Perez has career-best 24, Gardner-Webb wins 81-77 in OT

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Jose Perez had five of his career-best 24 points in overtime as Gardner-Webb held off Kennesaw State 81-77 to grab its fifth straight win on Thursday night.
Perez, who was 8 of 15 from the floor while making all six free throws offered, drove for a layup in the waning seconds of regulation to tie it at 70-70. Kennesaw State’s Tyler Hooker missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer.
Perez opened the extra period by hitting a jump shot and later completed a 3-p