With 6:41 to play, Judson had a 17-point lead, 77-60, and was looking to put CC away but could not get through the Crimson Wave pressure. CC fought their way back with a 31-14 run to tie the game at 91 with 24 seconds left. JU received the ball after CC’s Waybon McConnell tied the game on a layup. Just 21 seconds later, Boyd was fouled and made one of two free throws.

JU entered the second half with only a seven-point lead and CC cut he lead to five right away just 24 seconds in. Over the next six minutes, JU put together a 14-5 run for a 14-point lead, 60-46, with 13:41 left to play.

Judson kept their double-digit lead until the 4:18 mark. In those nine minutes, JU had as large as a 17-point lead four different times. CC’s Wilfredo Escobar was fouled while shooting a three-pointer and made all three of his free throws to bring JU’s lead to seven, 84-77, with 4:18 left.

Judson had a slim five-point lead with 3:41 left when CC’s Escobar fouled Steffan Williams. In that final 3:41, JU shot 12 free throws but only made five. At the 1:25 mark, CC’s Zeb Hall put the Crimson Wave within three points on a lay up, 88-85, but Bojanic nailed his sixth three-pointer of the game to push the lead back to six (1:08).

Just 18 seconds later, CC’s Radtke dunked home the ball to come within four and then with only 30 seconds left in the game he made a lay up to bring the lead down to two, 91-89.

At the 24 second mark, JU turned the ball over under CC’s pressure and McConnell tied the game at 91. JU took the ensuing possession and ran the clock down to three seconds for the final shot when Boyd was fouled.

The first half was one of Judson’s best on the year for shooting as they made 52% of their shots from three-point range. Bojanic was 5-of-5 from three-point range in the half and had 15 points at halftime.

Ilija Bojanic

JU ran out to a 10-point lead in the first three minutes, 13-3, but CC followed with a 7-0 run to bring the lead down to three, 13-10. At the 14 minute mark, JU had a tight 16-14 lead and then answered with a 7-0 run to make it 23-14. Again, CC did not go away as they cut the led to one, 25-24, with a 10-2 run at the 9:29 mark.

Another 6-0 run by the Eagles made it 31-24 and again CC answered on with their own 6-0 run to make it 31-30. In the next three minutes, JU had a 10-4 run to take a seven-point advantage, 41-34. Each team finished the half scoring five points as Judson had a 46-39 lead at the half.

JU shot the lights out in the first half from beyond the arc by making 9-of-17 for 52%. They only made four three-pointers in the second half and finished shooting 46% for the three. Overall, JU made 50% of their shots but struggled from the free throw line only making 51%. CC made 50% from the floor, 23% from three-point range, and 81% from the stripe.

CC held the rebounding advantage, 45-31, but JU forced 17 turnovers and had nine steals. JU also recorded seven blocks.

Judson will now play their final regular season game for the CCAC Championship on Wednesday in Palos Heights against Trinity Christian at 7:30 p.m.

NOTES: Judson will play for their first-ever CCAC regular season championship vs. Trinity Christian on Wednesday…JU has a half game lead over TCC right now as TCC has two CCAC games left…10^th time in JU’s history for a team to win 16 or more games in a season…9^th time this season that Judson has shot over 50% in a game and 6^th time that JU has shot over 40% from three-point range…This was the 5^th game this season that Bojanic scored 20 or more points…For the 4^th time this season, Boyd had 20 or more points…Best shooting game of the year for Boyd making 83% of his shots from the floor (10-of-12)…Chris Oates needs just 16 points to score 1,000 points…10 points for Dewayne Robinson is his 3^rd lowest of the season.