Jacobs 83, Woodstock 59

Conrad Krutwig

Jacobs needed a wake-up call in the third quarter Friday night to earn its 17th win.

It came when Woodstock's Cameron Sanchez blocked Conrad Krutwig's layup attempt on one end and finished with his own layup on the other, tying the game at 40 with 6:30 remaining in the third. The Blue Streaks weren't intimidated by Jacobs one bit. They had contained John Moran up until that point, and were shooting 15-for-27 from the field.

The sequence looked to bolster the Blue Streaks, but Moran knew it was time for his team to wake up.

Moran's court vision sparked a 23-2 third quarter run, and Jacobs was rolling. Moran found everyone -- Krutwig, his brother Tim, and Zack Peterson, all for easy baskets, as the Golden Eagles cruised to an 83-59 victory in a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division boys basketball game in Algonquin.

"The third quarter has kind of been our quarter all year. It's not the first time it's happened," said Jacobs coach Jim Hinkle.

"Our team is kind of like a boxer who feels out his opponent for the early rounds, and then goes for it."

And the Golden Eagles (17-2, 3-0) went for it and put the Blue Streaks (9-11, 2-1) on the ropes.

After Woodstock tied it at 40, John Moran found Peterson, who couldn't miss. Peterson scored 14 of his 19 points in the third, including two 3-pointers that put the Golden Eagles up 10 at one point.

John Moran also found Krutwig, who did the dirty work, grabbing every rebound he could. His rebounds were key in that stretch which saw the lead go from 2 to 25 in a matter of minutes.

"Zack, the last two games he's been outstanding, hitting everything," Hinkle said. "And Conrad obviously did a great job on the boards, got to open spots and knocked down his open shots."

"We talked about trying to make sure they didn't get too big of a run in the third. We didn't weather it, and you can't play the run game with them and we tried to," Blue Streaks coach Joe Conrouy said.

Along with his game-high 25 points, Krutwig grabbed 12 boards. Tim Moran added 10 points for the Eagles.

Woodstock stayed in the game until the third, but only hit 8 shots the rest of the way. Jacobs out-rebounded Woodstock 32-20 and forced 17 Blue Streak turnovers.

Sanchez, Derek Brown and Casey Sewall each scored 10 points for Woodstock.