Senior center Beau Herrig poured in 30 points and hauled in 15 rebounds to lead Mountain Lake/Butterfield-Odin to a 73-61 victory over fourth-seeded Browerville in the MSHSL Class A quarterfinals at Williams Arena.
Herrig used muscle and long-distance shooting as he made 9-15 from the floor and 4-5 from three-point range.
Carter Kirk also added a double-double inside for MLBO with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Cody Penner contributed 15 points and six assists.
Browerville was led by Seth Christensen's 21 points and 10 rebounds while Mitch Heid and Seth Kellen each scored 15 points. Kyle Petermeier was solid all-around with 8 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.
Browerville held a 7-point lead with just under 15 minutes to play in the closely contested game.
Trailing 52-47 with just over 10 minutes to play, MLBO made their run. They'd outscore Browerville 26-9 in the final 10:04 to secure the victory.
OFFICIAL BOX SCORE:
Mt. Lake/Butterfield vs Browerville
03/22/12 1:00 p.m. at Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.
At Williams Arena, Minneapolis, Minn.
MT. LAKE/BUTTERFIELD 73, BROWERVILLE 61
MT. LAKE/BUTTERFIELD (25-5)
Herrig, Beau 9-15 8-13 30; Penner, Cody 5-15 4-6 15; Kirk, Carter 6-13 1-4
13; Thiessen, Kyle 3-6 0-0 8; Hempeck, Andrew 2-5 0-4 5; Donkhong, Tony 1-1
0-0 2; Kirk, Jordan 0-0 0-0 0; Oeltjenbruns, Dylan 0-0 0-0 0; Friesen, Tyler
0-0 0-0 0; Grev, Kaleb 0-1 0-0 0; Grev, Josh 0-0 0-0 0; Schultz, Alex 0-0
0-0 0; Soutthivong, Billy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-56 13-27 73.
BROWERVILLE (27-3)
Christensen, Seth 10-17 1-3 21; Kellen, Seth 6-21 0-0 15; Heid, Mitch 6-13
2-5 15; Petermeier, Kyle 1-12 5-7 8; Dreher, Brad 1-3 0-0 2; Goligowski, Max
0-0 0-0 0; Hansmeyer, Cody 0-0 0-0 0; Burns, Connor 0-1 0-0 0; Host, Alex
0-1 0-0 0; Iten, Jake 0-0 0-0 0; Polak, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0; Thielen, Jordan
0-0 0-0 0; Johnson, Trent 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-68 8-15 61.
Mt. Lake/Butterfield.......... 38 35 - 73
Browerville................... 37 24 - 61
3-point goals--Mt. Lake/Butterfield 8-17 (Herrig, Beau 4-5; Thiessen, Kyle
2-5; Penner, Cody 1-4; Hempeck, Andrew 1-3), Browerville 5-18 (Kellen, Seth
3-10; Heid, Mitch 1-5; Petermeier, Kyle 1-2; Host, Alex 0-1). Fouled
out--Mt. Lake/Butterfield-None, Browerville-None. Rebounds--Mt.
Lake/Butterfield 44 (Herrig, Beau 15), Browerville 42 (Christensen, Seth
10). Assists--Mt. Lake/Butterfield 18 (Penner, Cody 6), Browerville 14
(Petermeier, Kyle 7). Total fouls--Mt. Lake/Butterfield 19, Browerville 20.
Technical fouls--Mt. Lake/Butterfield-None, Browerville-None.