By John RittenhouseThe Hills-Beaver Creek boys finished the regular season with a 3-23 record after dropping their home finale to Lincoln HI Monday.The game appeared to be up for grabs when the score was knotted at 33 after the first half was complete. The Rebels, however, outscored the Patriots 41-32 in the second half to win 74-65.LH settled the issue with a strong start in the second half.The Rebels went on a 31-15 run in the first 9:34 of the second half to open a 64-48 lead with 8:26 left to play.The Patriots trimmed the difference to nine points three different times in the final 4:24, but that proved to be as close as they could come to catching the Rebels.Both teams had their moments in the first half.LH scored the first six points of the game before falling behind 26-21 when Jason Hup converted a field goal for H-BC with 2:16 remaining.The Patriots led 33-31 when Adam Finke finished a rare four-point play with 37 seconds left. LH tied the game with a pair of free throws late in the half.Hup finished the game with 18 points and 11 rebounds, while Aaron Esselink poured in 27 points. Halden Van Wyhe registered seven assists.H-BC opens the South Section 3A Tournament at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Edgerton Public School. The 11th-seeded Patriots take on No. 6 Fulda.Box scoreVan Wyhe 0 0 4-4 4, Rozeboom 1 0 2-2 4, Finke 1 1 2-3 7, Leuthold 0 0 0-0 0, Scholten 0 1 0-0 3, Van Batavia 0 0 0-0 0, DeBoer 0 0 0-0 0, Hup 7 0 4-6 18, Sandbulte 1 0 0-0 2, Esselink 10 0 7-9 27.Team statisticsH-BC: 22 of 63 field goals (35 percent), 19 of 24 free throws (79 percent), 37 rebounds, 18 turnovers.LH: 24 of 61 field goals (39 percent), 19 of 30 free throws (63 percent),