| Plains notches their first win in a trophy game |
| The
Consolation Championship trophy is headed to
Pleasant Plains. The Cardinals defeated the Brown
County Hornets, 77-51, to take home the
consolation title. Pleasant Plains (12-4) outscored Brown County 42-23 in the middle two quarters to pull away. The Cardinals were also able to score 22 points off of Hornet turnovers and the Plains bench outscored the Brown County benc 16-6. Taylor Staff led Pleasant Plains with 18 points. Braxton Lanier contributed 15 and Alex Gustafason added 11 points and 11 rebounds. Justin Volk led Brown County (6-5) with 17 points while Alex Sheppard added 10 points. This is the first trophy game Pleasant Plains has won at the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament. The Cardinals lost in the third place game a year ago, they lost in the championship game in 2008 and in the fifth place game in 2007. This was Brown County's third appearance in the consolation championship but marked the first time they lost as the Hornets took home the consolation championship hardware in 2005 and 2006. |
| The bracket: |
A
larger version of the bracket can be found on the
tournament website by visiting this page. |
| Next game: |
| Game 24: Metamora vs. Camp Pt. Central (6:30 p.m.) (5th Place) |
| Game 23 boxscore: |
| Brown County vs. Pleasant Plains |
| Brown County Hornets |
| team info |
| Pleasant Plains Cardinals |
| team info |