Kalamazoo, Mich. -- Western Michigan rallied from a 21-point halftime deficit and made 31-of-32 from the free-throw line to defeat the Youngstown State women's basketball team 69-64 in overtime on Sunday at University Arena.

The Broncos made just three field goals in the final 12:14 of game action, including overtime, but they went 17-for-18 from the stripe during that span.

Youngstown State led by as many as 24 in the second half, and the Penguins still maintained a 10-point advantage inside of four-and-a-half minutes remaining. They had a 58-53 lead with under two minutes left when all that could go wrong went wrong.

YSU committed a turnover after rebounding WMU's first missed free throw of the game, and a missed layup followed a defensive stop. Still, YSU was in position to win when a foul call turned the game.

Brenna Bankston missed a 3-pointer for Western Michigan, and YSU's Brandi Brown grabbed the rebound. She was immediately trapped by two Broncos waving their arms, and a foul was called. Maria Iaquaniello was on the floor, and the officials checked the replay monitor to see if Brown had elbowed her in the head on a clear-out. After viewing a high-angle camera shot, the officials determined that Brown made contact with Iaquaniello's head and, by rule, called an intentional foul on YSU's forward.

That was Brown's fifth foul, and the Broncos were awarded two free throws and possession. Iaquaniello made both charity tosses, and Taylor Manley hit a game-tying triple with 56 seconds left to complete a five-point swing.

Both teams missed a shot in the final 30 seconds, and YSU had gone from up five points with possession with 1:12 remaining to overtime.

Heidi Schlegel scored the first two buckets in the extra period to put YSU up 62-58, but the Penguins were outscored 11-2 the rest the way. Manley hit a 3-pointer off an offensive rebound, and, after Macey Nortey split a pair of free throws, Iaquaniello hit a jumper to tie the score at 63.

YSU turned the ball over on its next possession, and Manley hit two free throws on the other end to give Western Michigan its first lead of the game with 26 seconds left. Kenya Middlebrooks was fouled on YSU's possession, but she missed her first free throw and WMU maintained a 65-64 lead.

Manley made two more free throws with 10 seconds left, and Schlegel's 3-point attempt was off the mark with under five seconds remaining. YSU fouled, and Bankston made two free throws for the final margin.

Schlegel scored a career-high and game-high 18 points to lead four Penguins in double figures. Bojana Dimitrov scored 17, Tieara Jones had 11 and Brown had 10. Dimitrov and Brown fouled out in regulation, and Jones fouled out with 27 seconds left in overtime. Macey Nortey also fouled out as YSU was whistled 25 times for infractions.

Manley had 16 points despite going 4-for-19 from the field. She led five Broncos in double figures. WMU was 31-for-32 from the line while YSU was 10-for-19. The Broncos had 18 team fouls but only 10 after halftime. YSU had 19 fouls in the final 25 minutes.

YSU outshot the Broncos 41.8 percent to 26.2 percent.

Youngstown State played outstanding defense in the first half to limit the Broncos to 13 points in the first 20 minutes. That kept the Guins in the game until the offense picked up.

YSU took a 5-0 lead on Brown's free throw at the 17:11 mark, but the Penguins had just two points over the next nine minutes. Western Michigan was only able to go up 9-7, and YSU scored on five straight possessions to go up 21-9. Schlegel scored 11 points in a 2:18 span and hit four treys during that stretch. She buried three treys, with a Dimitrov triple sandwiched in, and she cut to the basket for a deuce.

Schlegel added a free throw at the 4:49 mark to cap a 15-0 run. Maria Iaquaniello hit a bucket with 2:30 to end a scoring drought for WMU that lasted more than eight minutes, and Cleary hit a bucket to cut the margin to 25-13.

The Penguins then hit three more treys in the final 1:10 to push their advantage to 34-13 at the break. Brown hit a trey for her first field goal of the contest, and the next two triples beat buzzers. Tieara Jones hit one from the left wing just before the shot clock hit zero, and Bojana Dimitrov hit one from straight on with left than a second remaining.

YSU started the first half 3-of-15 from the field, but the Penguins made nine of their last 14 attempts. All seven of their 3-pointers came in the final 8:15.

Dimitrov's third 3-pointer of the game put YSU up 39-15 less than a minute into the second half, but WMU showed that it was going to play with more intensity early in the half. The Broncos scored six straight points to chisel the lead down to 41-27, and another 6-0 run later in the period trimmed the margin to 13. The Broncos scored seven straight points to get to within single digits at 54-45 and another 6-0 run made the score 56-52 with 1:57 left.

Middlebrooks hit a lay-up with 1:51 left to put YSU up 58-52 and stop a four-minute scoring drought. Aurielle Anderson then split a pair of free throws with 1:44 remaining to set up the final sequence.

Brown had a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds. Schlegel was 7-for-11 from the field and gad four of YSU's 15 steals. The Penguins committed 29 turnovers.

DeAirra Goss added 12 points and 10 rebounds for Western Michigan. The Broncos grabbed 22 offensive rebounds and turned that into a 19-8 edge in second-chance points.

Schlegel's previous career high was 11 points against Bucknell.

Youngstown State will return home to face Akron on Thursday at 7:05 p.m.