Terre Haute South trailed Bethesda Christian for many of Thursday's boys highschool basketball sport, however the host Braves battled till the very finish earlier than dropping a 63-58 sport to the Patriots.
South jumped out to a 5-2 lead earlier than Bethesda scored 10 straight to take management.
Bethesda Christian led 14-11 on the first cease, however coach Maynard Lewis' Braves had been in a position to regain the lead within the second quarter. A trey by Treva Department put South up 16-14 and a basket by Zay Baker gave South its last lead at 18-16 halfway by way of the second interval.
Bethesda Christian scored 5 straight, a Luke Douglas trey and a pair of baskets by Mlagan to place the Patriots up 23-18.
The Patriots led 26-21 at halftime and 45-35 after three quarters. South nonetheless trailed 59-48 with 1:20 remaining earlier than South's full-court stress began to wreak havoc.
Baker had back-to-back baskets to chop the deficit to 59-52 with 56.9 seconds left, and Bethesda then made a pair of free throws to go up 61-52 with 25.5 left.
Peyton Turner hit a trey to chop the deficit to 61-55 with 11 ticks to go earlier than Mlagan hit a pair of free throws to maintain his crew on prime. Baker made a 3 on the buzzer, however the Braves fell to their eleventh loss in 10 video games.
Bethesda Christian improved to 17-7 for the season.
Baker led South with 23 factors, whereas Turner, coming back from harm, added 9 and Chris Herrin chipped in with eight.
Mlagan led all scorers with 29 factors, whereas Douglas and 6-foot-8 Cooper Jackson every had 13.
South will play at Parke Heritage on Friday night time earlier than closing out its common season with a Convention Indiana sport in opposition to Columbus North on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
