FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Western Michigan men's basketball team sank a season-high 15 three-pointers and outlasted Purdue Fort Wayne to pick up a 93-85 overtime victory on Saturday at the FGCU Invitational. Adrian Martin led the Broncos with a career-best 20 points on 7-for-7 from the field, including a new single-game program record 6-for-6 from three-point range.
 
Down 75-72 with a little under two minutes remaining in regulation, Western Michigan (2-4) got a basket from Markeese Hastings and a triple from Martin to move in front, 77-75, with less than 30 seconds on the clock. At the other end, Purdue Fort Wayne (3-2) tallied a pair of free throws to send the game into an extra session.
 
The Mastodons notched the first bucket of overtime, but WMU answered with a pair of three-pointers from Martin and Mileek McMillan to regain the edge, 83-79. After a layup cut the Western Michigan advantage to 83-81, Hastings went on a personal 5-0 run, including an old-fashioned three-point play, to put the Broncos ahead 88-81. Purdue Fort Wayne could not get any closer than five down the stretch, as WMU put the game away at the free throw line.
 
All 10 Broncos who saw the floor on Saturday scored at least three points, led by Martin, who went a perfect 7-for-7 from the floor and hit all six of his three-point attempts to net a career-high 20 points. Hastings tallied a career-high 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds. Lamar Norman Jr. scored in double-figures for the third straight game, netting 14. McMillan came close to a double-double, scoring nine points and snaring a team-high eight rebounds.
 
The two teams traded runs in the early going, but it was the Mastodons who built the largest advantage of the first half, 33-27, with 4:32 remaining in the opening period. Trailing 34-29, Western Michigan scored eight in a row on a pair of Josiah Freeman three-pointers and a Danny Kolp dunk to move ahead, 37-34. Gus Etchison then buried another three-pointer in the final seconds of the half to put the Broncos up 40-36 at the break.
 
WMU built its advantage to as many as eight, 48-40, in the opening minutes of the second half, but Purdue Fort Wayne answered with an 8-0 run to even the score, 48-48, with just under 14 minutes to go. The game remained tied or with Western Michigan in front until the Mastodons overtook the Broncos, 71-70, with a little less than three minutes left in regulation.
 
Both teams shot over 50 percent from the field for the evening. The Broncos were 34-of-57 (59.6 percent) on field goals, and nailed a season-high 15 triples on 24 tries (62.5 percent). The 15 three-pointers were two shy of the program record. WMU made 10-of-13 (76.9 percent) at the free throw line. Purdue Fort Wayne shot 34-of-64 (53.1 percent) from the floor and made eight-of-25 (32.0 percent) from beyond the arc.
 
The Broncos had the upper-hand on the glass, out-rebounding the Mastodons 34-20. Western Michigan also held a commanding 35-2 advantage in points from its bench.
 
Western Michigan concludes play at the FGCU Invitational on Sunday afternoon against Southeastern Louisiana. The Broncos and Lions are scheduled to tip at 1:30 pm and the game is set to air on the Bronco Media Network.