Bruins pull away in OT to beat Braves

HELENA — Dylan Almquist scored 19 points, including four 3-pointers and the Helena Bruins outscored the Flathead Braves 5-2 in overtime to pull away with a 69-66-win Friday night. 

Lyric Ersland led the way for the Braves, scoring a game-high 23 points, including four 3–pointers.  Gabe St. Germaine scored 15 and Korbin Eaton added 13 as the only three players to reach double-figures for the Braves. 

Four players reached double figures for the Bruins. Conor Tolvonen scored 13, Brenton Belzer added 12 and Kyle Bachmeier finished with 10.  

The Braves outscored the Bruins 37-31 in the first half but were then outscored 38-29 in the second half and overtime to lose the game. It was a back-and-forth game with the game being tied eight different times and four lead changes.  

The Braves have a short turnaround as they play Helena High tomorrow at 2 p.m. 

Flathead    21    16    16    11    2    —    66 

Capital    13    18    20    13    5    —    69 

FLATHEAD — Dustyn Franchini-White 1 0-0 2, Cam Wells 0 0-0 0, Lyric Ersland 9 1-1 23, Gabe St. Germaine 5 2-3 15, Boston Case 0 0-0 0, Noah Sonju 2 0-0 4, Brodee Zahn 3 1-6 9, Colin Smith 0 0-0 0, Korbin Eaton 3 5-7 13. Totals 23 9-17 66. 

CAPITAL — Merek Milhelish 0 0-0 0, Kyle Bachmeier 3 2-2 10, Conor Tolvonen 4 5-5 13, Dylan Almquist 6 3-4 19, Drew Almquist 3 1-2 7, Brett Buehler 0 0-0 0, Will Sportorno 1 1-1 3, Landon Levang 2 0-0 5, Brenton Belzer 4 1-2 12, Drew Bennett 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 13-16 69. 

3-point goals — Flathead 11 (Ersland 4, St. Germaine 3, Zahn 2, Eaton 2) Capital 10 (Bachmeier 2, Dy. Almquist 4, Belzer 3, Levang) Fouls — Flathead 17, Capital 14. Fouled out — none.