HARRISONBURG, Va.- The Randolph men's basketball team made a midweek trip up to Eastern Mennonite to face the Royals on Wednesday night. The two teams played to an extra period where the WIldCats outscored the Royals 17-8 in overtime to come away with a 95-86 victory.

Randolph got out in front 12-5 in the first half. EMU rallied to take a 17-16 lead with 11:30 showing on the game clock. The two teams would exchange the lead for the next several minutes of game time.

With the score tied at 30-all with under six minutes remaining in the half, the Royals went on a 6-0 run to go ahead 36-30 with 4:38 left. Randolph was able the cut into the Eastern Mennonite lead and after a three by Danny Bickey (Beckley, W.V./Woodrow Wilson) with five seconds left, the WildCats trailed 41-39 at the break.

In the second half, the score was tied at 45-45 at the 16:50 mark, Back-to-back three-point baskets by Bickey staked the WildCats to a 51-45 lead. The Royals soon cut into the Randolph advantage and tied the contest up at 57-all at 11:31.

The WildCats led late 75-69 with 2:44 remaining in regulation. EMU was able to tie the game up at 76-all with 49 ticks left. Bickey went to the free throw line and sank a pair of attempts to put Randolph up 78-76 with 36 seconds remaining. The Royals also made two free throws to knot the score at 78-all and second the game into overtime.

In the extra period, the Royals led 84-82 with 2:04 left on the clock, Evan Wiehe (Northfield, OH/Nordonia) drained a three-point basket at 1:30 to lift the WildCats to an 85-84 lead. That was part of a 12-2 Randolph run that springboarded the WildCats to victory.

On the night, Randolph was 34-of-73 (46.6%) from the floor and made 9-of-22 (40.9%) of its shots from behind the three-point arc. The WildCats controlled the glass 47-36.

"That was a physical game for 40 minutes," said head coach Pete Hamilton. "I think we handled it well at times and poorly in others but credit to our players for sticking together and finding a way.  We struggled to guard at times but we got some big stops when we needed it."

Bickey matched his career high with 34 points. He shot 9-of-25 overall, 6-of-13 in three-point attempts, and 10-of-12 from the charity stripe. Moustapha Diop (Fuquay Varina, N.C./Apex Friendship) and Wiehe both added 12 points each. Amari Gorham (Yorktown, Va./Yorktown) had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

"Bickey obviously stands out in the box score and rightly so - what a performance, said Hamilton. "He stuck with it and fought through some frustration at the half. He hit a big one on the last possession of the first half to get himself some confidence and then went out and had 26 in the second half and overtime. We executed a great action with about 30 seconds to go and he nailed it putting us up four points. I don't think Evan Wiehe and Moustapha Diop's offensive production should be overlooked. Both of those guys were able to attack matchups in stretches when we were stagnant. They each hit big buckets for us late and in OT."

Randolph returns home to host Mary Baldwin in a non-conference game on Saturday. Game time will be at 2:00 p.m.