16 points off the bench while Baker and Boone each ended with 14 points and seven rebounds.

Dixie State was led by the duo of Hunter Schofield and Jack Pagenkopf, who scored 24 and 23 points, respectively.

The Orediggers trailed by eight points, 67-59, with 3:05 left in the game, but ended regulation on a 9-1 run to force overtime. Betts accounted for seven of those nine points as his layup sparked the comeback with 2:48 to go; after a pair of Baker free throws, Betts hit two more from the line, then canned a step-back three-pointer with 21 seconds remaining to tie it at 68. DSU couldn't make two contested looks to win it at the buzzer, sending the game to overtime.

After a Schofield layup to start overtime, Mines quickly took control of the game as Boone tied it at the line before Sullivan's four-point play gave Mines its largest lead of the game, 74-70, midway through OT. Dixie State brought it back to a one-point game with free throws by Schofield and Pagenkopf before Sullivan, Schofield, and Dason Youngblood traded baskets to give the Trailblazers a 79-78 lead with 50 seconds to go.

After a Mines miss, DSU went to the line but Youngblood missed both shots, and that gave Mines a chance to win it with the shot clock off. Baker was stopped in the paint but dished to Boone on the baseline, who split two defenders and laid in the go-ahead bucket with five seconds left. Youngblood had a quick three-point look at the buzzer fall short.

NOTABLES
- It was Mines' first overtime win since beating Colorado Mesa 99-94 on the road on Dec. 7, 2018. 
- Dixie State, ranked #13 in the latest NABC poll, fell to 11-2 overall and suffered their first RMAC loss at 6-1. The Trailblazers had not lost at home in the regular season in nearly a year (a 13-game streak) and saw a 19-game RMAC win streak snapped. 
- Mines scored its first win over a top-25 team in two seasons, since beating #14 Fort Lewis at home in the 2017-18 season.
- Baker pushed his career scoring total to 976 points.
- Sullivan sank five three-pointers in a game for the second time this season. The sophomore is shooting an eye-popping .651 from beyond the arc (28-43) this year. 
- Center Paul O'Leary earned his first career start and while he was held in check offensively with three points, he was a defensive force with five blocks, four rebounds, and two steals. 
- Dixie State held a 39-38 rebounding edge, but Mines led 5-1 in overtime.
- The Orediggers shot 3-of-4 in OT to DSU's 3-of-6 and went 5-for-5 at the line. 
- Mines ends a seven-game road trip 5-2. 
- Mines improved to 2-0 all-time against DSU in what will be their final regular-season meeting before the Trailblazers reclassify to NCAA Division I next season. 

NEXT UP
Mines returns home to host Adams State on Jan. 10 at 8 p.m.