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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - In the final seconds of regulation, Dorrian Williams drove to the basket for the potential game-winning shot, but his layup off the glass spun around the rim and came out to force overtime. Washington State capitalized on its good fortune and sent Missouri State (3-3) home with an 89-84 defeat in extra time in the Great Alaska Shootout 4th/6th-place game here Saturday.

Williams finished with 13 points and game highs 6 rebounds and 8 assists for the Bears who led by 12 at the intermission and by 14 early in the second half against the Pac-12 Conference Cougars (3-3).

Camyn Boone added 19 points for Missouri State before fouling out, while Loomis Gerring and Marcus Marshall each scored 18, and Austin Ruder added 14.

DaVonte Lacey led all scorers with 31 points, including 8 in overtime, to lead four Washington State players in double figures in the scoring column. The Cougars went 18-for-27 (.667) from the field after the intermission and shot a solid 83 percent at the foul line to keep themselves in the game.

The Bears were in command for most of the game and got a dunk from Boone and pair of free throws from Williams to lead 49-35 with 18:38 to play. Washington State whittled its deficit to six with an 8-0 run over the next three minutes, but a 3-pointer by Ruder got the lead back to 52-43 before the under-16 timeout.

With 10 minutes to go, Williams took the controls and dropped in a clutch trey of his own, in addition to a transition bucket, while Boone's layup around the 9-minute mark countered a pair of Cougar 3-pointers that had brought WSU within 61-57.

Boone's layup with 4:43 left in regulation pushed the Bears up 71-64, but Missouri State would collect just one more field goal the rest of the way - a 3-pointer by Marshall in the final two minutes - while WSU climbed back.

It looked like Marshall's 3-pointer, which gave Missouri State a 74-71 lead, was going to hold up when Lacey missed a long shot for the Cougars with 75 seconds left, and Williams gathered the rebound. The Bears wound the clock down to 43 seconds before Gerring narrowly missed a 3-pointer. Washington State took advantage with a downtown basket by Que Johnson to tie the game with 30 seconds to play before MSU set up Williams for the last-second attempt.

In overtime, Marshall brought the Bears back from three down with a 3-pointer with to give MSU a 78-77 edge with 3:25 to go, and free throws by Gerring and Williams in the final 90 seconds kept within one. But when the Bears trapped Lacey in the corner on the in-bound pass, Williams was whistled for a foul, which Lacey converted.

Lacey made six straight free throws in the final 25 seconds of overtime, while MSU missed its only shot in that span to suffer its second narrow loss of the tournament.

Missouri State finished 30-for-61 (.492) from the field and 10-of-22 (.455) from beyond the arc while out-rebounding the Cougars by a 30-28 margin and committing just 10 turnovers with 21 assists.

Ike Ioregbu scored 14 for WSU, while Josh Hawkinson and Ny Redding added 11 points apiece for the Cougars who finished 28-for-55 (.509) overall, 9-of-26 (.346) from long range and 24-of-29 (.828) at the line. Lacey was 10-of-11 at the line, 9-of-17 from the field with 3 treys.

Missouri State jumped out to a 12-point advantage in the first half with the Bears firing home 63 percent of their shots and committing just 4 turnovers. Marshall, who missed the last two games with a quad strain, made his return in style by making all 5 shots he took in the first stanza to lead all players with 12 points at the break.

After the Cougars led 7-4 early, Gerring scored on a hook shot, and Marshall dropped in a deep 3-pointer to give the Bears a four-point edge. Marshall later scored on back-to-back possessions around the 6-minute mark to push Missouri State ahead by double figures for the first time, 33-22.

At the 2:20 mark, Ruder scored his third trey of the opening period to give MSU a 37-24 lead, but a quick 7-2 run by WSU got the Pac-12 club back within 39-31 with a minute to go. But Paul Lusk's squad ended the half on a 6-2 outburst to go in leading by 12.

Missouri State now returns home for a Thursday clash with regional rival Arkansas-Little Rock (4-1) at 7:05 p.m., at JQH Arena.