Jacob Harrison made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give Kaneland a 71-70 win at Rochelle on Wednesday.
Troyer Carlson led the Knights with 16, while Harrison and Parker Violette added 16 each. Sam Gagne scored 10.
The win was the eighth in a row for the Knights (11-3, 5-2 Interstate 8).
Sycamore 44, Sandwich 34: Tyler York scored 18 to lead the Spartans (11-8, 6-3 I-8) to victory.
Teague Hallahan added eight against the Indians (1-18, 0-8).
Women’s basketball
Miami of Ohio 61, NIU 56: Chleby Koker led all scorers with 20 points, but it wasn’t enough for the Huskies in a Mid-American Conference road loss.
NIU led, 43-42, going into the fourth quarter, but Miami (6-7, 2-2 MAC) scored five consecutive points on a Maddi Cluse three-point play and a Peyton Scott jumper to take a 47-45 lead with 7:17 to play in the game. Janae Poisson made a 3-pointer to start a 7-2 Huskies run that put NIU back ahead, 52-49, with 4:31 remaining. Miami and NIU then traded baskets, with 3s from Cluse and Edyn Battle answering a Poisson layup and allowing the RedHawks to take a 55-54 lead with 3:01 to go.
NIU (4-9, 1-4 MAC) took back the advantage with a pair of A’Jah Davis free throws at the 2:41 mark, giving the Huskies a 56-55 lead. With less than two minutes to go, Cluse drove the lane and scored to give Miami a 57-56 lead. The Huskies had two chances to take back the lead but instead were forced to foul to save time on the clock in the final minute. Battle made two foul shots with 20 seconds left to give the RedHawks a 59-56 lead. Koker attempted a 3 with 12 seconds left that was off the mark, but Miami fumbled the rebound, giving NIU one last chance to force overtime. Miami forced a turnover and made two free throws in the last second.
“When it’s a possession-for-possession game like it was late, you can’t give that many possessions away,” NIU coach Lisa Carlsen said. “That was happening throughout the course of the game, not just late, and we were not able to extend our lead.”