ST. CHARLES, Mo. – SIUE men's basketball erased a 12-point second-half deficit on its way to a 78-72 win at Lindenwood Tuesday night at Hyland Arena.

The Cougars moved into a tie for fifth place in the Ohio Valley Conference at 8-5 and are just a game back of second place. SIUE improved to 15-9 overall. The Cougars have won five of their last six games and improved to 7-5 in true road games, tying the program record for road wins at the Division I level.

Lindenwood also is 8-5 in the OVC and 15-9 overall. With the win, the Cougars swept the season series from the Lions.

The win also marked the fourth time this season that SIUE has won after trailing at halftime.

Four Cougars scored in double figures led by Tyler King's 22 points. He was 7-15 from the field and 4-7 from three-point range. It is King's second 20-point game in his last three. He scored 16 of his points in the second half.

Arnas Sakenis recorded his second career double-double, with both coming in his last four games. He scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Jack Campion scored a season-high 17 points while adding seven assists. CJ Hall scored 10 points and added six rebounds.

Both teams shot well in the first half, but two lengthy runs by Lindenwood had the Lions in front 41-37 at the break.

Tyler King cut the lead to one (41-40) with a three-pointer just 30 seconds into the second half, before Lindenwood went on a 9-0 run.

An Anias Futrell three-pointer gave Lindenwood its largest lead at 56-44, but a 10-2 SIUE run got the Cougars back to within two at 58-56.

Campion tied the game with a free throw with 5:12 to play. After a Kyle Thomas defensive rebound, SIUE called timeout. On the ensuing play, Campion found King on the left wing. King buried a three-pointer to move SIUE in front for the first time since it led 11-10 early in the first half. The Cougars never trailed again.

After a miss by Campion, Sakenis grabbed the offensive rebound and kicked out for another King three-pointer to give SIUE a 73-69 lead with 1:04 left.

The Cougars shot an even 50 percent (28-56) for the game and connected on 8-15 (53 percent) three-pointers.

Jadis Jones led five Lindenwood players in double figures with 23 points. The Lions shot 40 percent (28-70) for the game.

The Cougars will play their fourth consecutive road game when they travel to Little Rock Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. game with the Trojans.