Live score updates: McBain vs. Niles Brandywine in the MHSAA boys basketball semifinals
The Niles Brandywine Bobcats (25-3) defeated the McBain Ramblers (25-3) 51-48 in the Michigan boys high school basketball state tournament Division 3 semifinals at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.
The game is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m.
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FINAL: Niles Brandywine 51, McBain 48
Ja'Torian Smith finished with a game-high 19 points for the Bobcats.
OVERTIME
The Bobcats get two free throws, then on their next possession, Ja'Torian Smith hits a 3-point shot. Niles Brandywine 51, McBain 48 with 11 seconds remaining.
McBain 48, Niles 46 with one minute remaining.
McBain with a 4-0 run in the first minute of overtime.
It's a 4-minute overtime period.
FOURTH QUARTER UPDATES
Brandywine missed the 3-pointer out of the timeout, but McBain turned the ball over on the next possession, and Brandywine's Byron Linley tips in a shot in the final seconds to send it to overtime.
Evan Haverkamp of McBain turns it over, and Brandywine will have the ball after a timeout with 34 seconds left.
40 seconds remain and Niles cuts the lead to 44-42.
McBain builds a six point lead with 2:44 remaining.
Six minutes remain and the game is tied at 36.
Ja'Torian Smith up to a game-leading 11 points.
THIRD QUARTER UPDATES
Brandywine cuts the lead to 33-32 at the end of the third quarter.
Halfway through the quarter and McBain extends its lead to 31-24.
HALFTIME
McBain 24, Niles Brandywine 20.
McBains's Evan Haverkamp and Brandywine's Jaremiah Palmer lead the game with eight points.
SECOND QUARTER UPDATES
Niles Brandywine cuts the lead to 22-16 with one minute remaining in the second quarter.
McBain leads 20-10 with 4:45 remaining. Niles Brandywine only shooting 4-of-18 from the floor so far.
FIRST QUARTER UPDATES
END OF FIRST QUARTER: McBain 16, Niles Brandywine 6
McBain ends the first quarter on a 7-0 run.
Niles Brandywine gets on the board and cuts it to a 9-6 lead with 3:23 remaining in the quarter.
McBain out to a 5-0 run in the first minute of the game.
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