MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – In the end, much as it has throughout the season, Brainerd’s boys’ basketball team found a way.
With their Class AA state quarterfinal tied late, the Panthers held Pearl Cohn scoreless over the final 1:19 and senior Trey Owten not only accounted for the only points of the last minute, he stole an inbounds pass and dribbled out the closing seconds for a 76-73 win Wednesday at Middle Tennessee State University.
“It was do or die there at the end, so I knew I had to make a play,” said Owten, who finished with 12 points, including his team’s final five during a two-minute stretch. “I knew he was going to throw it backcourt because he’d done that all game, so I just jumped to the spot where the ball was going.”
Trey Owten with the steal and is then able to dribble out the final seconds as Brainerd beats Pearl Cohn by 3 #bestofpreps pic.twitter.com/ZAqcRljWEL
— Stephen Hargis (@StephenHargis) March 13, 2019
Brainerd HC Levar Brown on his team making 11 of 22 3-point shots – junior Kevin Halfacre was 4 of 5 – in a 76-73 state tournament win over Pearl Cohn #bestofpreps pic.twitter.com/MN4tygdHsc