Senior Ross Gang sank a turnaround jumper with 15 seconds remaining in overtime as the #11 University of Rochester men's basketball team slipped past the University of Chicago 72-71 in an overtime thriller on Sunday afternoon at the Louis Alexander Palestra.

The bucket gave Gang a new career-high, as he finished with a game-high 26 points to lead Rochester (14-4, 4-3 UAA). He added four rebounds and seven assists in the Yellowjacket win.

Chicago's Bryce Hopkins drained a fade away three with .06 seconds remaining in the regulation to force overtime, pulling the teams even at 59-59. The ensuing inbounds saw the Yellowjackets throw a long pass in, but it was deflected away, sending the teams to the extra period.

In overtime, Chicago won the tap and opening possession and took the lead with Thomas Kurowski sinking a pair of free throws. Gang sank a hook shot on the opposite end and the score was back even.

During the extra session, seven of the games nine lead changes took place, and the teams were also tied on four occasions.

After another even exchange, Chicago's Eamonn Kenah hit a 3-pointer with three minutes left to edge the Maroons (8-10, 1-6 UAA) in front 66-63. UR's Logan Jagodzinski hit a pull-up from the elbow to trim the margin back to one on Rochester's next possession.

Gang followed by coming up big on the defensive end with a steal of Hopkins and turned that into a fast break opportunity for the Yellowjackets. The senior found Jagodzinski cutting to the hoop for an old-fashioned 3-point play, pulling Rochester ahead by two 68-66 with 2:15 left in OT.

Kurowski sank two free throws at the Chicago end, matching the score once again, but Gang calmly drained two from the free throw line as well, putting the Yellowjackets back on top.

Chicago pulled back even as Kenah hit a driving layup and then had a chance to go ahead after getting a stop on the defensive end, forcing the only two Yellowjacket missed field goals of the overtime.

With the ball in hand, the Maroons took the lead after Kenah was fouled with just 33 seconds remaining. He hit 1-of-2 at the line to make the score 71-70, setting up Rochester's final bucket by Gang.

After the Yellowjackets went ahead 72-71, the Maroons had a chance, but Kenah's turnaround jumper in the paint fell just short, with Jagodzinski grabbing the rebound to seal the victory.

Jagodzinski finished with a career-high 12 points as well, logging 22 minutes off the bench for UR. Ryan Aliger also chipped in 12 points, 9 rebounds and a pair of blocks for the Yellowjackets. Adding to the defensive effort, Dan Masino chipped in four steals, along with six points and five rebounds.

Chicago finished with five players in double-figure scoring, led by Kenah and Arrish Bhandal who had 14 points each. Kurowski and Joe Berry each had 12 points, with Jackson Piotrowski scoring 10 points.

For the second straight contest, neither team got off to a quick start, with the score sitting at 5-4 after six and a half minutes into the opening period.

Chicago took a 10-7 advantage after scoring six of the next eight points, but Rochester responded with a 8-1 spurt, to grab a 15-11 lead with 6:12 left in the half.

The Maroons pulled within two with five minutes left after a Piotrowski layup, but were held without a field goal the rest of the half, allowing the Yellowjackets to head into the break up by 11, leading 28-17.

Corvin Oprea capped an 11-2 Rochester run to close the half with a 3-pointer.

Following intermission, Chicago used an 11-2 run of its own to pull back within two. Kenah drained a pair of treys to highlight the run.

UR was able to get its lead back up to six as late as 2:58 remaining following an Algier layup, but Chicago answered with a three from Bhandal and a Berry bucket to get back within one.

Over the last 90 seconds, UR hit 7-of-8 from the free throw line, but that one miss proved big, as it gave the Maroons a chance to tie on the final possession of regulation.

At the midway point of the UAA conference season, UR sits tied for third at 4-3 with CWRU and Carnegie Mellon, while conference leaders Emory and Washington-St. Louis are just a game ahead with a 5-2 mark.

Rochester now looks ahead to a four-game road trip, starting next weekend at Washington-St. Louis and Chicago as the league begins its wrap-around part of the schedule.