The Lafayette boys basketball team won its second consecutive district championship Friday night as they defeated Savannah in the Class 4 District 16 title at Lafayette high school, 48-35.

The Fighting Irish improve to 22-4 this season and they’ll play a Class 4 sectional game Wednesday at Staley high school against either Liberty North or Lincoln Prep.

Savannah jumped out to a 10-0 lead Friday night as they played well early, but Lafayette answered with their own 10-0 run to end the first quarter and the game was tied after one.

The Irish extended their run in the second quarter as it grew to a 19-2 run before Savannah scored the final six points of the half and LHS led 19-18 at halftime.

After the break, it was all Lafayette.

The Fighting Irish opened the third quarter on a 17-0 run and they were threaten by Savannah in the second half as they cruised to the district title.

Billy Cook, Xavier Kurth and Gary Wilkinson each scored 11 points for Lafayette.

Bert Ernst led the Savages with 17 as Savannah ends its season 16-11.