Who needs the postal service when you know what Brown can do for you?

Miles junior guard Avery Brown delivered when his team needed it most on Saturday, scoring the game-winning basket as time expired to give the Golden Bears a 67-65 win over Tuskegee at Chappie James Arena. The win pulled Miles (11-3, 6-2) to within a half-game of the Golden Tigers (10-6, 7-2) in the SIAC Western Division standings and put an end to TU's seven-game win streak.

There was a bit of an ominous feel in the arena for the Golden Bears before the final play began. Miles had wasted a 12-point lead in the second half and Tuskegee had just tied the score at 65 on a fastbreak layup by James Eads with seven seconds remaining. The TU fans, like their players dressed in dark clothing for a "black out", were energized and worse - for Miles - was forward Frank Royles laying injured along the Miles baseline from the previous offensive possession.

But after Royles was helped to the bench and play resumed, it was all about Brown. He took the inbounds pass, dribbled up the left side of the court, and floated a 10-foot running jumper from outside the lane that fell through as the final horn sounded. The Miles bench leaped to its collective feet in exultation while the arena of Golden Tigers fans went silent, knowing the Golden Bears' were sending the blackout crowd home feeling blue.

Things moved slowly early for Miles but when Ryan Calhoun made his first appearance five minutes into the game, the Golden Bears caught fire. He scored 10 points in a 3-minute span to break open a tight game. When Jelani Watson-Gayle (8 points, 4 assists) scored with just under eight minutes left in the first half, Miles had opened a 28-19 advantage. The Golden Bears would not score for the final five minutes of the half but still shot over 52 percent from the field and went into the break with a 30-24 lead.

The Golden Bears wasted little time expanding the lead. Richard Feagin (7 points) and Watson-Gayle nailed 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions to start the second half, and Braeden Stewart got free for a dunk that gave Miles a 38-26 lead less than two minutes into the period. But from there, the game changed.

Tuskegee scored on five consecutive possessions over the next three minutes to cut its deficit to two points. Miles would keep the Golden Tigers at bay for a moment but when James Eads drained a 3-pointer with 7:49 to go, TU had grabbed a 52-49 lead. Miles would retake the lead, getting a 3-point play from Calhoun (who scored a career-high 17 points) to go ahead 59-54 with five minutes left.

Still, the Golden Tigers took the lead again less than three minutes later. But Miles fought back and drained six consecutive free throws, the last two coming from Feagin with 41 seconds left, to put the Golden Bears ahead 65-61. But Eads (23 points, 14 rebounds) would respond with two free throws on the other end and after Royles missed a layup on the other end, he scored the game-tying bucket that set up Brown's heroics.

DeShawn Millington (18 points) and Myles Thomas (14 points, 9 rebounds) were the only other players in double figures for Tuskegee. Brown had 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists and Stewart added 10 points and 3 steals for Miles, which travels to play Spring Hill on Monday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.