With less than a minute to go in overtime, Lawrence High senior guard Austin Miller picked up his fifth personal foul.

Before dispersing to the bench, Miller made sure to go around and high-five each one of his four teammates on the floor, sharing words of encouragement while his squad tried to hold its advantage down the stretch. As he made his way to the sideline, a chorus of chants boomed from the LHS crowd — repeating his full name — in the team’s eventual 62-56 victory over Olathe Northwest on Friday at LHS.

“They are chanting my name, the crowd is just unbelievable,” Miller said. “They help big time. The energy and the feel. It’s a great student section.”

But it was a scene that seemed improbable in the waning moments of regulation.

With less than 25 seconds to go in the contest, the Lions stared down a six-point deficit. Sophomore Clarence King brought the ball swiftly up the court, before dishing it back to a trailing Miller, who took one step and bottomed a pull-up 3-pointer from the left wing. His trey cut it to a single possession with 17.1 seconds remaining.

On the impending inbounds play, the Ravens were hit with a five-second violation as the Lions shut down all passing lanes. Miller made the most of the new life, by connecting on a deep 3-pointer from the left wing, to ultimately even the score at 48-all.

“It’s not a huge surprise, he can really light it up,” LHS coach Mike Lewis said. “But to be in position to hit those shots and be real clean on our look to tie it. I’m just proud of the way he scored it with confidence.”

And Miller wasn’t done there against the very team he played for as a freshman before transferring to LHS.

In the free period, Olathe Northwest struck first with a 3-pointer. After senior Kobe Buffalomeat trimmed the deficit to one, Miller buried the long ball from the top of the key, to recapture the lead with a 1:14 to go.

LHS never trailed from that moment on, despite Miller fouling out.

“That was just insane,” senior Jackson Mallory said. “He looked at me and Clarence and said, ‘Give me the ball and I’ll get us to overtime.’ We did and he hit it.”

Miller finished with 12 points on four made 3-pointers, all of which came in the fourth quarter and overtime. He started his 4-of-4 effort during that span, with a triple at the 4:48 mark in the final period to give the Lions their first lead since midway through the opening quarter.

Miller was one of three double digit scorers for Lawrence. King finished with 17 points, including a 7-of-8 effort at the free throw line in overtime. Meanwhile, sophomore Brett Chapple notched 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including a 6-of-7 clip in the first half.

No. 9 ranked Lawrence (11-4, 6-1) will travel to Blue Valley Northwest at 2:30 p.m. today to take on Liberty (Mo.) in the Best of Midwest showcase.

OLATHE NORTHWEST (56)

Jackson Nicodemus 2-5 5-9 11, Charlie Holmgren 1-4 2-2 5, Matt Vanderslice 3-6 1-2 7, Luke Waters 5-10 0-0 11, Dominic Messina 6-11 5-7 18, Jack Cashman 0-1 0-0 0, Jack Parks 1-5 1-1 3. Totals: 18-42 14-21 56.

LAWRENCE (62)

Braden Solko 0-2 0-0 0, Brett Chapple 7-11 3-5 17, Clarence King 3-14 11-14 17, Jackson Mallory 3-10 2-4 8, Kobe Buffalomeat 2-6 0-0 4, Anthony Selden 0-1 0-0 0, Austin Miller 4-8 0-0 12, Trey Quartlebaum 1-2 0-0 2, Noah Butler 1-3 0-2 2. Totals: 21-57 16-25 62.

Northwest 12 10 10 16 8 — 56

Lawrence 6 12 10 20 14 — 62

Three-point goals: Olathe NW 5-12 (Nicodemus 2, Holmgren, Waters, Messina) ; Lawrence 4-18 (Miller 4). Fouled out: Miller. Turnovers: Olathe Northwest 10, Lawrence 9.