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Darin Peterka's lay-in with 2.4 seconds to play in overtime broke a 74-74 tie and led the Northern State men's basketball team to another thrilling, come-from-behind OT victory, 76-74 over Truman State Sunday afternoon inside Wachs Arena. It was the Wolves' second overtime victory in as many games.

Northern (4-0) was able to push the game to overtime on Tydan Storrusten's buzzer-beating three-pointer that tied the game at 65-65. The shot was reviewed and counted to send the game into the extra period.

Peterka's game-winner was NSU's only field goal in OT as the Wolves went 1-for-4 from the floor. Truman (1-2) was 2-for-5 in the extra frame. The Wolves were rock solid from the free throw line in overtime, making 9-of-10 from the stripe. TSU went 5-for-8 at the line in OT.

Northern much like on Wednesday night, trailed for much of the first half and saw its biggest deficit of the half at the break, trailing 32-24 at halftime. The Wolves shot 37 percent (10-for-27) from the floor in the opening half while Truman was 12-for-27 (44.4 percent).

NSU's biggest deficit of the game came with 13:03 left the play, trailing 44-33. The Wolves were finally able to sustain a run and outscored the Bulldogs 15-3 over the next 4:25 and cut the deficit to just one, 48-47. The Wolves took their first lead of the second half with 6:03 left to play, 53-52. The two teams went back-and-forth the rest of regulation, as there were eight lead changes and four ties the rest of the way.

Storrusten led the Wolves with a season-best 19 points. Storrusten went 6-for-9 from the floor and 5-of-6 from the free-throw line and also had a pair of steals in the win. Mitch White added 11 points and Peterka scored 10. Seth Bachand, Carter Evans and Skye Warwick all had nine points in the game. Evans pulled down a game-high nine rebounds and Bachand added eight boards and a game-high four assists. TSU's Seth Jackson scored a game-high 29 points in a losing effort.

NSU shot 42.6 percent (23-for-54) from the floor while Truman was 24-for-57 (42.1 percent). The Wolves shot 73.3 percent from the free-throw line (22-for-30) in the win while the Bulldogs went 21-for-32 (65.6 percent). The big difference came from three-point range as the Wolves hit a season-best 53.3 percent of their shots from beyond the arc, going 8-of-15. Truman went 5-of-19 (26.3 percent) from deep.

Truman State held a 32-28 edge in points in the paint and also capitalized with 17 points off of 14 NSU turnovers. Northern scored just six points off 11 TSU miscues. The Northern bench however, was once again big in the win as the Wolves reserves outscored Truman's 28 to 14. NSU also had a 10-7 edge on second-chance points.

The Wolves will continue their homestand Tuesday as Dakota State comes to town for an 8 p.m. contest as part of a doubleheader with the NSU women.