University Center, MI — UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University men's basketball team rallied from a halftime deficit to take control in the second half against rival Northwood University in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference contest Thursday at the James E. O'Neill Jr. Arena. After Freddie McIntosh made a pair of free throws for SVSU with 43 seconds to play, the Cardinals led by three points, but Northwood's Jack Ammerman answered with a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime tied at 79-79. SVSU scored the first 11 points of the extra frame and earned the 92-82 victory to move to 6-3 overall and 2-1 in the GLIAC. How it Happened: Northwood started fast and led 7-1 just over two minutes into the first half. A 7-0 run gave the Cardinals their first lead at 8-7 with 15 minutes to play in the first. Northwood went back in front and a 3-pointer from Jack Ammerman put the Timberwolves up 20-12. After Tyrik Singh made a layup with five minutes to go in the first to give SVSU the lead 26-25, the Timberwolves answered and took a 40-32 advantage into the break. The Cardinals, led by Tyler Witz chipped away quickly in the second half. Witz hit a layup with 17 minutes to go to cut the deficit to 42-39. Ammerman continued to be a leader for Northwood from deep, hitting a 3-pointer with 11:43 to play to put his team up 55-45. SVSU rallied back again, taking a two-point lead with just under five to play. Darnell Hoskins Jr. hit a 3-pointer from the corner to stretch the SVSU lead to 71-67 with 3:14 to go. Freddie McIntosh converted a pair of free throws with 43 seconds left to give SVSU a 79-76 lead but the game was sent to overtime on another Ammerman triple. The OT session was all SVSU, starting with back-to-back layups from Witz. Delano Smith did the rest of the damage for SVSU scoring the final nine Cardinal points of the overtime, including five free throws. Inside the Box Score: Witz led the Cardinals with 27 points on 13-of-21 shooting. He added 14 rebounds for a double-double and five blocks. Delano Smith added 25 points, including 13-of-16 at the line. He recorded six assists and three steals. Darnell Hoskins Jr. finished with 12 points. Tyrik Singh chipped in with 11 points off the bench. SVSU totaled 10 blocks as a team. The Cardinals shot 34-of-70 from the field, 4-of-18 from deep, and 20-of-29 at the line. SVSU was outrebounded 44-40. Jack Ammerman led all scorers for Northwood with 33 points, hitting nine 3-pointers.