Heading into the final quarter of last Friday’s IHSA sectional, the New Trier boys basketball team found itself trailing Glenbrook North High School by six points. With their season on the line, the Trevians rallied back, tying the game late in the fourth quarter and forcing a turnover with a successful double team.
And then the game-winning shot: sophomore Chris Kirkpatrick drained a three as regulation ended, making the Trevs sectional winners and knocking out Glenbrook North 46-43.
“I was just confident in myself the whole time,” Kirkpatrick said.
For head coach Scott Fricke, Kirkpatrick’s shot was the culmination of a well-executed play.
“It was a great shot,” Fricke said. “But the execution that went into that play—Logan [Feller]’s role in the pass, Colby [Smith] setting the screen, Ian [Brown] setting the screen, [Will LeeMaster] making the pass—there was a lot of stuff that had to happen right, and it did. And it couldn’t have been at a bigger time.”
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