BRADENTON--The Lakewood Ranch Mustangs overcame a ten point deficit to defeat the Braden River Pirates 62-45 Wednesday night in the semi-final game of the Smoothie King Basketball Classic at Bradenton Christian High School’s gym. The Mustangs will play in Thursday night’s championship game set for an 8:00 p.m. tip-off.
Braden River opened the game with a strong first quarter continuing the momentum of Tuesday’s opening round win over Palmetto. The Pirates lead 17-7 after the first eight minutes.
Lakewood Ranch (8-4) settled down and outscored Braden River 18-10 in the second quarter to go into halftime trailing by two, 27-25.
The Mustangs poured in 21 points in the third quarter on the strength of Jordan Baker, Tim Greenamoyer and Brian Cobb who all scored in double figures. Cobb had 16 points, Baker 14 and Greenamoyer added 13. Brian Cobb also grabbed 15 rebounds for Lakewood Ranch.
Braden River (7-3) could not mount enough of an offensive charge to pull closer than four points in the second half. Trevon Young was the only Pirate who scored in double figures with 13 points. The Mustangs held usual offensive threats Tre Bryant to eight and Jeff Casseus to just six points in the game.
Lakewood Ranch advances to Thursday night’s championship game. Braden River will play in the third place contest Thursday afternoon at 2:00 p.m.
A video post-game recap is posted below.
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