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The former Madison La Follette standout scored 29 points and had five steals Wednesday to lead the third-ranked Warriors to a 67-54 victory over top-ranked Grand Valley State (Mich.) NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament in Springfield, Mass. Next up for Winona (36-1), which has won 30 straight games, is Bentley (Mass.) No.

1 ranking. The Warriors beat an undefeated Bentley team in the Elite Eight last year. Grand Valley State (36-1) scored the final 18 points of the first half, thanks in part to 10 Winona turnovers during that span, to carry a 29-24 lead into the break. But Flowers, who according to the school Web site sat out the last 10 minutes of the half due to injury, gave the Warriors the lead for good on a putback with 16 minutes, 25 seconds left.

We had a very good discussion as players at halftime and knew that last 10 minutes of the first half we just killed ourselves," Flowers told the Winona Daily News. We just kept talking and at one point we said, 'You know what? Don't worry about the past, don't worry about the future. Just live in the moment, and live it fearlessly."

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