ORANGE, Calif. – The Chapman University men's basketball team won its fifth straight game with an 86-79 win over Occidental on Wednesday. Chapman jumped into third place with the win and can clinch the No. 3 seed with a win in the regular season finale at Caltech on Saturday.

Dylan Mansour scored 19 points off the bench and Jake Heberle scored 24 more to lead the Panthers to the win. Mansour shot 7-for-9 in the game and made all three of his three-point attempts. Heberle drained three three-pointers and was 7-for-11 in the game.

Cruz Billings added in 19 points with four assists while Joe Keegan scored 10 points and Scott Schulz grabbed three rebounds.

Chapman finished the regular season with a 12-2 overall record at home, including an 8-0 home record in SCIAC play.

A 12-0 run over nearly three minutes of the first half turned a tie game into a 12-point lead for the Panthers. Oxy fought back but Heberle's buzzer-beating three-pointer pushed the halftime lead back to 11 at 49-38.

The lead grew to as much as 16 in the first five minutes of the second half but Occidental roared back with a 13-0 run in the next three-and-a-half minutes to cut the lead into a single possession. Oxy tied the game with 8:45 to go as Nicky Clotfelter hit 1-of-2 free throws.

The teams traded blows for the next three minutes and were tied at 73-73. Heberle dropped in a pair of free throws to regain the lead. Schulz came away with a steal on the other lead, leading to a Mansour bucket and the Panthers never trailed again. Billings and Mansour made all four free throws late in the game to seal the victory.

Chapman finishes the regular season at Caltech on Saturday and will clinch the No. 3 seed in next week's SCIAC Tournament with a win.