South Alabama executed at the free-throw line and on the defensive glass down the stretch in a 91-82 overtime victory over Marshall at the Mitchell Center on Thursday night. The Jaguars scored the game’s final seven points — five of them from the stripe — to hold off the Thundering Herd and stay tied for second place in the Sun Belt Conference.

The Marshall University men’s basketball team overcame a 12-point deficit in the second half to force overtime, but came up short at South Alabama on Thursday, 91-82. The Thundering Herd (16-10, 8-5 Sun Belt Conference) was led by Obinna Anochili-Killen’s 20 points,

South Alabama weathered a three-point assault by Marshall and outscored the Thundering Herd 14-5 in overtime to escape with a 91-82 win in a Sun Belt Conference showdown Thursday night in front of 2,148 fans at the Mitchell Center.