Overtime, and Okoro's 34

The Pilots made seven threes in ten minutes and led by fifteen, and their drummer behind the far basket had found a rhythm none of us could ignore.

Okoro started the comeback on his own, with eleven points in the third, most of them going straight at the rim. By the end of the quarter the lead was four. Halloway tied it with a corner three and 22 seconds left in regulation, and Lakeside's last shot rolled off the back of the rim.

Overtime belonged to Okoro. Eight of his 34 came in those five minutes, two of them on a drive he finished with his left hand, which none of us knew he had. Mertsch, in for Varga, played 38 minutes and fouled out on the last possession, which seemed fair.

Eleven and four. The bus stopped at the services outside Ostheim for chips, and nobody complained about the delay.

Quarters

Leaders