Strong 3rd quarter lifts HTC boys in win

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BY PCC STAFF

VAN BUREN - Jason and Vasin Thurman combined for 27 points to help Holy Trinity Catholic to it's second win of the year, 59-49 over Van Buren Tuesday night.

The Crusaders (2-3) were coming off a last-second loss to then-undefeated Burlington Notre Dame on Friday night. The Nikes were upset by New London Tuesday night 59-57.

Holy Trinity got behind early in a nip-and-tuck first quarter not getting their first bucket until almost three minutes had gone by. Van Buren freshman Jackson Manning hit a 3-ball to get the scoring going out of the tip for the Warriors, who would go up 5-0 before the Crusaders would get on the board.

HTC would battle back and take a lead at 9-7, but another Jonah Heckenberg 3-ball would give Van Buren a 10-9 lead at the end of one. Jason Thurman had five of the Crusaders first nine points on two free throws and 3-pointer from his guard spot.

Van Buren would surrender the lead again at 11-10 with six minutes left in the half and HTC would stretch that lead to five at 17-12 before the Warriors came rushing back on a 11-4 run to take a 23-21 lead with one minute left in the half.

But in the final minute of the half, HTC would tack on six points to Van Buren's two for a 27-25 half time lead.

Out of the locker room, the Crusaders would push their advantage to as much as 12 at 44-32 at the end of three behind senior Quentin Schneider's six points.

Holding a 16-point lead at 48-32 going into the final period, the Crusaders got ice cold with about five minutes left and were held scoreless until less than a minute remained in the game. The Warriors were able to chip away at the lead cutting it to seven with a minute left, but HTC would run away in the final minute on a 5-2 run to put the game out of reach.

Vasin Thurman had 15 points on the night, while Jason Thurman had 12. Schneider finished with 10. Chandler Rung had eight, all in the second half. Crabtree finished with nine, all in the first half and Matt Hellige had seven on the night.

The Crusaders host WACO in a girls/boys double header Friday night at Shottenkirk Gym.

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