BEDFORD — Colby Hall saw the shot was short.

The 6-foot-6 sophomore tracked Jack Benter’s game-winning attempt, and he grabbed the offensive board while getting fouled. It sent Hall to the line with 2.1 seconds left during Friday night’s game at Bedford North Lawrence.

Hall calmly made the first, and since BNL had zero timeouts left, he purposely missed the second to give the Stars less time to get a shot off.

BNL’s last second heave was no good as Brownstown secured the 47-46 victory.

“I just saw it was a little bit right and short, and I grabbed it, and I knew they were probably going to foul so I went up with it,” Hall said on the final play. “I felt pretty good (about hitting the free throw).”

The Stars led after every quarter except the fourth on Friday night. The game flipped in the third period when the Braves went to “51,” which is their 1-3-1 zone defense.

“I felt like it sped them up a little bit,” Hall said. “It caused some turnovers and allowed us to get some runs.”

It threw off the Stars’ offense, and it allowed Brownstown to comeback, regain the lead and never it go.

Head coach Dave Benter said they talked about going to it in the first half, and they really unleased it for the final two quarters.

“They had a six-point lead, and a six-point lead by Bedford feels like a 25-point lead with the way they play,” Benter said. “It got us some live ball turnovers.”

In the first quarter, Hall got Brownstown going with a 3-pointer, and then he scored inside to score the Braves’ first five points.

BNL held a 10-5 lead for most of the first quarter before Jack Benter scored six straight to give Brownstown the lead. But the Stars closed the quarter on a 6-0 run of their own to lead 16-11 after one.

Carson Darlage and Adam Stahl both grabbed offensive rebounds that led to baskets in the second quarter, and that helped cut into Stars’ lead.

It was a low scoring second quarter, featuring a lot of whistles — including a flagrant for tripping and a warning for delay of game.

Brownstown trailed 22-21 at the half with Benter having 10 points, Hall having seven and Darlage and Stahl each scored two.

Kaedyn Bennett and Colten Leach did the bulk of the scoring for the Stars in the first 16 minutes, scoring all but three of the team’s 22 points.

In the third period, BNL extended its lead back out to six while Benter went to the bench. Parker Hehman made back-to-back big buckets to bring the Braves back within two points heading into the fourth quarter.

The fourth period is when Benter took over. He scored 13 of the team’s 14 points in the period, including a 4-point play where Benter drilled a 3-pointer while getting fouled.

“Parker made two huge baskets in a row, and then Jack made that 4-point play, and that got us the lead for the first time in a long time,” coach Benter said.

The Stars wouldn’t go away, though. After Benter made 1-of-2 from the freethrow line, BNL’s Noah Godlevske hit a corner 3-pointer to tie the game with 15 seconds left.

The Stars (13-6) were hoping to send the game into overtime, but Hall and the Braves had other plans.

Hall’s offensive rebound was a theme throughout the game for the Braves, who used their size to their advantage.

“I thought our post play was huge,” Benter said.

“We were way bigger than them, and we knew we could hurt them on the offensive glass and get putbacks,” Hall added.

Benter finished with 29 points, Hall scored eight, Hehman and Darlage both had four and Stahl scored two.

“That’s a good thing about having a DI player on your team,” Hall said on Benter, a Purdue commit. “He gets things going, and everyone just feeds off it.”

Leach had 13 for the Stars, Bennett 12, Colton Staggs 10, Godlevske eight and Trace Rynders scored three.

The Braves, now 15-4 this season, will return home Tuesday night for a game against Floyd Central.