In a game that came down to the wire, the Seattle University Redhawks pulled out a major road win in San Jose. Fighting for every last point, the Redhawks sealed the deal in the final seconds to beat the Spartans 90-88.

A three-point shot from the corner, and Seattle U’s Taylor Olson bagged the first game-winning shot of his college career.

With just 10 seconds left on the clock, the Spartans were up by one after Mac Peterson sunk both from the line. Finding himself with the ball and the shot, Taylor Olson put it up for three and never looked back.

After failing to take the lead a single time in the first, it wasn’t until the final four minutes of the second half that the Redhawks were able to go up by five. In fact, Chuck Garcia—with 20 points on the night—scored 17 of those points in the second.

The Spartans started strong with as much as a 13-point lead in the first period. Hanging tough, the Redhawks were able to narrow the Spartans’ lead to just four at the half (42-38), despite shooting 42.9 percent (15-of-35) from the field to San Jose State’s 60 percent (15-of-25.)

Reversing the shooting trend in the second period, the Redhawks slowly picked away at the Spartans’ lead. Seattle U shot 60.6 percent (20-of-33) from the field and San Jose State only 44 percent (11-of-25) in the second half. It was the Redhawks’ rebounding efforts that factored heavily into the win, out-rebounding the Spartans 37-24.

Seattle U’s Alex Jones had another high scoring night at 17 points but was credited with a whopping six turnovers in the game. Cervante Burrell managed 14 points, and Taylor Olson—with his game winning three-pointer—had eight.

Totally odd stat of the game? The Spartans’ bench didn’t score a single point on the night, while the Redhawks’ crew finished the game at an impressive 52 points. The Redhawks’ bench, once again, consisted of none other than high scorers Charles Garcia and Alex Jones.

Inching closer to their goal of ending the season over .500 with the hopes of a tournament appearance, the Redhawks return to the KeyArena Saturday night to face California State Bakersfield.