The St. John Fisher College Cardinals fell to neighboring rival Nazareth on Tuesday night at Nazareth's Kidera Gymnasium, allowing the Golden Flyers to escape with a 68-65 victory in overtime play.

Nazareth quickly took control of the five minute overtime, gaining a five-point lead thanks to three good free throws and a lay-up from Brittany Wilson, who led the Golden Flyers with 19 points. Amanda Lax tied the game for the second time with 20 seconds left, sinking a 3-pointer to knot the score at 65-65. It wasn't enough, as Wilson would come in clutch for Nazareth again, hitting a three from the left corner with less than a second to go.

Fisher opened the second half on a 15-0 run, pushing its lead to 45-33. Nazareth took its first lead of the second half with 2:27 left to play in regulation. Lax, who had 11 first half points, scored her first point of the second half on a good free throw to tie the game at 58-58 with under a minute to play, leading to the eventual overtime.

The Cardinals answered an 11-0 run from Nazareth and a 15-point deficit in the first half with a 12-4 run over the final five minutes to take only a three-point deficit into the locker room at the half, 33-30.

Lax and senior Mary Kate Comfort led Fisher with 17 points apiece, Comfort coupling it with nine boards.

With the loss, Fisher falls to 12-10 overall, and an even 7-7 in conference. Nazareth improves to 12-12 overall and 6-9 in the Empire 8.

Fisher returns to action when it hosts Utica College in the last of its regular season games Friday night at Bobby Wanzer Court. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m