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Gittens’ Heroics Lead Men’s Basketball to Overtime Win over Cal State Bakersfield

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FORT MYERS, Fla. — FIU's men's basketball program defeated Cal State Bakersfield 76-73 in overtime in dramatic fashion on Saturday afternoon in a neutral-site contest at FGCU's MTE.

Trailing by three with just 29 seconds to go, Asim Jones dribbled into the lane and made a jumping pass to Dashon Gittens on the wing. Gittens took one dribble to his left and nailed a deep three with just 2.2 seconds to go in regulation, sending the game to overtime.

In overtime, the Panthers (2-4) trailed the Roadrunners (3-3) by four points with 1:47 to go in the extra period.