ST. LOUIS -- Sadie Stipanovich registered her third career double-double, Olivia Jakubicek buried a game-tying 3-pointer in the waning seconds of regulation, and Saint Louis clinched its first winning non-conference record in eight years with a 73-68 overtime victory over Ball State Tuesday night at Chaifetz Arena.

The Billikens (7-6), who have won three straight for the first time this season, will carry a winning mark into Atlantic 10 Conference play for the first time since the 2006-07 campaign. SLU opens the A-10 slate Sunday, Jan. 4, at George Mason in a game that will be nationally televised by NBC Sports Network beginning at 1 p.m. (CT).

Ball State, which has dropped three in a row and five of seven, fell to 4-7.

Stipanovich recorded game highs of 26 points (two from tying her career high), 13 rebounds (one off her career high), eight offensive rebounds (tying her career high) and three steals (tying her career high). She tallied career highs for free throws made (10) and attempted (12) and added a career-high three assists.

Jenny Vliet tied her career high of three 3-pointers in a 13-point performance. Vliet added six rebounds and a career-high-tying two blocks. Desirae Ball scored a season-high 12 points, putting her just nine points away from 1,000 career points. Jakubicek tossed in 11 points to go with seven rebounds.

Jamesia Price equaled her season high with a game-high seven assists, and Jackie Kemph added four helpers.

Ball State got 15 points from Jill Morrison and 14 apiece from Shelbie Justice and Nathalie Fontaine. Candyce Ussery had nine points and team highs of eight rebounds and six assists. Shelby Merder contributed eight points and a game-high four blocks.

Saint Louis won the battle of the boards (42-39) for a fourth consecutive game and shot 85 percent (17-of-20) from the foul line. The Bills are 68-of-81 from the stripe (84 percent) in their last four outings.

The visiting Cardinals of the Mid-American Conference trailed 52-45 with 7:53 remaining but used a 13-2 run to go on top 58-54 at the 2:06 mark.

After taking the four-point lead, Ball State made a defensive stop and collected the rebound. But Stipanovich was fouled away from the play, and she hit two free throws to cut the Billikens' deficit to two.

Vliet made a steal on Ball State's next possession, and Stipanovich again sank two from the stripe to tie it at 58 with 1:24 left.

Justice canned a trey for a 61-58 Ball State lead, and the Cardinals got the ball back following a SLU miss. The Billikens kept the Cardinals from stretching the lead, however, and Jakubicek calmly buried just her fourth 3-pointer of the season from the right wing to knot the score at 61 with 28 seconds remaining.

Morrison misfired on a potential game-winning shot, and the Billikens found themselves in their second overtime game of the season.

After Morrison gave Ball State the lead with a bucket just 13 seconds into the extra session, Saint Louis went on a 9-0 run. Ball scored on consecutive possessions, and Vliet drained a triple and sank two free throws for a 70-63 lead with 1:18 left.

Ball State scored the next five points to make it a one-possession game. Price made the back end of a two-shot foul for a three-point Billiken edge, but Justice's 3-point attempt to tie was off the mark. Maddison Gits converted twice from the foul line with six seconds left to seal the victory.

Vliet and Kemph drilled 3-pointers on SLU's first two possessions of the game, and the Billikens built a 14-4 cushion. Ball State forged a 16-16 tie with a 12-2 spurt, but the Cardinals never took a first-half lead.