Turnovers are turnoffs for the St. Joseph Flyers.

A series of turnovers in the third quarter enabled the New Boston Tigers to open up a 9-point lead and go on to beat the Flyers 67-54 Tuesday.

"We had a stretch late in the third quarter when we had some turnovers and they turned them into points and we let the game get away from us," Flyers coach Adam Simpson said.

New Boston (9-6) placed four players in double figures led by Aaron Spriggs with 16 points and B. J. Darling 15. Zach Messer added 11 points and Greg Mauk 10.

Shawn Hacker had a game-high 20 points , 19 rebounds and four blocked shots to pace the Flyers (6-7). Chris Laber scored 18 points and pulled down six rebounds, and Kyle Johnson had 10 rebounds, six assists and three steals.

Hacker scored 6 points in the first quarter as St. Joseph went ahead 14-11. Darling scored 7 points to keep New Boston close.

Messer and Mauk combined for 11 points in the second quarter to offset 6 points by Laber as New Boston rallied to take a 29-26 halftime lead.

New Boston then used 6 points by Messer to outscore St. Joseph 17-11 in the third quarter to pull away to a 46-37 lead.

Hacker scored 8 more points in the fourth quarter, but Spriggs got 8 points and Mauk 5 as New Boston maintained its lead. The Tigers converted 13 of 21 from the line in the final quarter to seal the win.

The Flyers played without starting point guard Danny Stack for the second straight game due to an illness. Simpson said Kurt Jordan and Jeremy Addis filled in admirably.

"Kurt did a nice job and Jeremy Addis did a nice job for us," Simpson said.

New Boston11181721--67

St. Joseph14121117--54

NEW BOSTON (9-6):

B. J. Darling 5 1 2-6 15, Aaron Spriggs 6 0 4-6 16, Derek Dunaway 1 0 1-2 3, Marty Moore 0 0 1-2 1, Matt Marshall 2 0 0-0 4, Greg Mauk 1 1 5-8 10, Zach Messer 1 3 0-0 11, Jon Kelly 3 0 1-2 7. Totals:

19

5

14-26

67. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None.

ST. JOSEPH (6-7):

Curt Jordan 0 0 1-2 1, Kyle Johnson 2 0 2-2 6, Matt Hornbeck 3 0 3-3 9, Jeremy Addis 0 0 0-2 0, Chris Laber 9 0 0-0 18, Shawn Hacker 9 0 2-2 20, Johnny Joeckel 0 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23

0

8-11

54. Fouls: 23. Fouled out: Addis, Hornbeck. Rebounds: 39 (Hacker 19, Johnson 10, Laber 6). Assists: 9 (Johnson 6). Steals: 5 (Johnson 3). Blocked shots: 6 (Hacker 4). Turnovers: 17.