Jace Easley had 27 points, 16 rebounds, 4 steals and 5 blocks for his 13th double-double of the season and Our Savior's dominated Concordia Peoria 76-53 on Wednesday night for its fourth straight win in the series.
Easley scored five points in a 9-0 run to open the second half to build a 50-30 lead, and Our Savior's led by at least 18 points the rest of the way.
Easley, who entered ranked fourth in the state in scoring at 31.6 per game and 2nd with 16.2 rebounds, was 10 of 15 from the field despite being double-teamed a majority of the game.
Conor McCaffrey added 16 points and Drew Dejaynes pitched in 12 for the Eagles, which has its first 3-0 start in the LSA CIL JV conference for the first time ever. The Eagles dominated the paint, outscoring Concordia 42-18 with a 40-14 rebounding edge.
Easley and McCaffrey combined for 11 points in a 13-5 game-opening run, and Our Savior's led by as many as 16 points in the first half. Concordia Peoria got within 35-28 after the Eagles turned it over on four straight posessions, but it was 41-30 at halftime with 14 from Easley.
Jamison Fisher and Noah LeCrone both scored 16 points for Concordia (10-2, 1-2) which least beat Our Savior's in 2013.
SCHEDULING ISSUES
The game was pushed back two days because of the snow and weather causing massive scheduling conflicts, both Our Savior's and Concordia Peoria had to postpone non-conference games, this game was pushed back two days because it is a conference game.