Chase Ellis scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds but Berry's men's basketball team dropped its first game of the season, 82-76, in overtime Tuesday to Roanoke at the Music City Classic in Gallatin, Tenn.

Berry led 68-55 after an Ellis 3-pointer with 5:11 to go in regulation; however, the Vikings wouldn't score the rest of the second half as the Maroons went on a 13-0 run to force overtime.

In the extra session, Riley Costas put BC on top 76-75 with a lay-up to close his 12-point performance, but Roanoke (8-1) would make two free-throws on a three-shot opportunity to take the lead for good, 77-76. Two shots for Berry wouldn't go on the next two possessions and the Vikings would fall to 8-1 after absorbing their first loss of the campaign.

Owen Honroth connected on five 3-pointers en route to an 18-point effort in the loss, joining Ellis and Costas in double-figures. Blake Campbell also added 11 points.

The Vikings will be back in action tomorrow as they face Hampden Sydney at 4 p.m.