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Boys basketball: Hoffman Estates holds off Marian Central at Hinkle Classic

By Joe Stevenson
Marian Central's Jake Giangrego drives the baseline against Hoffman Estates’ Adell Bosnjak during a Hinkle Holiday Classic basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.

Marian Central's Jake Giangreco drives the baseline against Hoffman Estates’ Adell Bosnjak during a Hinkle Holiday Classic game Tuesday at Jacobs High School in Algonquin. (Gregory Shaver — gshaver@shawmedia.com/Gregory Shaver for Shaw Media )

ALGONQUIN – As Marian Central and Hoffman Estates kept fighting it out, trading baskets, it became evident that neither was going to let the other get away.

Eventually, it was Hoffman Estates that came up with one key defensive stop, followed by a rebound and two crucial free throws from 6-foot-9 forward DJ Wallace.