A three-pointer by senior Jon Schreer with 29.1 seconds left was the game-winning shot as the Muhlenberg men's basketball team picked up its first Centennial Conference win of the season, 67-65 against Johns Hopkins in a thrilling game.

Neither team led by more than eight points in the game nor by more than six points in the second half. For a stretch of 14 minutes in the second half, the biggest margin was three points.

Sophomore Erik Werheim scored a career-high 16 points in his first career start, and Schreer finished with 11. Junior Nick Rindock narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and a career-high 11 rebounds in addition to dishing out five assists.

Werheim (pictured above) started an 8-0 run with a dunk off a pass from senior Brandon LaRose and capped it with two free throws, giving the Mules (4-2, 1-2) their biggest lead of the game at 62-57 with 2:51 to play. The Blue Jays (2-4, 1-2) came back to tie the score at 64 with just under a minute left. Schreer's clutch three from the wing off a pass from Rindock on the ensuing possession made it 67-64.

Hopkins missed two potential game-tying three-pointers, and both times Muhlenberg grabbed the rebound but missed the front end of one-and-ones. After the second, the Mules fouled the Blue Jays near halfcourt with 1.6 seconds left. Hopkins made the first free throw and intentionally missed the second, looking for a game-tying putback, but Rindock snagged the rebound as the clock expired.

Muhlenberg shot 47.2 percent for the game and recorded assists on 19 of its 25 field goals. The Mules, who entered the day leading the CC in steals, added 13 to their total, with Werheim recording three and Schreer, Rindock and LaRose adding two apiece.

After the first 12 minutes of the game featured seven lead changes, the Blue Jays, who were picked third in the CC preseason poll, built an eight-point lead, 34-26, with two minutes to go in the half. But four straight free throws by junior Alex Mitton - the first four points of his career - cut the margin in half and set the stage for the closely contested second half.