The Fishers Freight lost their fifth consecutive game Saturday night, falling 45-44 in overtime to the Tulsa Oilers at the Fishers Event Center.

The defeat dropped the Freight to 5-6 on the season, while Tulsa improved to 5-5. The final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference remains up for grabs.

The Freight scored a touchdown in overtime, and kicked the extra point.  Tulsa scored a touchdown next, and tallied a two-point conversion to win the game.

It was a bitter loss for Fishers, which trailed from the opening kickoff. Tulsa’s Axel Perez kicked a deuce — sending the ball between the uprights on the kickoff for two points — to make it 2-0 before a single play was run from scrimmage.

The Freight trailed 29-21 at halftime but rallied to take the lead on a Felix Harper touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Davis Black, acquired by Fishers just this week, started the game with Harper nursing a hip injury. After Black threw an interception late in the first half, Coach Dixie Wooten turned to Harper, who promptly marched the offense down the field for a touchdown.

The Freight defense, which played well last week in Jacksonville, struggled often against the Oilers.

Fishers now heads west to face the Arizona Rattlers on Sunday, June 14. The Freight beat Arizona earlier this season at the Fishers Event Center, but wins have been hard to come by lately. To say the Freight badly need a victory would be an understatement.