Verdell Jones III Shot To Win IESA 8AA Tournament

Courtesy of IESA.org and WICD-TV Channel 15

The 8AA Boy's Basketball State Championship game between Morton Junior High (24-1) School and Champaign Franklin (22-2) was tied at the end of regulation 45-45. The regulation game was a well-played 24 minutes. The first three-minute overtime ended with both teams tied 49-49.

At the end of the hard-fought second overtime, Champaign Franklin fouled a Morton player with two seconds to play and the score was tied again at 52-52.

The player from Morton sank both free throws to put Morton ahead by two points 54-52. Franklin in-bounded the ball from the end line opposite their bench.

Franklin's Verdell Jones III took two dribbles and launched a shot just beyond the opposing team's three point line. As the time expired, the ball sailed through the basket putting Champaign Franklin ahead by one point.

The final score was 55-54. Champaign Franklin ended the season 23-2 and Morton JHS finished second in the state at 24-2.

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[bb773623]

i live in morton and am on that the bball team

[alpaul18]

I went to franklin the year after that and played basketball there go knights

[dvon90]

@queeze32 I was on the Rantoul team that lost to you guys the year before at state, you guy's whooped our ass lol

[woahfirehazard]

damn, i was on the homer team that lost to morton in the first round. our coach let us stay to watch that game and some of our players stormed the court for fun haha. long time ago.

[jhawkgiant77]

what year did you play for morton?

[zackman86]

Who knows? Maybe he'll make a few shots like that at indiana

[smoshfankenny]

god i love that shot. i was in fifth grade and now im in 8th Mr.Collins showed it to my class

[twobitbrit]

i remember this too.

that was my 8th grade year there.

[RJRoko]

i was there and i stormed the court

[jobby67]

Amazing shot!!!