Tiffin, Ohio - It took five extra minutes, but Tiffin women's basketball was able to complete their comeback and defeat Malone 69-67 in overtime on Saturday.

Tied at 62 after four frames, only 12 total points were scored between the two teams, but it was a bucket by Aarion Nichols with 10 seconds left that put the Dragons up by one that proved to be the difference.

Tiffin improves to 4-2 on the year, while Malone falls to 0-4. The Dragons sweep the season series with the Pioneers after defeating them on the road, 69-61, on Dec. 9. 

Nichols had a double-double with 14 points and 15 boards. Jensen Hiegel added a season-best 16 points to lead the Dragons in scoring on the afternoon, followed by Jada Tate with 12 points and six rebounds.

Jasmine Watts also had 11 points to round out four double-digit scorers. Malone's Holly Groff played all 45 minutes of the game, and led all scorers with 25 points.

The Dragons were able to overcome a large disparity in points off turnovers, as Malone scored 25 compared to just five for Tiffin. TU made up for it in other ways, though, outrebounding the Pioneers 41-34 and scoring ten more points in the paint.

Tiffin and Malone were even at 16 after the first quarter, but the Pioneers pulled away in the second period to take a 33-26 lead at the break.

The Dragons chipped away at the deficit in the third quarter, trailing by just four, 49-45, with 10 minutes to play in regulation.

Malone extended the lead back out to seven to begin the fourth with a Groff triple. The Dragons still trailed by six with 4:36 to go, but a 9-3 Dragon run that ended with a Richards layup evened the score at 62 with 1:37 remaining. Neither team was able to score in the final 90 seconds, sending the game to overtime.

The Dragons struck first in extra time on a Tate bucket, but another three from Groff would put the Pioneers up 67-66 with 1:31 to play. With 29 seconds left and Tiffin still down by one, Nichols took the game into her hands and got a runner to fall in the lane with just 10 seconds remaining. Richards would add a free throw before all was said and done, and Malone's last-second attempt from the left wing clanged off the rim and into the hands of Richards, giving Tiffin the two-point win.

Tiffin will now take two weeks off for the holiday break before returning to action on Saturday, Jan. 2 at Cedarville.