ROCKFORD - Rockford Jefferson won its ninth straight 205 Tip-Off Classic game on a last-second layup by senior guard Nigel Posley.
The layup came with 2.3 seconds left and made the J-Hawks a 63-61 winner over North Chicago.
The game was tight throughout. The Warhawks led by one after the first quarter and four at halftime. The score was tied at 53 when a North Chicago player got a technical foul. Posley made four straight free throws.
The Warhawks rallied and tied the game at 61 with nine seconds left on a tip-in by Andre Illidge Jr., setting up the heroics by Posley.
Posley led Jefferson with 18 points. Randy Johnson, a sophomore center, had 16, and La'Shawn Gathright, a freshman guard, had 14. Nasir Za Kai Young led the Warhawks with 20 points.
Rockford Jefferson 63, North Chicago 61 | |||||
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North Chicago | |||||
Player | 2s | 3s | FT | FTA | Pts |
Usher | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Illidge | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
Bosley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Young | 8 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Brooks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Totals | 27 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 61 |
Rockford Jefferson | |||||
Player | 2s | 3s | FT | FTA | Pts |
Posley | 6 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Johnson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
Gates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Anderson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Gathright | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Total | 26 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 63 |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
North Chicago | 15 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 61 |
Jefferson | 14 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 83 |
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