Ben 71 AU 60 Final.

Green with 11 and only 1 foul to lead Ben. Snelling with 7. Former Ben Eagle Mike Bumber leads Aurora with 10. The only person in foul trouble is Ben's Jokic with 3. Snelling was T'd up early on a no-call so he'll have to watch himself.

Benedictine up 35-28 at half.

The Benedictine game wasn't as close as the score would indicate. Although it was a two point game at half, Benedictine opened up a 19 point lead about mid-way through the second half and it was a 15 point game with about 3 minutes to play. I hit the road at that point because the game was in hand, but my son said Marian hit a bunch of three's in the final minutes to close the gap.

Benedictine's pattern has been to struggle a bit in the first half and then turn it on in the second, but they can't afford to get down against Aurora if they want to advance to the championship game. It's going to be a helluva game Friday night. The Rice Center will be hopping!

Benedictine knocks off Aurora 74-71 to win the South division title outright.

Benedictine overcame some foul trouble and got a huge win at Wisconsin Lutheran on Saturday night. After trailing by 5 at halftime, they came right out and took the lead within a couple of minutes on a Cameron Snelling breakaway dunk. Much of the second half was close but the Eagles pulled away in the last few minutes. After struggling at the line for most of the game, senior Jared Baily locked things up with six consecutive free throws in the final minutes. The game was won on the defensive end and on the boards where Ben ended up with a 48-27 advantage. After allowing Plath 13 points in the first half, they only allowed him 4 in the second. The win locked up at least a tie for first place in their division. A win Tuesday at home against rival Aurora would lock up sole posession of first. The win avenged a nine point loss at home to WLC last month and extended their winning streak to 7 games.