Benet Academy dominates New Trier to advance to the IHSA 4A Boys Basketball State Championship

Welcome to the IHSA Boys Basketball 4A state series featuring two teams with combined records of 65-5. Benet Academy is back in the state series after runner up finishes in 2014 and 2016. They take on the New Trier Trevians who make their state appearance for the first time since 2005 after taking care of Libertyville in the supersectional. This highlight is sponsored by BMO Harris Bank.
New Trier gives Benet trouble early
Trevians start cooking early on with Evan Kanellos using the glass as his best friend to score.
Tied at 8 but that changes with leading scorer Jake Fiegen who buries the three point basket from the wing.
Redwings trail by one and here comes Brayden Fagbemi driving through the paint and lays it in to give his squad a 12-11.
Sam Driscoll steps in big
Just before the break Sam Driscoll gets a three point opportunity and sinks it to beat the buzzer. He comes in for Brady Kunka who went down early in the game with an injury and that was huge.
Redwings keep that momentum up 21-18 and it’s Niko Abusara getting the hard shot to fall with the foul.
They keep on fighting and this possession shows. Parker Sulaver misses the three but there’s Driscoll taking the ball away and he hits a three. What a play by the Redwing Driscoll.
The attack continues for BA and nobody can stop them and Fagbemi who scores another lay in. 35-23 wings at the half.
New Trier gets feisty to start the third. Kanellos fools everyone in the paint by assisting to Logan Feller whose lay-in puts them within ten.
Fiegen makes the deficit single digits by getting the Kanellos assist and gets it to go to add on to his 26 point game.
All Redwings down the stretch
However good luck stopping Benet. Despite the miss by Fagbemi, Abusara steals and the pass out of nowhere gets the hoop and the harm. Great heads up play by the senior.
Trevians had no answer all game and Redwing Andy Nash connects on a corner trifecta to put this out of reach.
Abusara ends the highlight with a beautiful two handed jam that helps Benet Academy punch its ticket to the championship game where they’ll face red hot Moline after a dominating 64-49 win over New Trier. For more prep sports highlights, visit the Naperville Sports Weekly page!
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