After Marquette Academy fell behind four points to Serena and the Huskers’ backcourt pressure following a quarter of play Friday, Crusaders coach Todd Hopkins had a message for his team.

Slow down.

The Crusaders composed themselves, outscoring the Huskers by 11 points in the second quarter on their way to a 55-41 win and a spot in a scheduled Huskers Hardwood Tip-Off Tournament title game at 10:30 a.m. Saturday against Hall.

With the loss, the Huskers dropped to the scheduled 9 a.m. third-place game against Seneca.

“We knew they were going to come out aggressive,” said Crusaders junior forward Lucas Craig, who finished with a game-high 17 points. “(Coach Hopkins) said we need to slow it down and not get sped up.”

The Huskers held a 22-20 lead as late as 3:09 left in the second qua

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