Battle won by St. Francis

Glendale drew a two-shot foul at the other end, but missed the attempt and came away empty, leading to a Brennan score that gave St. Francis a commanding seven-point lead with under a minute to play.

"I felt like that was the craziest five-point swing I've ever seen," Glendale Coach Steve Snodgress said of the bizarre free-throw exchange. "But give it to St. Francis, they made one or two plays down the stretch that really decided it.

"It was a really good basketball game, I really liked it. I was pleased with the effort, holding St. Francis into the 50s was our goal. …We just ran out of gas a little bit."

Glendale, which defeated Hoover, 48-30, on Saturday to reach the fifth-place game, also got nine points from Gyurgchyan, eight from Steven Gasparian and six points and 11 rebounds from David Yetenikyan on Sunday.

Hoover lost to Grant, 55-38, in the seventh-place game on Sunday.

St. Francis, which defeated Grant, 50-38, on Saturday, got seven points and six rebounds from Brennan on Sunday.

"The interesting thing today was we did probably a better job of driving the ball than shooting the three," said O'Brien, whose team made five of 14 three-point attempts, compared to Glendale's nine for 19. "We had a lot of guys able to drive and that's what we've been pushing on them the whole time, that we don't want to just be a three-point shooting team. If their defense is gonna come out and really pressure us on the perimeter, we've gotta be able to drive the ball and we did do that today."