SOUTH BEND —South Bend St. Joseph’s took the lead for good with under five minutes to play and went on to defeat Central 76-69 in Northern Indiana Conference boys basketball action on Friday, Feb. 15.

The Blue Blazers led 50-46 entering the fourth quarter, but were outscored 30-19 in the final stanza.

Terell Street led Central with 18 points while Blake Brouwer added 12. The Blue Blazers hit 12 3-pointers on the night, including four each by Brouwer and Street.

Mathew Monserez and Ryan Wobbe each scored 16 points for St. Joseph while Ryan Brown added 14.

SB St. Joseph 76, Central 69

Central — Genoris Crawford 6, Terell Street 18, JJ Stahl 0, Jaron Walters 6, Tre Taylor 7, Blake Brouwer 12, Shaneal Mackey 7, Derald Gray 2, Brian Harter 0, Clinton Parker 0, Aaron Flax 6, Trey Harris 5. Totals: 26 5-10 69.

St. Joseph — Greenan Sullivan 9, Mark Madden 2, Keaton Wieschhaus 6, Connor Edmonds 13, Mathew Monserez 16, Andrew Smiley 0, Ryan Wobbe 16, Ryan Brown 14. Totals: 27 15-24 76.

Scoring By Quarters

Central 15 13 22 19 — 69

St. Joseph 8 20 18 30 — 76

3-point goals: Central (12) — Street 4, Flax 2, Brouwer 4, Mackey, Harris; St. Joseph (7) — Brown 4, Monserez 2, Sullivan.

Total fouls: Central 19, St. Joseph 15.

Records: Central 5-14 (1-7 in NIC), St. Joseph 10-8 (3-5).

Next: Central at Elkhart Christian, Goshen at SB St. Joseph, both Tuesday.

JV: St. Joseph 42. Central 37. Top scorers: Central — Clinton Parker 14.