Game ends 2 days after it was started

First Joshua Linson knocked out the lights. Then he knocked out Winston-Salem State.

Linson finished what he started, breaking a 40-hour tie by hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer with 24 seconds left Friday to lead Johnson C. Smith to an 89-86 overtime win against the Rams in a bizarre game that took three days to complete.

The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association game was suspended Wednesday night when Linson’s full-court heave with 0.3 seconds remaining shattered two lights suspended from the ceiling about 20 feet above the court, leaving one dangling perilously from a wire.

The game, tied at 76-76, was suspended until Friday because of safety concerns.

Winston-Salem State had the option to decide the outcome by a coin flip, but instead elected to travel the 90 minutes back to Charlotte, N.C., to play a five-minute overtime period, which lasted 14 minutes in real time.

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Stanford 64, Southern California 59: Chiney Ogwumike scored 27 points and Bonnie Samuelson added 14 to help No. 5 Stanford (25-2, 14-1 Pac12) beat host Southern California (16-11, 9-6).

Arizona State 55, Colorado 51: Katie Hempen scored 13 points and host Arizona State (21-6, 10-5 Pac-12) snapped a three-game losing streak with a win against Colorado (14-12, 4-11).