MONTICELLO, Ark. — In the lowest scoring game in Great American Conference history, Henderson State got a go-ahead basket from Franck Kamgain with 53 seconds remaining and held on for a 48-45 road win over Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday evening. The victory was the first for the Reddies in Monticello since 2015.

Tomislav Miholjcic had a career-high 13 points to lead HSU and also grabbed five rebounds. He was the only Reddie in double figures in the win.

It was a cold shooting start for Henderson (10-5, 6-3) on the road in the timberlands. The Reddies got early buckets from Miholjcic and Damian Dear and led 17-13 after 10 minutes of play, but a dry spell from the floor hit HSU down the stretch of the half. 

UAM took advantage and outscored the Reddies 15-4 over the final 9:56 to take a 28-21 lead into the break. Henderson shot 37.5% in the opening period while the Weevils connected on 47.8% of their looks from the floor. 

Down by seven, Henderson wasted no time getting back into the game at the start of the second half. The Reddies opened the period with a 9-0 run, which was capped by a 3-pointer from Yuri Swinford, to seize a 30-28 lead at the 15:18 mark. 

After being held scoreless for nearly five minutes, the Weevils answered with a 7-2 spurt to regain a 35-32 lead, but it did not last long, as a 3-pointer from Xavier Davenport tied the score at 35-35 — the first of three ties in the last 12:15.

Baskets were at a premium down the stretch. UAM's largest lead was 39-35, but Henderson refused to go away and tied the game at both 39-39 and 41-41 before taking a 44-43 lead on a Swinford 3-pointer with 4:39 left.

The Reddies' one-point cushion held for two minutes, but two free throws from UAM with 2:18 to go put Monticello in front, 45-44. After an empty trip by the Reddies, the Weevils had the ball and a one-point lead with under a minute to play, but Kamgain came up with a big play for Henderson as he stripped the UAM ball-handler and went coast-to-coast to put HSU up 46-45 with 53 seconds remaining.

The Weevils had two chances to take the lead in the final seconds, but on both trips, the Reddie defense came up with stops — one on a missed shot and one on a turnover. Quawn Marshall calmly sank two free throws to increase the HSU lead to 48-45 with 7.3 left and UAM's final heave to tie it drew iron, as Henderson secured its fifth road win of the season.

Saturday was the seventh time this season that the Reddies won a game after trailing at the half. HSU limited UAM to 33.3% shooting in the second half and forced 23 Weevil turnovers while committing just 14. 

Henderson returns to action on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. when it hosts East Central at the Duke Wells Center.