Baldwin City ? Baker University backup quarterback Logan Brettell did not appear to have any butterflies as he led the Wildcats to a 68-21 victory over Point (Ga.) in the first round of the NAIA playoffs in his second career start.

Brettell filled in for starter Nick Marra and completed 28 of his 36 passes for 419 yards, with six touchdowns and one interception.

Baker coach Mike Grossner said Marra suffered “a couple of injuries” from a hit he took against Evangel in Baker’s regular-season finale, but felt comfortable handing the reins of the offense to Brettell.

“I feel very confident like we have two starters,” Grossner said. “I thought he (Brettell) played exceptional today.”

The sophomore quarterback from Blue Valley was kept upright for most of the game thanks to the pass protection from the offensive line, which allowed Brettell to build confidence with his receivers.

“We have four, five, even six guys (receivers) that come into the game, and they have different weaknesses, but when they play together there are no weaknesses on the field. It made it so easy for me because I could just lay it out there and let them go make a play,” Brettell said. “They are that good of athletes. I can’t even explain how easy it is for a quarterback when you have weapons like that out there.”

The Baker receiving corps’ most lethal weapon all season has been junior Clarence Clark. The junior wideout’s only miscue of the day came on the Wildcats’ first drive, when the ball deflected off his hands to Point’s John Thompson for Brettell’s lone interception. Brettell, who earned offensive player of the game honors, did not lose confidence in Clark, though, as he connected with the all-American receiver on seven receptions for 200 yards and four touchdowns.

“I came out, and we kind of had a shaky start just at the beginning just because I dropped one of the first balls. After that, I just tried to lock it in,” said Clark, who has 16 touchdowns on the season. “It was fortunate. Logan threw me a couple of good balls, and I had a couple of good catches, couple of good jukes and it all worked out in the end.”

Brettell and Clark were closing in on the single-game passing and receiving yards school records, but did not play in the fourth quarter.

Brettell was 14 yards shy of Mack Brown’s BU record of 433 yards set in 2008, and Clark came within 21 yards of Gary Greenwood’s milestone from 1993. The six touchdown passes for Brettell did tie him with Marra, Jake Morse and Mike Baggs for the most in a game in BU history.

“I don’t really think about records. I more so just come out here and try to play the game, and try to put as many points on the board as I can for my team, whether it’s kicking, whether it’s receiving, whether it’s standing on the sideline,” Clark, who is also BU’s place-kicker, said. “It’s fun, but I can reflect on that later on in the season.”

Baker’s special teams and defense joined in on the scoring onslaught after the Wildcats had the game in hand. Birdsong Warren recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown, and defensive player of the game Adam Novak returned a fumble 38 yards for a score.

“I loved the way we finished. We hadn’t finished all year,” Grossner said. “We’ve had good leads at halftime, and I thought we finished this one.”

The Wildcats (11-1) advanced to the NAIA quarterfinals for the second time in three years, while Saturday was the first NAIA postseason game for Point (8-3).

No. 2-ranked Baker will play Saturday at Liston Stadium and has home-field advantage until the NAIA championship game Dec. 19 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

“This time of year, anyone who comes in here next week is going to be great,” Grossner said. “You look at the tournament bracket, and it’s wide-open. The great thing is that we’re at home.”

Baker 6 20 28 14 — 68

Point 0 7 7 7 — 21

B — Clarence Clark 34 pass from Logan Brettell (Clark kick failed)

B — Clark 36 pass from Brettell (Jacob Tompkins kick)

B — Cornell Brown 26 pass from Brettell (Clark kick)

B — Clark 69 pass from Brettell (Tompkins kick failed)

P — Charles Duckworth 52 pass from Charles Fortis (Nick Powell kick)

B — Clark 17 pass from Brettell (Clark kick)

P — Duckworth 88 kickoff return (Powell kick)

B — Alex Stebbins 1 pass from Brettell (Clark kick)

B — Stebbins 1 run (Clark kick

B — Warren 1 fumble return (Clark kick)

B — Adam Novak 38 fumble return (Clark kick)

P — Duckworth 6 pass from Fortis (David Strickland kick)

B — Dalton Buehler 41 run (Rolando Perez kick)