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FREDERICK, Md. — Rashawn Johnson played all but one minute through regulation and the four overtimes, so it was only fitting that the junior was the one who toed the free throw line with five seconds left to nail down Wesley's dramatic 111-106 four-overtime thriller at Hood.

Sophomore James Stratton continued his stellar play of late in the game, pouring in a career-high 35 points and falling just a rebound short of a double-double in just his third start of the year. In all, Wesley's starting five scored 100 of the team's 110 points in the win. And reserve Kevin Johnson scored all 10 of the bench points on a night the Wolverines (13-10, 8-6 CAC) were without sixth man and second leading scorer Evan Martin.

Khyle Nelson, who finished with a career-high 17 point and added 10 rebounds, hit what proved to be the game-winner with a layup with 1:51 left in the fourth overtime to put Wesley ahead 105-103. Mike McCarrick had a chance to tie the game on the Hood's (14-9, 8-6 CAC) next possession, but hit just one of two from the line. After a pair of Rashawn Johnson free throws put Wesley ahead three, 107-104, Mark McGlone hit a jumper to again cut it to one with just 42 seconds left on the clock. Kevin Johnson stretched it back to three with a pair of free throws with 23 ticks remaining and after a missed three, Rashawn Johnson put the game out of reach with his final two points of the evening.

It was the first time all night Hood didn't answer a Wesley score in the final minutes as the Blazers had trailed in the final minute of regulation and each of the first three overtimes before scoring to extend the contest.

The game started out with Wesley leading by as many as nine in the first half, and taking a 36-31 lead into the half. Wesley would again extend the lead to nine in the second half, after a Kevin Johnson three with 15:37 left in regulation. The Blazers' Nick Scott eventually tied the game at 62-62 with 7:25 left, but the Wolverines still led by four with 39 seconds left after a jumper by Stratton made it 75-71. McGlone scored with 22 seconds left and only eight seconds later, Scott sank a lay up to send the game to the first overtime.

Another score by Stratton put Wesley ahead by four in the final minute, but a score by Scott and two free throws by McCarrick in the final 33 seconds sent the game to double overtime knotted at 83-83.

Ryan Junghans gave Hood a two-point lead 89-87, but five straight points by Stratton gave Wesley a three-point advantage with 17 seconds left, setting up more clutch shooting from the Blazers. Junghans nailed a three with just 10 seconds left force a third extra period.

Arthur Claybon, who had just four points in the entire game, sent the game into the fourth overtime when he took a pass from Scott and layed it in to tie things at 99-99 with 37 seconds left.

In all, the game featured 17 ties and a dozen lead changes.

It was a rare off-shooting night for Rashawn Johnson as the nation's 12th leading scorer hit just 5-of-24 from the floor, but managed to sink 14-of-14 free throws in the game to end up with 25 points. He added 11 rebounds for the guard's fifth double-double of the season.

Stratton picked his teammate up by nailing 14-of-28, 5-of-9 from distance, on his career night. Khyle Nelson turned in his second straight double-double with a career-high 17 points to go along with 10 rebounds. Cody White snagged a season-high 14 rebounds and added 10 points for his second double-double of the year. Dan Henry added 13 points.

Junghans paced the Blazers with 27 points before fouling out and added seven rebounds and five assists. McGlone netted 16 points in the contest. Tim Abercrombie scored 13 and matched Junghans rebounding and assist totals. Anthony Scott added 11 and Scott came off the bench for 10.

The Blazer bench held a 35-10 advantage over its Wolverine counterparts, but Wesley responded by outrebounding its opponent 63-46 and by hitting 29-of-34 (84 percent) free throws.

Wesley also hit 7-of-15 threes in the second half and overtimes, compared to just 5-of-21 for Hood.

The game brought the two teams even at 8-6 in the Capital Athletic Conference, tied for third place. It was the second game in a grueling four-game, eight day stretch for the Wolverines, with the first three games against the CAC's top three teams, and the fourth against fifth place St. Mary's (Md.).

Wesley hosts Mary Washington on Wednesday, February 20 at 8:00 PM.

Press release submitted by Wesley on Feb 18 2008 at 11:22 PM

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