Terence Johnson and Brandon Powell combined for 45 points, and host Deerfield Beach came back from an eight-point, second-half deficit to knock off Miramar 73-65 in the Region 3-8A quarterfinals Thursday night.

Deerfield Beach will play host to Cypress Bay on Tuesday in the regional semifinals.

Johnson and Powell had 13 points apiece in the second half and were instrumental in the Bucks’ 10-1 run during a three-minute span early in the fourth quarter that gave them a commanding 64-57 lead with four minutes to play. Johnson had 24 points and seven rebounds, and Powell had 21 points.

“We decided to take the ball to the basket. I didn’t want him settling for jump shots. I wanted him to continue to attack, attack, attack,” Deerfield Beach coach Kenny Brown said of Johnson.

Leading 60-57, Johnson came up with a steal under the Bucks’ basket and converted a layup for a five-point lead. He then found Javaris Jenkins for a layup and a seven-point lead. Miramar never got closer than five the rest of the way.

Miramar’s Zach Johnson scored 16 consecutive points in the first half for the Patriots on six shots before dishing a couple of assists. He came up with a three-point play to complete a stretch where he scored 19 of 24 points for the Patriots and had assists on the other five.

That gave Miramar a 36-28 lead, but the Bucks closed the half on a 7-0 run to get within 36-35 at the break. Johnson disappeared in the second half until the Bucks had taken the lead. He missed two front ends of a one-and-one and three free throws overall when the Bucks pulled away.

“We decided to change our defense. We came out in man-to-man and went to a 1-3-1. We played great defense after that. We came out a little flat defensively, but for the most part, the kids, they fought, that was really a well, hard fought, well-played game [Thursday night],” Brown said.

Trailing 50-42, Deerfield’s Johnson scored seven consecutive points to cut the Miramar lead to 52-49 and the Bucks got within two at the end of the quarter on a three-point play by Powell.

Johnson tied it at 54 to start the fourth, and Marcus Owens gave Deerfield the lead for good with 5:47 to play.

Jenkins came up huge on the defensive end for the Bucks as he had nine blocked shots and challenge countless other shots.

“Jenkins did a really good job for us defensively,” Brown said.

“In these kinds of games, defense is what is going to win it for you.”

• MIR (14-9): Z. Johnson 27, Wells 6, Millwood 5, L. Tejada 19, Henry 8. DB (23-4): T. Johnson 24, Owens 9, Powell 21, Jean-Pierre 10, Jenkins 5, Simpson 3. Halftime: MIR 36-35. Three-Pointers: Z. Johnson 4, Henry 2, Wells, L. Tejada 3, T. Johnson 4, Owens, Jenkins, Powell. Rebounds: Owens 8. Assists: L. Tejada 6. Steals: T. Johnson 2. Blocks: Jenkins 9. Fouled Out: Simpson.

•  Region 3-8A quarterfinals — Cypress Bay 60, Piper 33: The Lightning (19-6) dominated from start to finish with forward/center Ben Antoine leading the way with 20 points and 15 rebounds to eliminate the Bengals (16-8).

Cypress Bay, which outrebounded Piper by a 33-19 margain, advances to face Deerfield Beach in the semifinals Tuesday.

The Lightning’s man-to-man defense helped set the tone, forcing 23 turnovers, with eight coming in the first quarter as Cypress Bay held Piper to one field goal for a 14-4 lead following an Antoine drive. The advantage grew to 19-5 during a stretch in which Antoine scored all of his team’s points during an 8-1 run.

Guards Shea Jones and Matt Edenberg each added 12 points for Cypress Bay. Isaiah Treen led Piper with 14 points, 10 of them coming in the fourth quarter.

CONCEPCION LEDEZMA

• PIP (16-8): Treen 14, Drummond 9, McClam 4, Burton 3, Kerr 3. Steals: Kerr 2. Rebound: Treen 6. Assists: Kerr 3. CB (19-6): Antoine 20, Edenberg 12, Jones 12, Jurko 5, Aleman 2, Medina 2, Pollack 2, Freesman 2. Rebounds: 15, Steals: Antoine 3, Assists: Jones 7. Halftime: CB 24-14.

•  Region 4-7A quarterfinal — Blanche Ely 75, McArthur 42: Blanche Ely (26-2) forced McArthur (14-9) into multiple turnovers and defeated the Mustangs in Pompano Beach.

“We started out a little bit sluggish, [but] we started to pick it up and started to play Tiger basketball,” said coach Melvin Randall, who was pleased with the play of his two seniors, Benji Bell and Clide Geffrard.

The Tigers were led by Bell, who finished with 17 points. Geffrard had a game-high 21 points.

Ely will play St. Thomas Aquinas in the semifinals.

MALCOLM SHIELDS

• Ely (26-2): Geffrard 21, Bell 17, Myers 6, Walker 5, Allen 7, Thomas 9, Cameron 7, Smith 3. MA (14-9): Harris 8, Maturah 8, Santos 8, Robertson 6, Candelario 9, Thomas 2. Halftime: 49-24. Three-pointers: Bell 2, Cameron 2, Allen 1, Harris 2, Maturah 2.