Box Score The Misericordia University men's basketball team extended its winning streak to six games to remain atop the Freedom Conference standings with a 71-66 overtime win at King's, Wednesday.

Steve Ware led the Cougars with a game-high 26 points along with four blocked shots and four steals.

Matt Greene and Joe Busacca added 14 and 11 points, respectively as the Cougars improved to 11-7 overall and 5-2 in league play to keep pace with Delaware Valley while DeSales and FDU-Florham both lost to fall into a three-way tie for second place.

Erik Kerns returned to the line-up and added eight points and a team-high nine rebounds.

King's took a 62-60 with a pair of free throws to open the overtime session, but Ware scored on three straight possessions to give the Cougars a 66-64 lead with under a minute to play.

Busacca grabbed a defensive rebound and made a free throw at the other end for a 67-64 lead with six seconds remaining.

After King's pulled within one with a pair of free throws, Greene answered with two foul shots for 69-66 lead with four seconds to go and Kerns tacked on two more free throws to clinch the victory.

A three-pointer from Greene gave MU a 32-30 halftime lead, but the Monarchs rallied to build a 45-39 lead midway through the second half.

Ware's short jumper and back-to-back treys from Griffin Sponaugle and Greene put MU back in front, 47-45, with 9:13 to go.

Greene nailed another three-pointer from the top of the arc for a 53-49 MU lead at 6:45.

Tied 56-56, Ware beat the shot clock buzzer and converted his second three-point play in a four-minute span to give MU a 59-56 lead with 1:05 remaining.

King's scored a pair of buckets in the final minute while limiting MU to one free throw to force overtime, 60-60.

With King's leading 21-15 midway through the first half, Busacca made a jumper and capped an 8-1 run with a lay up to tie the score, 23-23, with 4:53 left.

King's went ahead 26-23, but Greene hit two three-pointers over the final 2:29 to give MU a one-point halftime advantage.

Misericordia will host FDU-Florham, Saturday at 3:00.