HURON –– The Groton Area Tigers took a close game at halftime and blew it open in the third quarter en route to a 51-38 victory over the Winner Warriors Tuesday at Huron Arena.

The Tigers, the eighth seed, feel behind after one quarter, 9-6, but they outscored the Warriors to hold a 17-15 lead at half. Groton Area then outpaced Winner 16-8 to take a commanding lead and held that lead through a fairly even fourth quarter.

The Tigers move to 17-5 behind 15 points from Becker Bosma. Karson Zak added 13 points.

Gage Sippel hauled in a game-high nine rebounds.

Winner (16-6) was led by Carter Craven with 17 points and Shawn Hammerbeck added 13 points. Both Craven and Hammerbeck had seven rebounds to lead the Warriors.

Winner 9 15 23 38
Groton Area 6 17 33 51

Winner (16-6): Aiden Schroeder 3 0-0 6, Ryder Halligan 0 2-3 2, Carter Craven 6 3-4 17, Shawn Hammerbeck 6 1-2 13. Totals: 15 6-9 38.

Groton Area (17-5): Keegan Tracy 4 0-0 9, Ryder Johnson 4 0-3 9, Becker Bosma 6 1-1 15, Karson Zak 5 2-4 13, Gage Sippel 2 1-1 5. Totals: 21 4-9 51.

FG: W - 15/43 35%; GA - 21/44 48%. 3-pt FG: W - 2/13 (Craven 2); GA - 5/13 (Bosma 2, Tracy, Johnson, Zak). Rebounds: W 26 (Craven, Hammerbeck 7), GA 25 (Sippel 9). Assists: W 2, GA 11 (Bosma, Zak 3). Steals: W 7 (Schroeder, Craven 2), GA 7 (Bosma 3). Turnovers: W 14, GA 12. Fouls: W 13, GA 12.