USC’s Stencl sinks BP boys

Published 11:07 pm Friday, February 4, 2011

The Blooming Prairie boys basketball team showed some resolve but it didn’t pay off in a 49-46 loss to United South Central (10-6 overall, 8-4 Gopher) in BP Friday.

USC’s Cole Stencl tied the game with a three with 24 seconds to go and after BP turned it over with five seconds left, Stencl won the game with a buzzer beating three.

The Awesome Blossoms (4-15 overall, 2-9 Gopher) had trailed by 10 with nine minutes to go before taking the lead.

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Michael Thomas had 18 points and 11 rebounds for BP.

BP scoring: Michael Thomas, 18; Isaac Clark, 8; Gabe Kartes, 6; Tom Fogarty, 6; Alex Fiebiger, 2; Luke Hueman, 2; Luc Zellmer, 2; Pat Jones, 2; free throws: 29 percent (5-for-17)