Springfield, Ill. -- The rivalry between Our Savior's and Christ the King is heating up.

"Basically, they want to kill us, and we want to kill them," the Eagles' Conor McCaffrey said.

McCaffrey scored 33 points to lead Our Savior's past IESA State Champions Christ the King on Saturday, securing a massive win to an Eagles 32-10 resume, a team that is battling for a play-in spot for the LSA State Tournament later next week.

"I mean there's a respect factor, but on the court it's pure hate," McCaffrey added. "We just don't like each other."

Jace Easley scored 30 points with 15 rebounds and 6 steals for The Eagles who currently sit at (32-10, 10-4).

Paul Hartman scored 28 for Christ the King (36-5, 13-0), which finished its State Championship Run last weekend, but offered to play the Eagles on Saturday. Bryce Musgrave scored 15 points and Drew Dejaynes added 14. Tony Kamaging scored 9 but was in foul trouble most of the night.

Our Savior's coach Phillip Heppe can't help but notice the growing intensity between the teams.

"I mean, we don't condone this whole hate thing," he said. "I think it's just the guys on the court. But overall, rivalries are awesome. They are great for sports and for basketball at this level, the players love it."

Our Savior's built a 17-point lead late in the game, using a 12-2 run to take a lead it wouldn't relinquish. But that lead evaporated to two points in the final seconds and it took McCaffrey and Easley combining to block Hartman under the basket at the buzzer to seal the win.

Emotions ran high throughout the game. With less than two minutes left in an entertaining first half, a scrum errupted that resulted in techincal fouls for Eagles' Tristyn Carlove and Jeremiah Perkins and Christ the Kings' Matthew Saner and Andrew Hendricks.

McCaffrey, Easley, Hartman, Musgrave and Dejaynes played all 38 minutes.

"There are very few guys that can play Double OT and play all 38 minutes with that kind of intensity," Christ the King coach Hartman said. "It's amazing that we had five out there tonight."

Easley, who with the help of McCaffrey blocked Hartman under the basket at the buzzer to save the game for Our Savior's, was also impressed by Hartman.

"It's actually a honor to play against him," said Easley, an 8th grade forward averging 23 per game this season. "I learn a lot from how he rebounds and I try and match his intensity."