Jack Benter didn’t know he needed one more 3-pointer to break the school record on Tuesday night.

He lost track, justifiably so, as to how many he hit en route to a big 76-41 Mid-Southern Conference victory over Austin at home.

“I honestly didn’t know,” he said. “I know I hit quite a few in the first half, but I didn’t know how many I was at.”

But Benter’s teammates and coaches knew what he needed.

Head coach Dave Benter said his coaching staff was telling him on the bench that Jack needed just one more to break it, so they drew up a play to get Jack open one more time from beyond the arc, and he flashed open at the top of the perimeter and let one fly.

Jack got fouled on the shot attempt, but he still swished the shot, breaking the school record with his 11th made 3-pointer as his teammates and coaches erupted on the sideline.

“It was a neat experience that my teammates helped me achieve,” Jack said.

Jack’s hot shooting set the tone of the game for Brownstown. Carter Waskom made the first 3-pointer, and then Jack hit three-in-a-row to force an Austin timeout as the Braves led 16-6 with 4:24 left in the quarter.

But out of the timeout, Brownstown created a turnover and then Jack hit another 3-pointer. The marksmen wasn’t done there. He drilled another three from the corner and then hit a deep 3-pointer with five seconds left to close the quarter.

Jack made six triples in the first eight minutes to lead his team with 18 points as Brownstown led 27-13. He hit three more 3-pointers in the second quarter, and his first 2-point field goal didn’t come until three minutes to play until halftime. He scored 31 of the Braves’ 44 points in the first half as Brownstown led by 18 points.

“My teammates help me get involved and that’s always good,” Jack said. “When they keep going in the hoop, that just helps you hit more and more.”

The humble sophomore deflected all the credit to his teammates, and Dave felt the same way.

“Our guys did a really nice job of finding him,” Dave said.

“We had some really nice passes to get him open. He created a couple of them himself. He just got in a groove in the first half.”

If the offense wasn’t impressive enough to watch in the first half, it was the Braves’ defense that was the highlight in the second half.

Brownstown held Austin scoreless in the third quarter — no made field goals and no made free throws — as the Braves extended their lead to 66-26 heading into the final frame, which had a running clock.

“I thought our energy was good. We covered ground,” Dave Benter said. “In the first half, I thought we didn’t get our hands up on shooters and we were a little lackadaisical, but we were much better in the third quarter. We talked about it a bit in halftime, just about being focused.”

Austin’s Baylee Coomer ended the scoring drought for the Eagles in the fourth quarter by making a layup, and then he followed that up with a 3-pointer to go on a personal mini 5-0 run.

Brownstown had no issue closing out the game for its eventual 35-point victory.

Jack Benter led the Braves in scoring with 41 points, putting up as much in the scoresheet as Austin did as a team on the scoreboard.

Waskom added 16 points, Parker Hehman scored seven, Bryce Neal six, Carson Darlage four and Adam Stahl had two.

The win improved Brownstown to 12-2 on the season and 5-0 in the MSC.

“It’s always nice to get a win at home, in the conference is even better,” the Braves’ sophomore said. “Being undefeated with a chance to win the conference is good, too.”

The Braves have two more conference games this week, and those are at Charlestown on Friday and at Corydon Central on Saturday.

If Brownstown is able to rack up two wins in those games, the Braves will clinch at least a share of the MSC title.

“Anytime you go on the road in the conference it’s going to be a battle,” Dave Benter said. “Charlestown is young and they’ve had a couple good wins throughout the year. We expect to see some junk defense and some zone defense, so that’ll be good for us.

“Then Saturday night, Corydon now that they’re healthy, they’re one of the more talented teams around. We’re gonna have our work cut out, we’re gonna have to play really well at Corydon.”