FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The UND men's basketball team didn't get off to a hot start Saturday afternoon at Northern Arizona.

BJ Omot missed two 3-pointers in the final 10 seconds, and the Fighting Hawks, who at one point led by 17 points in the first half, lost to the Lumberjacks 74-73.

Omot, a sophomore at Mankato, finished with 15 points but was 0-of-7 on 3-pointers.

UND led 41-30 at halftime, but the Jacks tied the game 48-48 with 12:55 left in the second half.

In fact, the Hawks' comeback was delayed to force a tough finish.

Two free throws by Oakland Fort with 96 seconds left gave NAU a 72-66 lead.

UND answered with a 3-pointer by Traysen Eaglestaff with 1:26 left, cutting the lead in half to 72-69.

After NAU's Trenton McLaughlin missed a 3-pointer, Brady Danielson made two free throws to extend the lead to 72-71 with 59 seconds left.

Leading 73-72 with 34 seconds left, Eli King made a fast-break basket to briefly give UND the lead.

NAU regained the lead when McLaughlin scored with 22 seconds left at 74-73.

Omot missed a 3-point shot with five seconds left for the win. Omot took another 3-point shot at the buzzer off Danielson's offensive rebound, but it missed.

Following Omot's 15 points, UND got 14 points from Eagle Staff, who made 4 of 8 3-pointers. Tsotne Tsartshidze added 13 points and King had nine points.

Diego Campisano led NAU with 18 points.

NAU made 9-of-19 3-pointers and UND made 9-of-29.

The Hawks have lost five in a row. UND, which is 8-8 overall, will resume Summit League play on Jan. 11 when it plays in Omaha.