Matt McCarthy/The Daily News Goodman-Pembine sophomore point guard Jacob Kessel (1) takes off toward the basket in the second half, tightly guarded by Austin Nagle of Phelps, in WIAA Tournament action Tuesday in Goodman. Owen Wysocki (31) of Goodman-Pembine looks on.

GOODMAN, Wis — A turn-around jumper by junior Lamarr Lewis with 48.9 seconds to play put Goodman-Pembine ahead for good in a thrilling see-saw battle, as the No. 8 seed Patriots held on for a 64-62 victory over No. 9 seed Phelps in a WIAA?Division 5 regional opener Tuesday at the Laverne A. Zimmerman Sports Center.

The victory was the Patriots’ first postseason triumph since 2014. They’ll now head to Wausaukee to face the top-seeded Rangers Friday at 7 p.m.

Sophomore Boone Larison led the Patriots with a team-high 18 points, while collecting six steals and snaring eight rebounds. Owen Wysocki netted 16 points, while point guard Jacob Kessel dished out a team-high 10 assists. Landon Kalkofen hauled a team-high 12 rebounds.

“Landon and Lamarr were huge on the boards, especially in the second half,” said Patriots head coach Jeff Zerbst. “Offensively, we put up enough points to win, but never really got a good flow in our offense. We did capitalize on our transition opportunities though.”

The Knights’ Dakota Kangas canned a game-high 24 points with three of his teammates also scoring in double figures. Parker Trolling, Hunter Meistad and Austin Nagel scored 12, 11 and 10 points respectively.

A back-and-forth affair, the Patriots’ largest lead came midway through the first half at eight points. The Knights never led by more than four or five points the entire game.

Both teams mainly used man to man half court defense, both working their offense out of half court sets. The Patriots did push the tempo of the game off and on at points, while Phelps used a very minimal amount of transition.

“Give Phelps credit having to go on the road for round one. They play hard. They rebound and play defense well,” Zerbst said. “They outplayed us with effort in the first half, but we came out more determined in the second half.”

When asked about his team’s third win of the season against the Northern Lakes Conference foe, Zerbst said, “I am proud of the boys, Phelps is a good team and they’re senior heavy, going against our young guys.”

The Patriots are 6-1 playing in Goodman this season, as opposed to being 1-5 in games played at Pembine High School.

“We always seem to find a way to get the job done when we play here,” said Zerbst. “Nine of our 10 players go to school here, so I think that’s a big part of it.”

Phelps head coach Chris Rader was disappointed for his team and for the way the game and the Knights’ season ended. The Phelps seniors were highly emotional seeing their high school careers come to an end.

The Knights had a couple good looks at the basket in the last 45 seconds of the game, but were unable to score.

“Goodman-Pembine is a great team, who plays hard and they shot the ball well tonight,” Rader said. “I wish them luck moving on in the tournament.”

Phelps 31 31 — 62

G. Pembine 33 31 — 64

PHELPS: Trolling 12, Grmick 3, Kangas 24, Buell 2, Nagel 10, Meistad 11. FT: 5-8. F: 18. 3-point FG: Kangas (4), Grmick, Trolling, Meistad, Nagel (2). FO: None.

GOODMAN-PEMBINE: Kessel 4, Wallschlaeger 1, Erickson 4, Kalkofen 6, Larison 18, Wysocki 16, Lewis 15. FT: 10-17. F: 13. 3-point FG: Wysocki (3), Larison (3). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds 32 (Kalkofen 12, Larison 8).