MIDLAND, Mich. — It took overtime, but the Michigan Tech men's basketball team pulled out a 74-64 victory at Northwood tonight. Robby Springborn tallied a career-high 31 points including seven in the extra session to help the Huskies even their record at 7-7.

Tech was seemingly on its way to the win in regulation as it led by four points with 15 seconds to play. Springborn hit two free throws to make it 55-51. NU's Aaron Simpson then drained a 3-pointer with 6.6 seconds left to cut the gap to one. A quick foul left 6.0 on the clock, and Kevin Maloney scored his first two points of the game at the foul line push the Huskies' advantage to 57-54.

Antonio Harrison took the inbounds pass into the frontcourt and sent the game to overtime with a deep 3-pointer.

In the extra session, Northwood got the tip and made a basket for a 59-57 lead. It was all Michigan Tech from there. Josh Makela converted a three-point play then made two more free throws for a 62-59 edge. Maloney and Fedrick Bowe combined for three more makes at the line to put the Huskies up 65-59.

Springborn scored seven of the team's last nine points in overtime to push the final margin to 74-64.

"I'm proud of our kids because we battled tonight and got a big win on the road," said head coach Kevin Luke. "The guys stepped up without Tim (Strom) in the lineup, and I thought free throws were huge down the stretch."

Strom, Tech's leading scorer and rebounder on the season, did not play due to injury. Three other Huskies shouldered the scoring load with 10 or more points. Springborn's 31 came off 9-of-19 field goal shooting and 11-of-13 free throw shooting. It was the highest point total by a Tech player since Radayl Richardson notched 31 vs. Lake Superior State a year ago (Feb. 10, 2007).

Bowe finished with 10 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Kris Alpers added 10 points, seven rebounds and a pair of blocked shots.

Michigan Tech built a 27-18 advantage at the half, but saw Northwood score 39 second half points — mainly with a 7-of-15 mark from 3-point range. The Huskies led for 19:59 of the second half before Harrison's 3-pointer found the bottom of the net.

The visitors held a 47-41 rebounding edge thanks to the 14 from Bowe and 10 more from Sean Geary. The 5-10 point guard added six points, four assists, four steals and zero turnovers in 39 minutes of action.

Tech committed just eight turnovers for the game compared to 12 for the Timberwolves.

The stat of the game was free throws. Michigan Tech went 30-of-41 (73 percent) compared to Northwood's 7-of-14 (50 percent).

Michigan Tech (7-7 overall, 2-4 GLIAC) will remain on the road for another GLIAC contest Saturday (Jan. 12). The Huskies will face Saginaw Valley State (6-7, 2-4) with tipoff scheduled for 3 p.m.

Notes: Michigan Tech is now 1-1 in overtime games this season. Wisconsin-Parkside defeated the Huskies, 78-71, in an extra session in the season opener ... Senior Kyle Pullen started his first game of the season and finished with two points ... Springborn's previous career high was 24 points.