BUTTE -- Despite a double-double from Hayden Diekhans and big scoring nights for Karson Peffer and Brayden Koch, the No. 4-ranked Montana Tech men's basketball team lost an overtime thriller to Frontier Conference rival Carroll, 95-93, Saturday evening in Valley Bank Arena. 

Peffer led the way in the scoring column for Montana Tech (8-3, 2-3 Frontier) with a career-best 23 points, while Koch added 21. Diekhans scored 18 points to go with 13 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. 

The two teams went back and forth in the opening minutes before an 8-0 Oredigger run (all eight points scored by Peffer) late in the first half gave the home team some separation. Tech headed to the locker room with a 42-35 lead. 

In the second, the Orediggers pushed the lead to as many as 12 points before Carroll (6-1, 5-0) stormed back. The Saints took advantage of a plethora of foul calls against the home team to the tune of a 20-3 run and led 74-68 with 6:44 to play. 

Koch and Peffer powered a 6-0 Oredigger run that tied the game again with 4:14 on the clock, and the teams traded punches through the final minutes of regulation to head into overtime tied at 82. 

Carroll never trailed in the extra minutes. The Saints took the lead on a pair of Isaiah Crane free throws in the early going. Tech was able to tie the game four times as the clock ticked down, but CC's Drew Jones got a layup to fall with 2.3 seconds on the clock for the game-winner. 

Crane led the Saints with 22 points, while Jones added 21 off the bench. 

Montana Tech will remain home after final exams as the Orediggers look to snap their three-game losing streak next Saturday night on Kelvin Sampson Court against Mayville State at 7 p.m. 

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