Illinois High School Basketball

Recap

Yorkville Christian Overcomes Slow Start to Beat Liberty for 1A Title

1A starting lineups:

Liberty:
– Clayton Obert
– Cannen Wolf
– Logan Robbins
– Breiton Klingele
– Devin Klauser

Yorkville Christian
– K.J. Vasser
– Jaden Schutt Schutt
– Tyler Burrows
– David Douglas Jr.
– Brayden Long

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First quarter ends with a Liberty missed three.

Liberty 10
Yorkville Christian 8

Teams combine for 7-24 shooting and 6 turnovers.

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Second quarter ends with a Klauser put-back on the offensive board.

Liberty crowd erupts.

Liberty 21
Yorkville Christian 20

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Team halftime stats:

Shooting
– Liberty: 9-23, 2-7 3PT
– YC: 8-25, 4-14 3PT

Rebounding
– Liberty: 16, 5 offensive
– YC: 15, 6 offensive

Turnovers
– Liberty: 5
– YC: 4

Second quarter: YC cut its own turnovers but also got beaten on the offensive glass.

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Halftime individual stats:

Liberty:
– Logan Robbins: 7 pts, 3 reb, 3 ast
– Devin Klauser: 5 pts, 3 reb
– Cannen Wolf: 5 pts, 2 reb, 2 ast

Yorkville Christian:
– Tyler Burrows: 5 pts, 4 reb, 4 ast
– Jaden Schutt: 5 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl
– K.J. Vasser: 4 pts, 4 reb

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Third quarter ends with a Liberty missed three.

Yorkville Christian 31
Liberty 27

YC outscores Liberty 11-6 in the third for its biggest lead of the game.

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Yorkville Christian wins the 1A state title, first in school history.

Yorkville Christian 54
Liberty 41

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