MORGANS POINT, Texas (Interstat) — Dallas Christian survived a late Mary Hardin-Baylor comeback and pulled away in overtime for a 70-67 victory in a non-divisional women’s NCAA Division III basketball game Tuesday at Mayborn Center. Attendance was 409. The Crusaders dropped to 0-2 this season.

Dallas Christian opened with Brooke Thomas’s layup and later got a 3-pointer from Laila Allen, while Mary Hardin-Baylor answered through Madyson Solis’s free throws, Mackenzie Amos’s two layups and Kamil Ajose’s 3-pointer. Dallas Christian carried a one-point edge into halftime after trading baskets and free throws throughout the second quarter. Shayla Doss gave the Crusaders a spark with a jumper and two layups, but Mackenzie Carter’s free throws and 3-pointer kept Dallas Christian close. Mary Hardin-Baylor took a 41-39 lead into the fourth after Natalia Galvan’s layup and Amos’s late basket, while Dallas Christian stayed within reach behind Thomas’s work in the paint.

The fourth quarter turned into a back-and-forth finish. Carter hit a 3-pointer early in the period, and Thomas converted a layup to keep Dallas Christian close. Mary Hardin-Baylor moved ahead on Abby Levings’s jump shot and Ajose’s 3-pointer, but Dallas Christian responded each time. Carter’s layup with 48.1 seconds left gave Dallas Christian a two-point lead, and Solis tied the game at 58 for Mary Hardin-Baylor with 28.6 seconds remaining. Carter answered with another layup with 7.3 seconds left, but Ajose made a jumper with 0.10 seconds remaining to force overtime at 60.

In the extra period, Dallas Christian controlled the glass and the pace. Alyssa Manuel made one free throw, Thomas scored a layup and added a free throw, and Thomas later converted another layup to push the lead to six. Levings hit a 3-pointer for Mary Hardin-Baylor to cut the deficit to two, but Thomas answered with a layup and Denaja Gaston added a layup to make it 70-64. Ajose scored a layup and made the ensuing free throw with 21.5 seconds left, but Mary Hardin-Baylor could not close the gap.

Ajose, a guard, finished with 15 points, five rebounds and three assists in 38 minutes while leading the late regulation charge. Doss added 10 points and two rebounds in 18 minutes. Amos scored 18 points with two rebounds and one assist in 31 minutes. Levings had six points, nine rebounds and one assist. Solis grabbed 12 rebounds to go with four points. Galvan played 41 minutes and finished with six points, eight rebounds, one assist and one block. Michelle Moore had two points and three rebounds, Emily Lent scored three points with two rebounds, Trenity Phillips had one point and three rebounds, and Danae Gonzalez scored two points.

Mary Hardin-Baylor finished with 67 points from 97 possessions, an offensive rating of 69.2. The Crusaders committed 25 turnovers but collected 19 offensive rebounds and 14 assists. Dallas Christian’s defense tightened in overtime, and the visiting side made enough free throws and inside baskets to secure the result. Dallas Christian outscored Mary Hardin-Baylor 10-7 in overtime.

The Crusaders had lost at Trinity (Tex.) on Nov. 7 in their previous game. Mary Hardin-Baylor is scheduled to visit Southwestern (Tex.) on Nov. 14 before hosting UNT Dallas on Nov. 18. The team also has upcoming road games at George Fox on Nov. 25, at Pacific (Ore.) on Nov. 27 and at Whitman on Nov. 28, followed by a home game against Biblical Stud. (TX) on Dec. 2, a road matchup at St. Thomas (TX) on Dec. 7, a road game at Concordia (Tex.) on Dec. 14, a road game at Biblical Stud. (TX) on Dec. 17 and a game against Washington & Lee on Dec. 29 in Marshall, Texas. No projection, game simulator, point spread, betting line or over-under information was available for this recap.