The Hinckley-Big Rock boys basketball team defeated Indian Creek 47-44 in the championship game of the 106th annual Little Ten Conference Tournament.

Kaneland senior guard Marshawn Cocroft said Sycamore came out in Friday’s Interstate 8 matchup and punched the Knights hard. But Cocroft got the last shot, his 3-pointer in the final 90 seconds of overtime giving Kaneland the lead for good in its 58-53 win over the Spartans.

Josiah Mitchell scored 19 points off the bench to lead Sycamore, which was playing without Isaiah Feuerbach, to a 62-53 wire-to-wire win over La Salle-Peru on Tuesday.

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The La Salle-Peru boys basketball team traveled to Sycamore Tuesday to take on the Spartans in an Interstate 8 Conference matchup.

Even when something went wrong for DeKalb during Friday’s game against Sycamore in the FNBO Challenge at the NIU Convocation Center, there seemed to be someone ready to correct it. Not that the Barbs needed additional opportunities, overwhelming the Spartans, 59-38.

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The Sycamore and DeKalb boys basketball teams renewed their rivalry in the second game of the FNBO Challenge Friday in the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University.

The DeKalb and Sycamore boys basketball teams renew their rivalry Friday at the NIU Convocation Center. The Barbs have won the last three games in the series.

With stars Dylan Long of Newark suffering an injury late in the first half and Martin Ledbetter of Hinckley-Big Rock home sick, Reggie Chapman scored 13 of his 21 points in the second half to lift Newark to a 67-64 win to take sole possession of first place in the Little Ten.

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Newark hosted Hinckley-Big Rock boys basketball on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.