ATLANTA, Ga. - Vikings Men's Basketball fell in their SAA opener on the road in an overtime thriller to the Stormy Petrels of Oglethorpe 79-74.

Opening three pointers from each team started the game off strong in the first two minutes as Jacob Morgan nailed his first. Morgan followed his performance closing a 10-0 run for Berry to shoot up 10-3 in the opening four minutes. 

Jumping back into the game with two three's the Petrels refused to be shutout on their home court. Five points from leading scorer, Chase Ellis gave the team another eight point lead with almost nine minutes to go in the first half (21-13).

Oglethorpe tried to peck their way back within a possessions but to close out the later half of the first period, Braxton Benham had two three's as another teammate tagged along with another to complete a scoring frenzy and be up 35-22 at halftime.

After the half, the Vikings had no trouble holding their distance throughout the first ten minutes with buckets from Ellis and Isaac Martin chiming in a quick five. The momentum began to shift with paint points as the Stormy Petrels outscored the Vikings 40-24 throughout the game and 28-10 in the second period. 

A made dunk for Oglethorpe brought them down by only three but Ellis put the team on his back with a huge three to put his team up six with 3:51 left in regulation. Three layups to make a 6-0 run for the Petrels left the Vikings stunned with 38 seconds left. Neither team produced a bucket and the Vikings headed to their first overtime of the season.

In the five minute overtime period, back to back threes stormed the momentum as Oglethorpe claimed a lead that they had not had since the first half of the game. Berry fought back in SAA play and Ellis brought the score to one with a made free throw with a minute to go.

Foul shots claimed the rest of the game and the Vikings were unable to find the extra points to take a road game from the Stormy Petrels.

The team heads to Belton, Texas, for a pair of games in their Holiday Classic beginning on December 19th against UMHB.