December 2025

In Day 2’s final matchup, the Chargers of Illini West used a 25-9 run late in the second half to knock off the #2 seeded Brown County Hornets by a score of 45-41.  Brown County took a 23-14 lead into halftime.  The third quarter was close, but then Illini West took over the fourth and […]

The quarterfinal chaos continued as the second seeded team fell in as many games as the Macomb Bombers defeated the #3 seeded Abingdon-Avon Tornadoes by a score of 39-32.  The rims were especially tight in this contest, as the teams combined to shoot 25-for-83 (30%) in this contest.  Unfortunately, a lot of missed layups and

In the second quarterfinal game, the Canton Little Giants used a strong fourth quarter to come back and upset the #4 seeded Eureka Hornets by a score of 57-50.  The big story in this game were the points off turnovers, where Canton won that battle 18-to-6.  Canton did a fantastic job with ball control, giving

In defense of their #1 seed, the West Hancock Titans used a dominant second quarter to edge the Mercer County Golden Eagles by a score of 66-48.  Three minutes into the second quarter of this game, the score was tied 19-19.  West Hancock proceeded to score the next 13 points and when these teams went

Monmouth-Roseville came into this contest with a 1-7 record, and they were ready to show that they could put it all together and execute a winning strategy.  The Titans accomplished that in this consolation quarterfinals tilt with a wire-to-wire win over Bushnell-Prairie City by a score of 65-30.  This game was won in the paint,

In a close battle of teams with 5-5 records, the Pittsfield Saukees came out on top over Peoria Christian’s Chargers by a score of 49-44.  Pittsfield held a 1-point lead after the opening quarter, but widened the lead to 29-23 at the break.  The Chargers had an eight-point run in the first quarter and the

Game 10 was a rollercoaster of playing momentum between the Rockets of Rockridge and the Panthers of Camp Point Central.  Each team shot poorly in the first half and at the intermission, the score was just 15-14 in favor of Central.  Then each team traded control of the final two quarters.  Rockridge shot 7-of-12 (58%)

In the early morning game of Day 2, Liberty’s Eagles held off the Farmers of Farmington in a close affair by the score of 50-47.  In the closing seconds, Farmington was setting up a shot to tie the game, but Liberty came up with a clutch steal with five seconds remaining to secure the victory. 

Illini West’s Chargers, likely just missing a tournament seed took care of business in Day 1’s final contest.  They knocked off the Monmouth-Roseville Titans by a score of 52-28.  The Chargers forced 16 turnovers and converted those into 20 points.  This was a tale of two halves, as the score was just 18-15 at the

Led by a quartet of double-digit scorers, the #2 seed Brown County Hornets led wire-to-wire to take a 57-21 victory away from the Spartans of Bushnell-Prairie City.  The Hornets dominated every aspect of this game, leading points in the paint (34-to-8), points off turnovers (14-to-5), and fast break points (17-to-5), and rebounds (39-to-19). Brown County’s