Wednesday's games

Game 17: Highwood 42, Glenbrook 29
   The Heat buried nine three-pointers and was led by Zach Fleisher with eight points and Adam Perl and Danny Bronska with six. Glenbrook got six points each from Nick Karis and Brandon Danonski.

Game 18: Homewood 33, Chicago Heights 32
   Jon Spesia scored with six seconds remaining for the winning hoop, bailing out the Vikings after they blew a 13-point lead. Chris Austin paced Homewood with 11 points and Equan Reid (15 points) and Jaylon Walton added 10 for the Green Streaks in the neighborhood rivalry.

Game 19: Timberwolves 42, Guayama 28
   The T'wolves allowed just 10 points in the middle quarters and got their spark from Jadacus Dixon with 14 points and Jerry Gillespie with 10 markers. Guayama was led by Jan Gutierrez with nine points.

Game 20: Guaynabo 50, Newark Project Pride 35
    Guaynabo, which got 13 points from Johan Miranda, 11 from Javier Aviles and 10 from Javier Rosario, used an 18-6 fourth quarter to pull away. Newark was paced by Clark Webb with 12 points.

Game 21: Chi-Town NBN 62, Torrimar 56
   NBN took command with a 14-5 margin in the second quarter and had three in double figures with Charle Moore scoring 19 points, Mikey Willis 12 and Quam Dosunmu 11. Keythom Cedeno led Torrimar with 10.

Game 22: Marquette Best 57, Foster Pirates 46 (semis)
   Jacob Keller hit six of the Best's 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to finish with a game-high 19 points and lead Marquette to its first title contest since 1997. Kendric Pryor added 12 points for the Best, which rebounded from a 25-21 halftime deficit. The Pirates were topped by Jabari Antwine with 10 points.

Game 23: CIAPR 45, Bayamon A 32
   Evander Ortiz poured in 18 points and Sebastian Fronteras knocked down six to lead CIAPR. Bayamon A was sparked by Wilfredo Rodriguez with nine points and Bryan Rios with seven.

Game 24: Ponce 51, Bucaplaa 45 (semis)
    Ponce outscored the Pumas in each of the first three quarters and ensured that Small Fry will have a new champion for the first time in seven years. Carlos Heredia and Joshua Velez led Ponce to its first title game since 1990 with 14 points, while Javier Muniz tallied a game-high 24 points for Bucaplaa.

Game 25: Glenbrook 61, Guayama 60 (15th Place)
    Glenbrook held off a late charge and was ignited by Brandon Danonski with 18 points, while Sage Bruhl added eight points. Jan Gutierrez poured in a game-high 25 points for Guayama, and Kevin Santiago chipped in 15.

Game 26: Newark PP 50, Chicago Heights 48 (7th Place)
    A buzzer-beater putback saved Newark Project Pride, which got 12 points from Mustafa Lawrence and 10 each from Naji Ahmad and Clark Webb. Equan Reid tallied 16 points for Chicago Heights.

Game 27: Timberwolves 44, Highwood Heat 34 (13th Place)
   Sparked by 14 points from Brandon Murdock and 11 by Jerry Gillespie, the T'wolves finished off matters with a 17-9 fourth quarter. The Heat was led by Zach Sherman with 12 points and Zach Fleisher with eight.

Game 28: Homewood 65, Guaynabo 64 (5th Place)
   Homewood stormed back from a 13-2 deficit and was led by Chris Austin with 22 points and eight rebounds, including 8-for-8 at the line in the fourth quarter. Devon Dotson chipped in 11 for the Vikings, while Guaynabo was paced by Javier Rosario's 19 points on three three-pointers.

Game 29: Bayamon A 40, Torrimar 23 (11th Place)
   Bayamon jumped to a 10-2 lead after one quarter to take command and was paced by Bryan Rios with 12 points. Torrimar got a team-high seven points from Gabriel Cedeno.