GAME 14: Notre Dame 76, Advance 41

The seventh-seeded Advance Hornets were able to keep pace with Notre Dame for one quarter of their quarterfinal matchup at the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament.

Then everything changed.

The second-seeded Bulldogs outscored Advance by 17 in the second quarter en route to a 76-41 victory.

Austin Greer led the Bulldogs with 25 points. Sophomore Jacob Tolbert scored 12 points and Alex Bader finished with eight.

Darren VanGennip had eight points to lead Advance, which trailed by just one point after the first quarter.

ADVANCE (41) -- Brad Steil 6, Luke Steil 7, Grant Gray 3, Dylan Dunivan 3, Matt Ware 2, David VanGennip 5, Jacob Bond 7, Darren VanGennip 8. FG 16, FT 7-12, F 10. (3-pointers: Gray 1, Bond 1. Fouled out: none.)

NOTRE DAME (76) -- Nick Koeppel 4, Liam Maher 2, Taylor Essner 5, Alex Carroll 2, Alex Bader 8, John Unterreiner 6, Austin Greer 25, Tanner Hiett 3, Jacob Tolbert 12, Matt Helle 6, Dylan Essner 4. FG 32, FT 7-8, F 12. (3-pointers: T. Essner 1, Bader 2, Ja. Tolbert 2. Fouled out: none.)