The College of Wooster men's basketball team outscored State University of New York at Brockport 33-5 over the final 9:37 of the first half, taking the lead after facing a 24-point deficit, then the Fighting Scots overcame a 12-point hole in the second half to win 86-85 in the finale of the program's annual Al Van Wie/Wooster Rotary Classic.

Wooster (2-2) trailed 35-11 at the midpoint of the first half and had difficulty navigating Brockport's (1-3) scrappy, aggressive press. Wooster flipped the script, turning to its three-two zone, which stymied Brockport, as the Golden Eagles were a woeful 2-of-16 from the floor over the final 9:15 of the half. The shooting cold spell, coupled with being too aggressive on defense, enabled Wooster to storm back. Fifteen of Wooster's 33 points came at the charity stripe, including one when senior Isaac Roeder finished through contact and scored three the old-fashion way to pull Wooster within 40-35 with 2:41 left in the half.

Junior Quincy Jones was fouled upon securing a defense rebound and pulled Wooster within three at the charity stripe, then sophomore Breckman Oakley's floating jumper from just outside the paint made it a one-point game with 1:10 on the clock. Oakley found senior Jaiden Cox-Holloway open near the right corner with 35 seconds to go in the half, and the forward's triple gave Wooster its first lead of the night at 42-40. Cox-Holloway stole the ball from Jacob Oka before making a driving layup to give Wooster a 44-40 halftime advantage.

Brockport's outside shooting heated up, as the Golden Eagles hit 5-of-7 from beyond the arc to start the second stanza. Ajani Flemming's triple dealt Wooster a 12-point deficit with 12:39 to go. Oakley free throws at 7:52 had Wooster within five at 73-68, then it was a one-possession game when the sophomore's floater in the paint dropped through the hoop at 7:27. Oakley's fastbreak layup coming out of a timeout tied Saturday's game at 82 with 2:07 to go, then Wooster took the lead on Cox-Holloway free throws in the final 85 seconds.

Zachary Rice's 3-pointer handed Brockport an 85-84 lead with 48 seconds on the clock, but Brockport had a costly foul when senior Isaiah Johnson secured a defensive rebound with 17.1 seconds to go. Johnson made both free throws to give Wooster a one-point lead. Following the free throws, Cox-Holloway denied Oka's bid at a go-ahead layup in the final eight seconds, and two other Brockport shots were off the mark.

Cox-Holloway solidified his spot on the all-tournament team with a team-high 22 points. He added 10 rebounds for a double-double and finished with two blocked shots and two steals. Led in part by his Friday steals, Roeder was the tournament's most outstanding defensive player. Roeder scored 16 points, two off a career-high. He had six rebounds and tied for the team lead in steals at two. Oakley, an all-tournament team selection, sparked Wooster off the bench with 17 points, one off a career-high. The sophomore had nine rebounds and three assists. Johnson finished with 14 points.

Wooster shot 46.3 percent (25-of-54) from the floor for the game, outrebounded Brockport by 10, and went 31-of-38 at the charity stripe.

Brockport was led Rice's 24 points, which landed him on the all-tournament team. Fleming added 15 points and passed out a game-high five assists.

Brockport shot 38.5 percent (30-of-78) for the game and logged 16 steals.              

Otterbein University improved to 5-0 with an 83-72 win over State University of New York College at Geneseo (2-4) in Saturday's first game. Julian Heckman wrapped up the Al Van Wie/Wooster Rotary Classic Defensive Most Valuable Player award with four more steals as part of his 10-point, 7-assist outing. Micah Germany earned all-tournament team honors with 15 points, all of which came on 3-pointers. Geneseo was led by all-tournament honoree Jaiyden Jones, who dropped in 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting.

Next, Wooster is on the road for a 6 p.m. game on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at the University of Mount Union (5-0).