ALLIANCE, Ohio -- Mount Union's men's basketball team rallied for 17 points down in the second half and held on to beat Baldwin Wallace 110-109 in double overtime in an Ohio Athletic Conference game at the McPherson Academic and Athletic Complex.

Sophomore guard JJ Kukura (Alliance/Alliance) scored 10 in double overtime as he matched his career-high with 33 points to bring the Purple Raiders record to 4-2 overall (1-0 OAC).

Senior guard Jake Jacubec (Struthers/Struthers) had a career-best 27 points, senior forward Jarrett Ruffin (Northfield/Nordonia) had 25 points and 12 rebounds while senior guard Cody Dillon (Newton Falls/Newton Falls) had 16 as the other top performers for Mount Union.

Baldwin Wallace (4-2, 0-1 OAC) got a career-high and school record 51 points from sophomore Cameron Kuhn in the loss.

BW ran out to a 15-point lead on the strength of five three pointers in the game's opening 10 minutes to lead 28-13.  Mount Union battled back to close to within six points at 43-37 and trailed 45-37 at the break.  Ruffin had 11 in the period for the Raiders.

The Jackets stretched the lead out to 17 points, 60-43 in the first six minutes of the second half and again Mount Union chipped away and never took the lead then tied the game on a Jacubec layup with 1:12 to go in regulation.   Both teams missed three pointers in the last minute.

Mount Union took its first lead of the game on a three-pointer from Kukura to start the overtime. The lead changed hands two more times in the period and a Jaelen Hollinger three with 1:25 left in period gave BW an 89-86 lead.  Jacubec tied it again with a three pointer with 20 seconds left in the period.

The second overtime started with Kukura scoring the Raiders first 10 points to build a six-point lead 102-96 with 2:06 left.  Again it was Jacubec late as he went 4-of-4 from the line in the final 10 seconds to seal the win.

Mount Union next plays at Capital Saturday at 2 p.m. in Columbus.