Terrell Brown was in and out of Basha's lineup Friday night as the progression of fouls he accumulated limited him in a stretch of the first half and early in the final period.

But when Brown was on the court, the Bears had the spark they needed to turn back upset-minded Hamilton.

Brown and Basha capitalized on turnovers and baskets in transition late to overcome Hamilton, 44-32, in a 6A Premier Region game at Basha High.

Basha remained unbeaten at 19-0 overall and 2-0 in region with defense as usual serving it well. The Bears shot poorly most of the game -- 26 percent for better than three quarters. They outscored Hamilton 24-6 in the second half. Still the game was up for grabs before two late buckets by Brown in the final two minutes provided separation.

"Terrell didn't miss a minute in our last game, never came off the court," Basha coach Mike Grothaus said of the Bears Wednesday OT win over Brophy Prep. "Tonight he got a couple quick ones and had to come out. Then we had to sit him in the fourth. You take the good with the bad. He made plays when we needed them. 

"We didn't shoot well, and some of that was their zone. Our defense allowed us to overcome."

Basha, which jumped out to a 9-0 lead three minutes into the game, found itself trailing 15-12 after the first quarter. Hamilton's run came mostly with Brown on the bench with two fouls. The deficit was courtesy primarily of the Huskies Rashad Smith, who tallied 11 of Hamilton's points in the quarter. Smith scored 15 points in the first half and finished with 17.

When Brown, who led Basha with 17 points, re-entered in the second quarter Basha trailed 19-12. He proceeded to score eight of his 10 first-half points -- all of Basha's points in the quarter. The Bears shaved the lead to 21-20, but ended up down 26-20 at intermission.

Neither team got into transition in the third period and it was a half-court game that period. Hamilton (12-5,0-2 region) nursed a 30-27 advantage to the final quarter.

 Basha's Gabe McGlothan, who scored only four points ithe first three quarters, emerged  offensively to put the Bears ahead with back-to-back hoops. A putback and 15-foot-jumper put Basha ahead to stay 31-30 with 510 left. McGlothan finished with 10 points.

Three minutes later Basha's lead was still one (33-32), but the Bears produced an 11-0 run the final 2:08 . It started with a turnover at halfcourt via trap with Brown finishing with a layup.  Brown followed 20 seconds later with a steal at midcourt and buried a one-handed jam for waht turned out to be a three-point play with 1:45 to go.