GALESBURG — The Carl Sandburg College men’s basketball team shot 61 percent from the floor and held on the beat Illinois Valley 74-69 on Thursday night in an Arrowhead Conference matchup.
KEY MOMENTS
• The Chargers (12-7, 1-1) led 39-27 at halftime, but five 3-pointers and a three-point play helped Illinois Valley get its deficit down to 47-46 with 13:00 left.
• Sandburg responded with a 9-0 run in the next 65 seconds, getting a Griffin Ronnebeck (East Moline, Ill./United Township) trey, back-to-back buckets from Myles Estrada (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell Central) and a Connor Barnett (Fulton, Ill./Fulton) jumper to go up 56-46.
• Clinging to a 72-69 lead in the closing seconds, the Chargers broke the Eagles full-court press and Estrada fed Atem Agot (East Moline, Ill./United Township) for a breakaway dunk to seal the victory.
SANDBURG STANDOUT
Agot finished with 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting, pulled down a team-best nine rebounds, led the Chargers with four assists and had two of Sandburg’s eight steals.
OTHER TOP CHARGERS
• Estrada — Team-high 14 points, 5 of 6 field goals, 3 assists
• Adam Cash (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) — 13 points, 5 of 6 field goals, 3 of 4 3-pointers
• Barnett — 10 points, 4 of 7 field goals, 6 rebounds, 2 steals
• Ronnebeck — 9 points, 3 of 5 3-pointers
FOR THE EAGLES
• Ty Gustafson — 23 points, 7 3-pointers
SAUK VALLEY GAME MOVED TO MONDAY
The Chargers’ next game, scheduled for Tuesday vs. Sauk Valley, has been moved up a day to 7:30 p.m. Monday. The Sandburg women’s team also will play the Skyhawks on Monday, with that game starting at 5:30 p.m.
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