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61
St. Ignatius (Calif.) SI 2-2
72
Winner Jesuit Dallas JCP 8-0
St. Ignatius (Calif.) SI
2-2
61
Final
72
Jesuit Dallas JCP
8-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
St. Ignatius (Calif.) SI 10 7 21 23 61
Jesuit Dallas JCP 16 19 17 20 72

Game Recap: Basketball - Varsity |

No. 15 Ranger Basketball Remains Unbeaten, Captures Knights of Columbus Crown

Jesuit Dallas captured its first Knights of Columbus title since 2014 with a 72-61 triumph over St. Ignatius (Calif.) in the championship game of the 55th Annual Bob Stras Knights of Columbus Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Walsh Gymnasium. Junior Julius Marble earned Tournament Most Valuable Player honors and senior Marcus Hill was named to the all-tournament team to complete a dominant weekend for a Jesuit Dallas squad that averaged 70.3 points over three games.
 
Marble scored a team-high 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting and 7-of-7 free throws, logging his second consecutive 20-point game in the process. Junior Max Abmas went 5-for-8 from behind the arc to score 20 points while adding three rebounds, two assists and a team-high two steals. Hill tacked on 11 points, Reid Hatzmann added seven points and Michael Jankovich contributed six points. Marble and Hatzmann brought down a team-high five rebounds each and Hatzmann added a team-high seven assists.
 
Jesuit Dallas remained unbeaten on the year, shooting 55 percent from the floor and 81 percent from the charity stripe. Hitting 11 three-pointers, the Rangers limited St. Ignatius to 47.9 percent from the floor while forging 12 attempts from the free-throw line.
 
How it Happened
 
  • The Rangers fired the first shot with a 10-3 run, hitting their first four shot attempts including two three-pointers to establish control early. Jesuit took a 16-10 lead after the end of the first quarter.
     
  • Jesuit's lead blossomed in the second quarter as the Jesuit Dallas guards continued to bury three-pointers. Over the final 1:45 of the opening half, Marble converted four free-throws to send the Rangers into the break with a 35-17 lead.
     
  • St. Ignatius made a run at the Jesuit Dallas lead in the second half, using a 10-2 run in the third and a 12-8 run in the fourth to reduce the lead to 13. However, the Rangers put the game away with a 6-0 run with under four minutes remaining in the fourth. Marble scored four points over the two-minute stretch, two with a field goal with the second two converted on the free-throw line. Abmas added tree free throws with 30 seconds remaining in the contest to help Jesuit clinch the win.
 
Inside the Numbers
 
  • Jesuit Dallas defeated Mesquite, 50-43 in the 2014 Knights of Columbus Tournament Championship, the last time that the Blue and Gold earned a championship in its home tournament.
     
  • The Jesuit Dallas offense has excelled throughout the year, averaging 68.8 points per game. However, the defense has provided a key cue for the squad's unbeaten start as Jesuit has out-rebounded foes, 35.1-24.6 throughout the season while forcing opponents into 14.1 turnovers per game.
     
  • Throughout the first eight games of the season, the Rangers have dominated the first half. On average, the Rangers score 34.6 first half points compared to 21.9 scored by opponents.
 
Up Next
 
Jesuit Dallas will travel to New York City for a five-day trip on Wednesday, Dec. 7. The Rangers will face Long Island Lutheran at 7 p.m. on Dec. 7 and Our Lady of Lourdes on Dec. 8 before closing a three-game slate on Saturday against an opponent to be determined.
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