At North Manchester, the Huntington College men's basketball team defeated the Manchester Spartans 88-84 on Tuesday.

Huntington led Manchester 67-62 with five minutes to play in regulation. The Spartans fought back, and a Burt Paddock layup with six seconds left in regulation tied the game.

Huntington's Kurt Grau clinched the the overtime win with two free throws with nine seconds left.

Paddock led Manchester with 32 points, and Chad Berry added 22.

Huntington had six scorers in double figures. Jeff Shepherd led with 20 points. Recent Manchester High School graduate Matt Eberly added 15. Tim Pitts, his teammate at Manchester High, added 12 points and led the team with 10 rebounds.

Huntington improved to 7-2, while Manchester dropped to 5-1.

HUNTINGTON 88, MANCHESTER 84 (2 OT)

Huntington - Shepherd 6-14 4-6 20, Eberly 4-7 7-8 15, Holler 0-1 0-0 0, Grau 3-7 5-6 13, Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, Mast 0-2 0-0 0, Ripke 0-0 1-2 1, Gaff 6-15 1-2 15, Pitts 5-10 2-6 12, Garber 5-11 0-0 12. Totals - 29-67 20-30 88.

Manchester - Charles 0-0 0-0 0, Ford 6-13 2-2 14, Hutchinson 1-3 1-1 3, Jones 0-4 4-4 4, Paddock 13-23 1-4 32, Buono 0-0 0-0 0, Young 1-4 3-4 5, Maddix 0-1 0-0 0, R. Berry 0-1 0-0 0, C. Berry 9-11 4-4 22, Hardister 1-3 2-2 4. Totals - 31-63 17-21 84.

Huntington 35 38 15 - 88

Manchester 35 38 11 - 84

Three-point goals - Huntington 10-20 (Shepherd 4-7, Garber 2-6, Grau 2-2, Gaff 2-3, Eberly 0-1, Holler 0-1), Manchester 5-14 (Paddock 5-9, Ford 0-1, Hutchinson 0-1, Jones 0-1, Young 0-1, R. Berry 0-1). Rebounds - Manchester 43 (Jones 9), Huntington 31 (Pitts 10). Assists - Huntington 15 (Pitts 5), Manchester 15 (Ford 5). Steals - Manchester 4 (four players with one each), Huntington 9 (Eberly 4). Turnovers - Manchester 18, Huntington 12. Team fouls - Huntington 21, Manchester 27. Fouled out - Young. [[In-content Ad]]