PEORIA — Dallas Bryson scored a game-high 21 points and had nine rebounds to lead the Richwoods boys basketball team a 40-29 win over East Moline on Saturday.
The senior went on a 9-point run in the first half to give the Knights a 13-10 lead with 4:01 left. Early in the third quarter he scored five straight points to give Richwoodsd the lead for good, 22-17 with 5:34 left in the third quarter.
East Moline (9-11) scored the first four points of the final quarter to cut the lead to 28-25 with 5:35 left, but then had a scoring drought over the next 3:20 which allowed Richwoods to go on a decisive 8-0 run.
Panthers senior Delaney Little was 4-for-12 from the field for a team-high 14 points. The rest of the team was 5-for-19.
Isaiah Donnell and JaKobe Howard provided the highlight of the game, the second of the Winter Throwdown shootout, on an alley-oop with 42 seconds left in the third quarter to give Richwoods a 28-21 lead.
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