DePaul Prep Three-Peats! Beats Brother Rice in Overtime
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<p>It took more than four quarters for DePaul Prep to take home the 3A championship Saturday evening. Their third championship in as many years.</p>
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<p>It didn't even take one overtime. That's how intense it was.</p>
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<p>The final outcome of this game was honestly a toss-up. But what I most certainly could've predicted was a hard-fought defensive game. That was the case for the first four minutes, as neither team could find the bottom of the net. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='2538949' first='KJ' last='Morris'] scored the first six points for Brother Rice. Including a tough and-one against [player_tooltip player_id='1435692' first='Rykan' last='Woo'] for his second foul. But even with Woo on the bench, DePaul had answers. [player_tooltip player_id='1385297' first='Jonas' last='Johnson'], [player_tooltip player_id='2505371' first='Gus' last='Donohue'], and [player_tooltip player_id='1385311' first='Robert' last='Walls'] each hit three's in the opening 12 minutes. Eventually, Brother Rice held a 15-14 lead at half which included six lead changes.</p>
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<p>In the second half, it was the [player_tooltip player_id='1545120' first='Marcos' last='Gonzales'] show. He made several key plays on both ends of the ball. Fighting hard with a very tough and-one late in the third. Eventually giving the crusaders a 5-pt lead after 3. A finger-roll layup pushed it to the largest lead for either team at 9 pts in the final 5 minutes. </p>
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<p>But DePaul never quit. [player_tooltip player_id='1545133' first='Makai' last='Kvamme'] finished a smooth spin-move layup followed by a steal and score on the immediate possession. Even when Rice tried to break away, Kvamme had an answer. Ultimately, [player_tooltip player_id='1435692' first='Rykan' last='Woo'] hit three crucial free throws to tie the game before OT. </p>
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<p>OT was intense, only 3 points for each team in the first OT. When the second OT came around, [player_tooltip player_id='1545133' first='Makai' last='Kvamme'] clutched up followed by and and-one dunk by [player_tooltip player_id='1845360' first='Rashaun' last='Porter'].</p>
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<p>A three-peat for DePaul</p>
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It took more than four quarters for DePaul Prep to take home the 3A championship Saturday evening. Their third championship in as many years.
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