ST. JOSEPH  Through the years, Chrisman has prided itself on playing some pretty good basketball. That usually meant a couple of pure scorers were in the mix, like News-Gazette All-Area pick Robert Lorenzen and Lane Good last season. This season''s team is different. Missing is that game-breaker. Instead, the Cardinals are a group of scrappy kids getting by on heart. And Thursday night, the Cardinals played wise beyond their experience. Chrisman recovered after blowing a 13-point fourth-quarter lead to rally past Tuscola 61-60 on junior Justin Kindred''s runner in the lane with five seconds left in overtime at the Leader Classic. It was a nice pick-me-up after a 16-point loss Tuesday against Unity. "I think it sends a message to us and everyone else that we''re a good team and we can hang with the best of them," said Chrisman senior center Brock Simons, who had a season-high 21 points and 12 rebounds. "There''s a lot of people who will doubt us and say we''re young or we''re kind of green in that respect. This is a win that is good for us." Simons is one of three seniors in the starting lineup, but most lack valuable varsity experience. All the Cardinals played like veterans against Tuscola, which fought back in the fourth quarter for the second straight game only to fall short. "Our kids wanted that game," Chrisman coach Chad Benedict said. "Tuscola is a good basketball team with or without (injured senior center Austin) Hogue. We could have folded and said we blew it, but we battled." Chrisman (6-5) led most of the game and by 13 twice early in the final period. But like it did Tuesday against Armstrong-Potomac, Tuscola rallied, outscoring the Cardinals 22-11 in the fourth quarter behind four three-pointers from 5-foot-6 guard Nick Kidwell (15 points). Kidwell''s last three gave Tuscola a three-point lead with 38 seconds left, but Chrisman''s own spark plug, 5-6 senior Pat Longo (16 points), was fouled on a three-point attempt with 11.4 seconds left and hit all three free throws to force overtime. In the extra session, Tuscola''s Justin Long (11 points) scored six of his team''s seven points and hit a free throw to give the Warriors a 61-60 lead with 12 seconds left in overtime. Then Kindred, the team''s leading scorer who struggled to find his shot, hit the game-winner as he was falling forward. "That''s what they do," Benedict said. "We''ve got some guys who can really do some good things, and they really believe we''re only going to get better." Tuscola (4-2) hopes to get better fast. Once again, the Warriors struggled early in most facets. They regrouped but once again had nothing to show for it. "The first thing we said after the game was that we didn''t deserve to win this game," Tuscola coach Bryan Smith said. "(Chrisman) played harder than we did most of the night. We just weren''t there physically and mentally. "We''ve got to keep pushing the right buttons and find the right combinations of players to get going again." * Monticello 67, GCMS 35. Kurt Winckler scored 10 of his game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter as the Sages outscored Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 19-2 in the period. Monticello (5-0) shot 26 of 47 from the field to win its second game of the tournament. Adam Gaskill added 15 points, and Jeremy Stevens had nine points and five assists. Senior A.J. Richard led the Falcons (2-8) with a game-high 22 points and five blocked shots.