Back-to-back threes set up Carterville for go-ahead win over Du Quoin Indians

For the first three quarters of Friday's game against Carterville, everything went well for Du Quoin.

What happened over the final eight minutes, however, kept the Lions ' title hopes alive.

Rallying from 14-points down, Carterville out scored Du Quoin 27-14 final quarter and walked away with

a 56-50 win. The Indians (5-16, 1-6) play at West Frankfort (6-15) Tuesday.

Carterville improves to 12-8 and 5-2.

Austin Swalls had a game best 15 points and Brendan Beasley added 14 for the Lions. Blake Jackson and Justin Johnston added 10 points each.

Du Quoin led 13-11 at the first break and 24-17 by halftime . Caleb Vogel had 8 of his team- high 13 points during a spurt by Du Quoin. Jacob Wright chipped in with 11

.As the fourth quarter started, the Lions' back-to-back three's by Johnson and Jackson cutting the margin the Du Quoin down to one.

.Vogel answered with a three, but Swalls hit two field goals and a free throw . And, Indians could not recover.

Box Score

Carterville 56,

Du Quoin 50

Carterville 11 6 12 27-56

Du Quoin 13 11 12 14-50

Carterville (56)

Swalls 4 6-6 15, Johnson 4 1-2 10, Jackson 3 1-3 10, Parker-Nalley 2 0-0 4, Beasley 5 2-4 14, Heil 0 4-6 4. Totals 18 14-19 56.

Du Quoin (50)

Hopkins 1 0-0 2, Bullar 3 0-1 8, Stewart 2 0-0 4, Vogel 4 3-6 13, Wright 3 2-2 11, Kuhnert 2 1-2 6, Smith 1 0-0 2, , Heape 1 0-0 2, Jones 0 0-0 0, O' Rourke 0 0-0 0.

Totals 18 6-12 50

3Pointers: Carterville 7 (Swalls, Johnson, Jackson 3, Bradley 2) Du Quoin 8

(Bullar 2, Wright 3, Vogel 2, Kuhnert ) Team fouls; Carterville 16, Du Quoin 17

Records- Du Quoin 5-16, 1-6. Carterville 12-7, 5-2.