CELINA, OH

-- Ohio-Southern, still short-handed due to injuries, fell for the fifth time in as many games.

Wright State-Celina took a 43-26 halftime lead behind Alan Vining and never trailed in an 84-72 victory over the Blazers Saturday afternoon.

The Trail Blazers (5-7) outscored Celina 46-41 in the second half, but it wasn't enough.

Freshman Shawn Newsome (Prestonsburg, Ky) led all scorers with 28 for Ohio-Southern.

Joe Fraley (Sandy Hook, Ky) and Max Hunter (Catlettsburg, Ky) scored 11 and 10, respectively.

Vining finished with 25 points for Wright State-Celina and Ben Ayers chipped in 11.

Ohio-Southern (72) --Fraley 11, Newsome 28, Melvin 10, Colburn 3, Hunter 10, Dawson 10. PF: 19. FT:10-16. 3-pointers: 4 (Newsome 3, Colburn 1).

Wright St.-Celina (84) --Ayers 14, Bruse 3, Johns 8, Vining 25, Rager 7, Lamm 2, Quellhorst 12, Estle 5, Walden 8. PF: 21. FT:13-19. 3-pointers: 6

(Ayers 1, Bruse 1, Vining 2, Rager 2).

OHIO-SOUTHERN2646--72

WRIGHT ST.-CELINA 43 41--84

OU-Lancaster 108, OU-Southern 100

COAL GROVE -- Ohio Southern (5-7) committed six costly turnovers in overtime as it extended its losing streak to six games Sunday afternoon.

Ohio University-Lancaster outscored the Trailblazers 16-8 in the overtime period to escape with a 108-100 victory.

Todd Ingram and Romerero Prince combined for 26 points in the second half for Lancaster to help force the game into overtime. Prince finished with 22 points -- all in the second half and overtime.

Ingram, who finsished with a game-high 33 points, hit a 3-pointer with 45 seconds remaining in the regulation to tie the game at 92-92.

With the score tied again at 97-97 with 3:44 to go in

overtime, OU-Lancaster's Zach Newsome hit a bucket to give his team the lead for good.

OU-Lancaster (7-4) outscored Southern 11-3 in the final two minutes.

Freshman Max Hunter and Shawn Newsome scored 30 and 27 points respectivley to pace Ohio-Southern.

Darren Colburn scored a season-high 19 points and senior Joe Fraley added 12 points and 18 rebounds.

Steve Graham finished with 20 points for Lancaster. Newsome chipped in 15 points and 12 rebounds.

Ohio-Southern will resume play January 6 at Shawnee State University. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

OU-LANCASTER(108) -- Ingram33, Prince22, Newsome15, Bauman18, Graham20. TOTALS43-7216-228-16108; FG Pct: 59.7. FT Pct: 72.1. 3-pointers: 8-16 (Ingram 4-6, Hamilton 0-1, Prince 3-3, Bauman 1-4, Graham 0-2). PF: 13. Fouled out: None. Turnovers 14. Team rebounds: 6.

OU-SOUTHERN (100) Fraley12, Newsome27, Runyon2, Melvin8, Colburn19, Hunter30, Dawson2; TOTALS43-7910-1037100; FG Pct: 54.4. FT Pct: 100.0. 3-pointers: 6-12 (Fraley 0-1, Newsome 3-6, Colburn 1-3, Hunter 2-2). PF: 20. Fouled out: Fraley. Turnovers: 25. Team rebounds 2.

OU-LANCASTER 45 61--108

OU-SOUTHERN46 54 --100