The Bishop LeBlond boys’ basketball team advance to its second consecutive district title game as they defeated Plattsburg Thursday 57-49 in their semifinal of the Class 3 District 16 tournament at East Buchanan High School.
The Eagles improve to 16-11 and they’ll play East Buchanan in the championship game Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
LeBlond led by as many as six points in the first half and took a 26-25 lead into the locker room at halftime.
Plattsburg took their first lead of the game in the third quarter before the Eagles’ Connor Haynes hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game at 33.
Bishop LeBlond never trailed again.
The Eagles made 11 consecutive free throws at one point in the fourth quarter as they held off the Tigers for the eight-point victory.
Haynes led LeBlond with 18 points and Quinton Obermier added 16.
East Buchanan 35, Maryville 33
The No. 1 seed East Buchanan gave up a 15-point third quarter lead to Maryville Thursday night and fell behind by four, but the Bulldogs’ Nate Griffin made a shot in the lane with one second remaining to break a 33-33 tie and that capped off an 8-2 run to end the game.
Griffin led East Buchanan with 14 points and Zac Johnson added 10.
The Bulldogs improve to 21-6 and they won their earlier meeting with Bishop LeBlond 55-51 in the semifinals of the LeBlond Holiday Tournament.
