POTTSVILLE - The shots just weren't falling.

Marian's typically potent offense hit a roadblock in Wednesday's Schuylkill League semifinal against Blue Mountain.And the Colts' struggles were all the Eagles needed to take over.Blue Mountain took advantage of Marian's off-shooting night at Martz Hall to secure a 58-27 win and clinch a spot in the league championship game."We shoot the ball a lot, and I think what happened was, when the first couple didn't fall, I think everybody kind of got a little tight," Colts' head coach John Patton said. "(We) expect it here, in this kind of situation. But those are things that happen."You come out, you get the shots. We got the shots. It's not like we didn't get them. We just couldn't make them."Division III champion Marian (19-4) fell behind early, trailing 11-4 at the end of the first quarter and 25-8 at halftime. The Colts, who averaged close to 60 points per game during the season, were 3-for-17 from the floor in the first half, and finished the game 9-for-44."They're physical, and we talked about that," Patton said of the Eagles. "You can't get to where you want to go against them. They bump every cutter and it kept us from getting where we wanted to be."And then when we did get open shots, we worked so hard, maybe we just weren't in position to shoot them."While Division I co-champion Blue Mountain (18-5) benefited from Marian's shooting woes, the Eagles also continued to utilize their balanced lineup to control the game in both halves.Aaron Albertini led the Eagles with 14 points, 12 of which came in the second half. Albertini scored eight points in the third quarter to help Blue Mountain build a 40-10 lead with 1:18 left in the period.Mason Zerbe added 11 points, with nine coming in the first half."It's great to have balance," said Blue Mountain head coach Dustin Werdt. "We have three kids averaging in double-figures, and a fourth just under, and they're all accepting of their roles."They're not looking in the box score to see, 'Was I the leading scorer that night.' They look to see, 'Did I win,' and go from there. That's the kind of mindset that you have to have."Brandon Mohammed, the Colts' leading scorer who was averaging nearly 17 points per game entering the contest, finished with five points. Jarod Paisley and Tyler Fritz also scored five points."That's usually us," Patton said of the Eagles' attack. "If you go through and look, you'll see that we've had different leading scorers in a lot of games, and that's hopefully what you look for. They got it."Despite the loss, Patton was happy to return the program to the league tournament for the first time since 2011."This is huge. For the program," he said. "It's a lot of work from a lot of people from the last couple of years, but this has been a great boost to get back here. Even though it ended like this, it's still good to be here."UP NEXT … Blue Mountain will face Pottsville in a rematch of last year's championship game, which the Tide won 65-47. Pottsville defeated Lourdes Regional 51-46 in Wednesday's second semifinal.SIDELINED … Mohammed suffered what appeared to be an ankle injury with 5:24 remaining in the fourth quarter and did not return.BLUE MOUNTAINConway 0-0-0-0, O'Donnell 0-0-0-0, McKivigan 0-0-0-0, Welsh 3-0-0-8, Lewis 3-2-2-8, Albertini 6-2-2-14, Zerbe 4-3-3-11, Caulfield 1-1-2-3, Nabholz 0-0-0-0, O'Keefe 3-0-0-6, Bensinger 1-0-0-2, Hoynoski 1-0-0-2, Biever 2-0-0-4. TOTALS: 24-8-9-58.MARIANCholey 0-0-0-0, Collevichio 0-1-2-1, Fritz 2-0-1-5, Karchner 1-1-2-3, Lentz 0-0-0-0, McLaughlin 0-0-0-0, McNelis 0-0-0-0, Mohammed 2-1-7-5, Mummey 1-0-0-3, Paisley 1-2-2-5, Paluck 1-0-0-3, Stauffer 1-0-0-2, Whildin 0-0-0-0. TOTALS: 9-5-14-27.Blue Mtn. 11 14 17 16 - 58Marian 4 4 7 12 - 27Three-pointers: Blue Mountain - Welsh 2; Marian - Fritz 1, Mummey 1, Paisley 1, Paluck 1.