In that same time span, New Ulm’s Brooklyn Lewis had already scored 27 points.

She ended with a game-high 38 points as the third-seeded Eagles rolled by sixth-seeded Hutchinson 85-41.

Brooklyn Lewis also had seven steals and six assists.

Riley Wilson added 11 points for the Eagles, with Leah Brustad adding 10 and Maggie Joyce 9. Wilson also had eight boards, while Brustad had four rebounds.

Photo by Brady Dennis New Ulm’s Leah Brustad puts up a shot in the paint during a Section 2AAA playoff game against Hutchinson on Tuesday at New Ulm High School.

Kara Schuette led the Tigers with 11 points.

New Ulm, now 19-8, will face second-seeded Jordan Saturday at 2 p.m. at Gustavus Adolphus College.

“We came our ready to play tonight,” Eagles head coach Mitch Lewis said. “I have not seen us come out all year and I am proud of them for that. They came to get it done and this might have been the best game that we have played as a whole. Turnovers were very minimal — we passed the ball well and that was something that we talked about in practice. We wanted to make the right decisions and tonight every decision was the right decision.”

The Eagles held an 11-8 lead before they outscored the Tigers 24-0 to take a 35-8 lead. Payton Briggman finally got Hutchinson in double figures with a 3-pointer.

But before that, it was all New Ulm.

A Joyce 3 made it 38-11, with back-to-back Lewis 3s and a Brustad bucket building the lead to 48-15.

New Ulm had a 54-26 lead at halftime.

Coach Lewis said with that big halftime lead he wanted his team to work on other parts of their offense.

“We played great defense the first half but there were a few things that we were lacking,” he said. “They were getting to the middle on us and they were getting some drives that we did not get much help on. But we did a much better job in the second half (holding the Tigers to 15 second-half points).”

A Keira Sullivan basket had New Ulm ahead 69-35 before Brooklyn Lewis’ last career home basket made it 78-37.

“She came to play in her last game on this court,” said head coach and Brooklyn’s father Mitch Lewis. “She brought it — she felt it and we let her go.”

The Eagles now turn their attention to Jordan on Saturday, a team that beat the Eagles 83-57 on Jan. 29.

“We played them before and that was a tough game,” Mitch Lewis said. “They play a half-court trap that we have to work on — we will make some changes. But we can get to them.”