ABILENE, Texas – Craig Green's tip-in at the buzzer lifted Midwestern State to an improbable 78-77 win over Abilene Christian Saturday night at Moody Coliseum.

His heroics foiled an incredible shooting night by ACU's Eddie Thompson, whose sixth 3-pointer gave the Wildcats a one-point lead with 2.87 seconds remaining.

"Craig made an unbelievable play to win," MSU coach Grant McCasland said. "If you're going to be a championship team, you have to figure out a way to win games like this."

All it took was a set play from the far baseline as Anthony Moore launched a baseball pass the length of the floor which was slapped out of bounds by an ACU player to set the Mustangs up with an inbounds play off of their own baseline with 1.87 seconds to go.

"It was a set play we call "bomb," McCasland said. "Anthony threw a great pass and I really thought it might have gone off of 'Shad (Austin), but it went so fast it was hard to tell."

The call went MSU's way and Jason Ebie triggered the ball into a wide open Moore, who put the ball off of the back rim from 12 feet on the baseline.

"I told everyone to go get it because we were going to have a lot of time," McCasland said. "(Craig) just tipped it in and went to the house."

Green came free with a clean, two-hand tip in before the buzzer and was immediately mobbed by his teammates.

The Mustangs extended their most current winning streak to five games while improving to 19-1 on the season and 4-1 in the Lone Star Conference South Division.

"Give ACU a lot of credit for being ready to go from the jump," McCasland said. "They kinda punched us in the mouth early and got it going on."

The Wildcats used a 17-3 run midway through the first half to take a 23-12 lead on Kevin White's transition layup with 10:26 to play in the first half.

The Mustangs battled back to within 35-31 at the half and tied the game on five occasions before using an 8-0 run culminated by Chris Hagan's steal and layup with 2:26 to play to take a 74-66 lead.

But ACU hit three 3-pointers and a transition layup to take a 77-76 lead with less than 3 seconds to go.

Thompson, who played for McCasland at Midland College, hit 6-of-7 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 26 points to pace the Wildcats.

Senior forward Michael Godwin finished with a career-high 20 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead the Mustangs, while Green added 13 points and five rebounds.

Moore completed a terrific all-around game with 10 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.

"We played bad and we just figured out a way to win," McCasland said.

The Mustangs take on Tarleton State Wednesday night in Stephenville. Tipoff at Wisdom Gym is set for 8 p.m. or 25 minutes after the conclusion of the women's game which begins at 6.