GUILDERLAND — Up by 12 points with about five minutes to play, the game looked to be in the Dutchmen’s hands.

But then a came the fall for the Guilderland boys’ basketball team. LaSalle Institute went on a 13-1 run over the next couple minutes to take the lead and then held on for a 58-56 win in the first-round of the Class AA Section II tournament.

The Dutch had a couple of chances to tie the game in the final seconds but couldn’t get a shot to fall and LaSalle was able to celebrate on its home court in South Troy.

Guilderland was leading 51-39 with 5:05 left in the game. But LaSalle took control, with the aid of a technical foul called on Guilderland junior Drew Smith, and took the lead with 1:07 left on a fast-break lay-up by Khaliq Gross.

The loss ends the season for the Dutchmen. They finished as co-champions in the Suburban Council Gold Division and third in the league tournament. They were the sixth seed from the Suburban Council and LaSalle was the third-seeded team from the Big 10 Conference.