(WNFL) – The St. Norbert Green Knights men’s basketball team will play for the Midwest Conference championship at 3 p.m. Saturday in De Pere after handling Cornell College 89-75 in Friday’s semifinal game.
St. Norbert will face Ripon which beat Lake Forest 82-51 in the other semifinal.
St. Norbert had four player led by Wes Geenen with 23 points finish in double figures.
Jacob Bolwerk had 18 points, Connor Curtis 14 and Joe Ciriacks 12 for the Green Knights who shot 54%. Curtis and Bolwerk also had seven and six assists, respectively.
St. Nobert which was tied with Cornell 44-44 at halftime outscored the Rams 27-14 over the games final nine minute.
Trailing 63-62 with 9:07 left, Jacob Bolwerk hit a three-pointer that put St. Norbert (23-3) ahead to stay. That started a 20-7 run that left St. Norbert ahead 83-70 with 1:40 left in the game.
Cornell (14-12) was led by Cooper Kabela and Jordan Magnani who both scored 21 points.
